Fantasy Island

I was so excited to try this tea after reading the description, but when it arrived my first though was blech! The smell is too strong for me, and it reminds me of artificial raspberry flavouring (I love fresh raspberries but most things that are raspberry flavoured are not my favourite). The smell wasn’t as strong once I steeped it, but I still had a hard time detecting the coconut and it was very disappointing. I’ve been keeping the tea for my mother, who hopefully will enjoy it more than I did.

delicious tea with lots of sweet flavours and is absolutely divine with just a TAD of sugar to boost the flavours, and milk to add creamyness. <3

I love you, raspberry coconut flavours <3 :)

This is another swap sample from Shae. Realizing I am not doing as much gongfu as I intended this month. I guesss if I am drinking tea its still a good thing.

Preparation: Western (no additives)
Tasting note: Malty black tea, yum. Plus a slight be of sweetener in the blend or maybe some coconut. Anyways its a little creamy and a little sweet which is nice. I get a little bit of something nutty. And not sure if I totally get the raspberry in this cup, its the tiniest bit jammy but not distinctly fruity. Surprisingly nice.

Simply the best David’s Tea I’ve had. Rich, fragrant, flavorful, and actually tastes like black tea.

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Sunday 5/16 - #3 DT Fantasy Island. This is a loose leaf tea in a silver tin label from 2015 or 2016 will have go check (not from me, got or bought from facebook I think a few years ago? Not sure.) How do I always make tea? cold brew pitcher, FINISHED THIS TEA! I never tasted any raspberry just coconut oil black tea. I think I was able to get a couple bags when this was brought back last year, I’ll have to see if I get raspberry out of it.
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Oh gosh this blend is SOOOO good. Creamy coconut, fruity, smooth but malty tannins and a strong tea flavour, vanilla…what more could you want? It is my new favourite blend. I hope it comes back some day.

I bought this a couple of months ago after seeing that DAVIDsTEA had brought back some of their past favorites. It seems a lot of people on Steepster really like this one, so I thought I’d give it a try. Probably not the best move since it was only available for a short time, but hey – you only live once. I had my first cup this morning, and it was really nice. It had a deep flavor, and I could taste the raspberry. No coconut in this cup but I’ll play around with it to see what comes out.

Unfortunately, I put my mug down on my nightstand while I was folding laundry and came back to find my cat playing in it. I was only able to drink about half, but that just gives me an excuse to have another cup soon.

I’ve been doing a smashing job of putting off weekend housework by catnapping with the cat, and now I’m having an afternoon tea time. I’m still trying to work out the old coconut teas since I’m expecting many to end up in the trash; I got this one from a cupboard sale from Ost (thanks Ost!) and have no way to judge the age, but considering it’s a DT retired tea, I’m expecting it to be quite old. I figured it would be a sampler that would be going, but when I nibbled on a flake, it didn’t taste soured, so I figured I’d be brave and try brewing it. I made 3.3g of tea in a small teapot using 470ml water, western style.

Admittedly the aroma smells a little sunscreeny for my tastes, but maybe that is just the flavoring being used… the coconut is just coming off really strong and a little artificial to me? But from the first sip… I’m not getting the soured note I’m very sensitive to, so I think I’m out of the woods as far as off coconut flakes in the leaf, at least. And the flavoring doesn’t taste as bad as it’s coming off to me in the aroma… it is a bit artificial for my tastes, but the base tea has brewed up a nice golden color and is very pleasant. And I am getting a little bit of a berry note; looking at the ingredients it is apparently raspberry flavor, but I’m getting more of a cherry taste on my tongue. That might be adding to the artificial taste to me, because while I love raspberry, I find most raspberry flavorings used in tea end up with this odd slightly metallic taste to me. While the flavorings are reading a little overbearing/artificial, I will say they are complimenting each other well and coming off as sort of a coconut creme/berry dessert. It is a nice enough cup for an afternoon tea and I’m glad I got a chance to try, but ultimately I’m not sad is unvailable.

Fun pleasant black tea. Wouldn’t expect to like the coconut combo but it works!

First off, I CANNOT believe that David’s actually discontinued this tea. At first at thought it may have been because it was so similar to Buttered Rum, but alas, they’ve gone and discontinued that one too. But, I digress. The dry leaf smell for this is heavenly, I wasn’t sure how much I would like the mixture of coconut and raspberry but it works really well.

Steeped, the aroma of the black base of the tea comes to the front for me followed by the raspberry. Despite being quite prominent in the dry leaf smell, the coconut seems to have taken a backseat. In terms of actual taste, I think that this tea is excellent. The overall balance of the flavours is spot-on. The black tea is a perfect base with light accents of the coconut and some raspberry on the aftertaste.

I’m sad that David’s has discontinued this tea because I would have like to at least stock up on it, but it was discontinued when I was new to David’s and didn’t know that they permanently discontinued teas. Maybe one day it will be brought back, but until then all I can do is savor this last cup.