Santa's Secret

Delicious tea! Although I wish the mint in it was a little stronger…but that’s just me. I like my teas to have a big minty flavor to them. Otherwise this is a good tea. Thanks for the sample DT!

I think this tea is just perfect! It’s not too minty to me, and still quite calming or soothing without being too POW peppermint in your face. I think it would be awesome with some vanilla soy. Yum. Might have to try that later tonight :) love this tea! Plus the little candy canes are too cute.

Santa’s Secret…I don’t really know where to start with this one, I can’t figure out any puns that suit this seasonal holiday tea. I can assure you that you could easily compare a drinking a mug of this to drinking a mug of Christmas.

Dry the tea is your typical black tea, contrasting the dark tea leaves are little mini candy canes. It has a very light and basic aroma of peppermint that is quite subtle on the nose. Brewed this tea will treat you to a golden brown brew that is very clear and clean. It has only what I can call a Christmas smell when brewed, definitely peppermint but other tones give it a unique smell.

The final brew is delicious you can certainly taste the peppermint in it, it is great without any sweetener, but I think a little bit really brings it to life giving it that real candy cane like feeling.

This is a very sweet tea, so some drinkers may want to take that into consideration. Certainly worth grabbing some while it is in season as it will probably be hard to get sick of this tea, stock up while you can because you may develop cravings in the middle of June!

Santa’s Secret + Vanilla agave + splash of milk = best tea concoction on the day of the second snow fall!
I love love love this tea so glad it will be coming back this winter.
Perfect amount of peppermint and tastes like a good candy cane

What a fun tea! Open the pouch and it’s Christmas! The smell of candy canes and chocolate is so delightful that I saved the first tasteing to share with my 3 young grandsons and my daughter on St. Nicholas Day Dec. 6th. They live in the country and it had snowed. The tea was ready and the smell…..WOW…what eye rolling yumminess! Tea for me is taste and aroma and experience. The Joy of the moment. This is a true experience maker. Drink with friends and add cream or stick a candy cane stir stick. Do Sweeten with agave. No tepid water and steep at least 4-5 minutes.

Mmmm! I only bought 16g, just enough for a few tastes! I will be ordering some more online before it goes, it is really good. I love read my lips, and I love mint tea, so while I expected to like this I didn’t really expect it to be too different. It’s really nice; the black tea base is perfect and it is minty but not too strong. It has a sweetness to it too – an excellent candy cane dessert tea :) It’s different enough from teas I’ve already tried to make me want to get more.

Not just for Christmas!

Santa’s Secret is one of the first teas I ever purchased from DavidsTea and I am just as happy with it now as I was those many years ago. One of my favorite combinations of mint with black tea, Santa’s Secret is a playful and delicious brew that I personally enjoy all year long.

Unsteeped, the tea has a strong smell of sweet peppermint and vanilla that initially drew me in. Once steeped, the tea has a strong peppermint flavor from the leaves, a light sweetness from the candies, and of course the rich, bold flavor of Chinese black tea. Unfortunately I find the vanilla flavor is less prominent once the tea has steeped which was a bit of a disappointment, but the end product is so delicious that I am willing to overlook the loss.

Overall, Santa’s Secret is a lovely, lightly spiced black tea which brings forth memories of Christmas and candy canes which is enjoyable either hot or cold no matter the season.

This tea is very spicy. I was expecting something near “Read my lips” but it’s not. The peppermint and the candy canes doesn’t taste much and the spices are the only thing i taste. I don’t know if i’m gonna try again.
The tea blend smells so good, but when you steep it, the sweet smell change a little bit.

Decided to have a cup of this tea to warm me up from a cold bike commute to work. Nice peppermint taste. Sometimes I find black teas and me don’t get along because they tend to be bitter but this one I like. Hopefully Davids Tea brings it back as part of their winter collection

Now I know this tea is “technically” a Christmas tea, the name being Santa’s Secret and all, but I’d like to dispute this. I stocked up on this deliciously sweet blend during the holiday season after discovering how tasty it was, but I’ve already blown through my entire stash, leaving a sad and empty tin on my shelf where Santa’s Secret once sat! I’m a big fan of peppermint teas in general, which gives me a bit of a bias on this tea review, but the addition of orange peel, cinnamon and clove to this black tea gives it a kick worth raving about. I like to steep it till it’s quite dark, and then add a bit of raw cane sugar and some vanilla soy milk to top it off; it also makes a delicious latte. Even if you’re not a huge mint fan, you may still want to give this one a try: after all, who can say no to a tea with miniature candy canes floating around in it?

