Baked Apple

1.5 Tablespoons per 450mL water. (David’sTea recommends 2 teaspoons for 250mL water. I brew my tea pretty strong. This tisane needs the extra amount, too,)

A beautiful tisane just to look at. I’ve given serious thought to buying some just to have out in a bowl as potpourri, or in a clear jar for display.

Lovely chunks of apple and extremely fresh and fragrant cinnamon stick. A few peppercorns and four gorgeous green pods — caradmom? I brewed this completely loose, no bag or filter, as I wanted to watch it steep.

At 5 min, most of the tisane is still floating. Liquor is cloudy and pale. The aroma, my mother-in-law assures me, IS baked apples. Just like her mother made on cold days, with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, nuts and raisins. This tisane has, in fact, scented the entire top floor of my house and beats even my good Pumpkin Spice Colonial Candle.

The taste? Red apples. You can even taste the peel. Red apples and sweet spices. (And no hibiscus! Yay!) Delicious. A very special tisane.

If you opt not to use a filter, you will have to sip around/through the ingredients floating on top. Just so ya know. The frugal amongst us may even scoop out the steeped tisane to mix into oatmeal later.

The smell of this tea is amazing! Cinnamon, apples…yum! Almost inspires me to start baking…almost.

Used 3 tsp for 16 oz water, which is 1 less than the company recommends. Still, I’m finding that, even though it is disturbingly pale, the taste is strong and true. Red Delicious apple and cinnamon. Tastes like a liquid apple crisp, and even has a crusty/crumbly taste to it. Yum!

David’s Tea certainly knows what they’re doing! The more I try from them, the more I love it!

David’s Tea! I am impressed.

I’ve tried three of their Holiday teas tonight, and each has been delicious and remarkable on its own merits. I wasn’t sure about ending the night with this, but now I’m glad I did! It’s perfectly sweet and cider-like. This was another tea that I loved to look at in the tin.

A bit like David’s Forever Nuts, with a nice apple-cinnamon edge to it.

Backlogging – I had this tea last night. It smells great in the bag. Once brewed it still smells great but it is a little weak. It tastes like walnuts and granny smith apples. The walnut flavor is strong and the apple flavor is weak. I will try more tea and a longer steep next time and see how it goes. I still liked it even though it was a bit weak.

2 tsp/12 oz for 8 min at boiling.

Mmm baked apples on a stormy day? I’m in!

The huge chunks of ingredients make this tea gorgeous to look at! And it smells just as divine.

This tea suggests using 2 tsp per cup, so I intend to try steeping it again.
The first steep of this tea, the actual color seems strangely pale. It almost seems like it should be considered a white tea instead of a green tea.
However, the flavor of the tea is bold and delicious. The spices accent the apple flavor to create an overall warmth to the tea, while the nuts add an underlying depth that complements perfectly. I’m definitely catching a fresh apple tang at the end too, which keeps this tea refreshing while keeping you toasty warm.

This tea isn’t bad, but it’s no Apple Pie (I think that’s what it was… it’s discontinued now). It just isn’t as good as I was expecting. Not bad, but not amazing.

Holy mackinaw, it smells like apple crisp! That’s insane. How did they do that?
I’m brewing it heavy (1tbsp to a cup between 16-20oz) because I always brew David’s Teas heavy.
The dry tea looks like art, but the tea in my cup looks like garbage. No colour except for a lightly tobacco-stained appearance towards the bottom. It does not look at all as wonderful as it smells.
I’m letting it sit because I always burn my tongue and have just eaten peanut butter toast as a snack, which probably wouldn’t mingle well with the cinnamon and apple (… or would it?)
So, like, I’ve been playing a lot of Fable 3. A LOT a lot. So addictive. I currently have 7 husbands and 10 children. What fun. This tea makes me forget that I’d rather be playing Fable 3 and keeps me at the table where I should be working.
Of course, I’d rather be in front of a fire in a cozy sweater having just come in from cross-country skiing to have this mug of aromatherapy waiting for me, but beggers can’t be choosers. And I really SHOULD be working.
Okay, on to the tasting. I’m trying this one naked.
Disappointing mouth-feel at first, but it has an apple-y juiciness (almost a crispness?) at the back of my tongue. I think that I’m getting the taste more from the smell than the actual taste, which is disappointing.
But still a lovely tea. Something I’d brew when I was feeling crappy about it still being winter in Manitoba and bitterly cold.

