Pink Flamingo

DAVIDsTEA 24 Days of Tea: Day 4 out of 24

Whew, work has been kicking my butt lately, to the point where I haven’t had time to write some tea reviews. However, it hasn’t been too busy to the point where I can’t drink my teas, so I’m thankful for that. I’m going to catch up on writing reviews for Days 4 and 5, and drink Day 6, 7, and 8 today. Good times. :)

Pink Flamingo smells very fruity, and I was definitely able to tell it was a hibiscus tea from the sour aroma it has upon opening the tin. Lemongrass was unexpected though, and made me quite eager to try out the tea! As I watched the mixture brew, I felt like I had been (jokingly) played: the tea was way beyond pink, almost looking like grape juice (my friend who is also doing the 24DoT amusedly referred to the brew as ‘purple drank tea’). The resulting tea was quaffed hot with no sweetener, which was pleasantly sour and citrusy. The lemongrass notes were fine additions to the blend, I enjoyed those. While good hot, I imagine this tea would really shine as a cold, slightly sweetened iced tea for the summer months. I’ll have to give that a try sometime! All in all, not bad. Not the best tisane ever, but it’s earned a spot on my iced tea list.

Continuing on catching up with my DavidsTea advent calendar.

Dry – Has a citrus and evergreen scent.

Steeped – Grapefruit and floral scent. Lovely dark rosey pink color.

Taste – A nice tartness from the grapefruit. Light hibiscus which is great as I’m not a fan of hibiscus (always seems to oversteep them and then they taste terrible). I did add a tsp of sugar to balance out the tartness after the first few sips. I think I will have to try it iced next.

It is an okay tea. Maybe as a summer iced drink.

This would probably be better iced. It smells like summer.

24 Days of Tea’s Day 4 brought Pink Flamingo, which is a citrusy herbal blend. I’m not sure how I feel about this one. I like the orange, but it’s a little bitter, although I brewed it too long. I might have to sample it again some time to make up my mind.

This tea smells refreshingly like grapefruit. I tried it hot and it was pleasant, and I suspect it would be good iced as well.

Having this with a teaspoon of honey tonight. The honey offsets the tartness of this tea. Much better! Increasing my rating on this one a little.

I am a huge fan of citrus so the tangerine notes of this tea sing for me. Though it is definitely better brewed cold, this tea still works warm, with an overtone of tartness and tang. The lemongrass is subtle, and the beetroot makes it brew a beautiful brilliant pink color, without any earthiness. Although the color is strong, its a weak brew that needs more than a couple minutes to really impart taste, and shouldn’t be rebrewed.

From Pass the Stash TTB 2

This really wasn’t for me. I had high hopes since there were some good reviews. I made it iced, but the end result was just some tart stuff with an underlying chalky taste, like it was made from a mix.

Pass the Stash TTB 2.0

My last tea to try from the box! Another offering from David’s.

This basically tastes like hibiscus orangeade… There’s not really much else to be said about it. I suppose it would be refreshing iced, but I really hate it when fruit teas have hibiscus – it overpowers so easily, and it’s so tart…

Boo hiss, David’s!

I bought 6oz of this tea strictly to make it iced. The weather is turning to spring and I wanted plenty of good iced teas to choose from and I don’t drink soda. This has a strong citrus smell when it was dry but when it was brewed it was more eucalyptus than I expected, which was nice because it was nice and cool and refreshing.