I’m a little late at logging this one. I have a huge backlog of tea to go through, but here I am, finally trying to uncover Santa’s Secret.

I like this one quite a bit. The peppermint is very evident (and I love peppermint), and the addition of the spices and mini candy canes is a subtle, but nice, touch. I managed to get two good steeps out of a tbsp in a 12 oz mug, which is pretty good, and it has enough kick to get you through a rough work day.

Hopefully this tea makes a comeback next winter.

I admit it… I’ve been hoarding this tea! shhhh..don’t tell anyone about my secret stash!
There is something so vanilla-pepperminty about it that I wish it wasn’t a seasonal flavour and lasted as long as the snow stays on the ground…which can be a long time in Toronto!

That hint of vanilla softens the peppermint in this black tea which is not only delicious, but pretty to look at with it’s scattering of mini candy canes. There is just enough caffeine to keep me sane without going into overdrive and I find it the perfect afternoon tea to read a book, check emails and hit on cute boys.

I had less of this than I thought left in my bag yesterday. But, it was the only black tea I had available at work and I really needed any caffeine available so I made a cup. It was weak due to the small quantity of leaf, but still delicious! I’m so shocked at how much I like this one as mint in tea usually makes me run for the hills. When I shared it with my family on Christmas they all loved it, too.

I really, reeeeeeally like this stuff. I bought it because the ingredient list sounded like German Christmas – mint and orange peel and spices. The taste is much smoother than I expected, and I’m finding that I like the blend a bit more than chocolate mint.

And, once again, one of my favourites is seasonal…

Hmm…. I’m not even a candy cane enthusiast but this tea taste so good! My main criteria to judge if a david’s tea is a good match for me is firstly that I am able not to eat the entire bag (which is impossible for me when there are nuts, chocolate bits etc in the bag) before making at least one cup of tea, that it contains a decent amount of tea leaves (and not only dried fruits) and that the flavor matches the actual description/name of the product. Well this tea succeed in all of those! In the cup, the peppermint flavor dominates with a hint of creaminess and it tastes exactly like a creamy mint sweet. It is definitely a tea to keep for a treat now and then! This is not my favorite one from DT but only because I am not so addicted with the taste of candy cane.

I steeped for 6mins and should have maybe only done 4min, as the more bitter notes of the tea were settling in by the time I got to drink it.

Ok, so first few sips, I wasn’t too sure about. And then I kept drinking more. And more. And more… well, you get the picture.

This one’s addictive! I don’t know if it’s because I’ve always loved candy canes, but it’s delicious!

I received this sample with my order from them. The initial smell is nearly pure mint. I find it strange that the ingredients listed on my sample pack is different than that of their website.

Mine reads: Chinese black tea, peppermint leaves, candy cane sprinkles, cloves, cinnamon, orange zest, natural and artificial flavoring.

Anyhow, I was expecting this tea to have more complex flavors, due to the ingredient listing. I was disappointed when it was only mint. It’s not a bad tasting tea; it is reminiscent of Aveda’s tea without the licorice root. Though it is nice, I will not be purchasing this one any time soon.

Perhaps it’s because I am a purist… but what is with that strange hint of vanilla that doesn’t seem to work with the rest of the tea? In a way, I felt it overpowered both the black tea itself as well as the mint. I tried it straight as well as with some milk and a touch of agave, both were terrible. I would not recommend to others, unless they are one that likes the mint-vanilla combination. I do have to give props to the concept though – The candycanes were cute and festive for winter.

This was a tea my boyfriend bought and when I went to visit him, one of the first things he did was make me smell it lol. Instantly I thought of a peppermint patty. I can’t believe there is no chocolate in this, I thought for sure there was when I took a whiff.

Anyhow, it was delicious. Probably one of the best mint teas I’ve had. I’ll write more specific tasting notes on this after I try it again.