I had such high hopes for this tea!! Cooked apples are a dessert that I cannot get enough of, and I rarely have them… so when I saw this tea, tempting me with its fragrant apple and cinnamon bits (and orange/grapefruit?? I did not expect that) I was ready for a taste of apple bliss. Except when I tasted it after what seemed like an exceptionally long time cooling and also steeping ( it retains heat for a while) for lack of a garbage receptacle where the bag could go, which could be the cause of my dislike here. Anyhow, it tasted just like Tim Horton’s Apple and Spice tea!!!! Ugh, if I wanted that, I would go to Tim’s….
I do taste the citrus though, in the finish and aftertaste. At first I disliked the bitterness but then I found it’s the only thing that sets the tea apart from Tim’s tea and I grew to not mind it, and maybe even like it… Now that I think about it, creating a unique apple tea would be rather difficult. bah!
Also, it tastes awful cold, like spiced apple juice or cider—which I am not a fan of unless it’s done really well…. so it must be drunk quickly, in that fleeting space of time where it isn’t too hot, or too cold. Don’t try this at work! Not if you’re as busy as I am ha!
I would be interested to see what it tastes like iced. It would be refreshing, I think.

I continue to be a little amazed at how high the reviews are for this tea. That said, it’s certainly a nice tea but it seems that no matter what I do it just doesn’t steep up that strong. Extra teaspoons, hotter water, more steep time – Nothing really brings it to the level I would expect.

Again, it remains a very yummy tea but I think it will always be on my list of disappointments from David’s Tea – the taste just isn’t really there.

This tea looks and smells awesome; it’s another I just couldn’t pass up when it was presented to me. I commented on how it looked and smelled like it should be potpourri when I was at the store, and the girl helping me said she had spilled some and that’s in fact what they did with it.

As a diabetic who LOVES making and drinking apple cider during the holidays, this is a great substitute. It’s pretty darn close, and no insulin required! I got rather distracted and let this steep for quite a while, but it didn’t detract. I think this one does need a lengthy steep for full benefit. It tastes like fresh apples, cinnamon, and brown sugar.

I do wish it went further, as now I’m going to have to buy more to make it through Christmas! The big chunks that look so great can also be a problem as if you have only a small quantity left or aren’t using much, you may not get all the different bits in your infusion.

just ‘meh’ for me. It’s like forever nuts but not as perfumey..
I must say, David’s has a talent for naming their products well and marketing it even better, but their products… I have yet to find a tea that I absolutely adore and be able to finish my entire cup…
And this is another one of those – my cup’s sitting here beside me half full..
It smells wonderful though. But I’d rather have my taste buds dancing. hahaha :)

Tastes nice, but I’m having a hard time getting it to brew strong enough without dumping it all in my infuser.

Also, while the nice big pieces of star anise and cardamom are pretty, I had to smash everything up so I could get a bit of everything in the cup.

This one needs an apple cider with it.

Loved this, reminds me when I was a kid when apple crisp would be baking in the oven!! Such an amazing tea, I wish it was back this year :(

It’s sad sad sad sad sad sad… That I’ve just had a sample of this tea. I would drank more and more of this one!

The smell is complete, the blend is just so colorful and finally the taste… Is just what you need during a cold winter day!

Who gonna give me a little more of this one? haha.

I was expecting a bit more… even though I steeped it longer than I should have it still didn’t taste much like apples to me. It sure smelled great though which is a bonus. Not bad but not extraordinary either.

great apple and cinnamony taste! i find it pretty sweet on it’s own so no need to add any sweeteners :) yum!

Shockingly tasty. I wasn’t expecting to like this (what’s with me trying teas I won’t like?) and it was delicious! I bought some for my mother in Tennessee, and I had a sample of it I kept back for me….boy, do I regret sending off that package this morning! She’ll enjoy it though, and I’m happy to spread the tea love so far.