Goji Pop

I got a sample of this in my DavidsTea order that arrived today. I was at work so I grabbed the sample and made a cup of it right before a meeting. After it steeped a couple of minutes I added some agave nectar to it so I could just remove the bag and give it a stir in my meeting. Good to go, right. Right, unless I forgot to bring a spoon and forgot about the agave. I drank half of it unsweetened and then realized it and swirled the sweetener into the other half for a very sweet second half of the cup.

I like this tea. I’m not sure I would order it, but I enjoyed it. It is lemony and tastes like some sort of berry that I cannot identify; probably because I’ve never had a Goji berry before. It’s fruity, in a real fruit kind of way and has no medicinal qualities. Nom!

I made some of this the other night and I didn’t have time to drink it, so I put it in the fridge to drink later. Yum! It’s quite tart but very refreshing. I had a couple sips hot, but I definitely think I prefer this one cold.

Thanks, Courtney! You are certainly helping me to grow my love of herbal tisanes. Hah!

Yay! I got my David’s Tea gift today!!! Was not expecting it til sometime next week! Anyways, given the fact that I didn’t get home til close to 9, I decided that it would be best to start out with an herbal. With any luck I will be getting up at a reasonable time tomorrow and will be having a black tea to help wake me up.

1st smell: Dry, interesting, but not especially notable. same wet.
1st taste: Odd. Not bad, but odd. As I am looking at the reviews, I am realizing that I didn’t get really any of the notes others picked up. Well ok got the apple, (kind of reminded me of hot apple cider.) Of course, I have never had Goji berries, so that is probably part of why I had no idea what to expect. Overall though I liked the cup, though I am thinking that I probably would not buy this tea on it’s own. And to me, based on the tastes, this is more of a Fall tea.

This one has a buttery, fruity smell dry. It wasn’t on my list but perhaps I will like it. Just steeping away.

Come onnnnn. Cool already!

This one’s lightly fruity with a hint of spiciness at the end of the sip. Is that the goji berries? I think I may try to steep it longer next time for a bit more flavour, seems like it could be a bit more flavourful. But definitely good.

I don’t know why but every time i drink this tea i get a metallic after taste in my mouth. Its not a very pleasant taste, this tea just doesn’t agree with my taste buds.

Finished this today as part of my quest to… finish off the teas that I only have a little bit of. It smells and tastes very energizing, especially for an herbal! The colour is such a nice bright pinky red. It’s tart and sweet and a little thin. I think it would be great iced! Too bad I just finished off the bag…

Apple pieces, goji berries, hibiscus, honeydew cubes?
What kind of tea has apple pieces as the main ingredient? lol this one does.
It smells like candy! but after you brew it, it tastes like tart pink lemonade.. how odd.
Actually I don’t really know why Pink Flamingo and this are sold together… I think they taste almost the same, but I’m going to give Pink Flamingo the edge here. This one is chunkier, bigger pieces of everything but the taste that comes out is oh so familiar.

Now first off, it smells like candy, like literally candy. So peculiar, when it’s ready to go, it becomes… lemonade! wow. I don’t know what to say. Hmm so Pink Flamingo tastes abit better but comes in smaller chunks and tiny pieces of lemongrass and blackberry leaves and smells more like grapefruit. It’s really up to you but I find it less tart than Goji Pop. Note: I have TONS of dried Goji berries at home, so i know exactly how they taste like because I often slip some in to the tea I am brewing.

This tea reminds me of a watermelon tea I had not too long ago. The chunks of fruit and flowers are HUGE. They puff up greatly in the hot water. This tea smells a bit like sweetened pink lemonade. I bet this would be great iced, but I don’t have fresh ice here at my house. The flavor is a bit tart and a bit fruity. I’m definitely tasting hibiscus and a fruit that I can’t identify. There is a little bit of a strange aftertaste, but it doesn’t bother me so much that I won’t finish the cup. I’m going to save the last of what I have for an iced tea. One cup requires an awful lot of “leaf” so this may be too expensive for me to purchase. I am very glad to have tried this! Thank you ladykittykat once again.

200th tasting note, brand new tea. Obviously the tea buying ban was temporarily lifted today. We had planned to go to Sawadee tea house, but ended up at David’s instead. The beau smelled this one and proclaimed we had to have it – and now we do!

Steeped a cup this evening. My tastes are still a little off (thank you, cold…) but I really enjoyed it. The hibiscus got a little too dominant for me, but paying better attention to the steep would really help with that. A dob of honey would probably do it too.

The smell is intoxicating, and the taste is delicious. Wish the hibiscus would back off a little bit, but it’s not too over-whelming. I found it on the middle of the sip, if that makes sense. Will try again soon when taste buds are re-aligned.

Everyone seems to be going crazy for goji berries since they have been put in the spotlight of health media due to their natural antioxidant properties. I have a big bag of dried goji berries and I quite like their taste and texture dried so I thought why not give it a go!

The bitterness of the goji mixed with the hibiscus and rose hip leave you wanting to add honey for sweetness; but it does have quite a strong full bodied fruity taste at the same time. I really don’t have too much to say about this tea. I thought it was good, and I really liked how the tea puffed up after being steeped. :)

Brilliant bright pinkish orange colour too which was aesthetically pleasing! I think I may buy this again.. ;)

So, Goji pop. Maybe I underleafed? Because ehhh, really light. The dry mix smells amazing, though, so maybe my expectations were too high. :P

That was last night.

Dry Leaf Nose: Light melon notes with a sweet lemon background.

Liquor: Beautiful pink colour, clear and bright, with a sweet melon/lemon aroma.

Flavour: Markedly sweet but not cloying, and with a clean finish. The character of the cup is sweet melon/lemon. The sweetness comes from the goji berries and the apple.

i drank this one ages ago and never reviewed it. i’m just not that in to the fruity herbal teas i guess. even if it’s scorching hot out and the ice cubes are tumbling.
i made a mason jar of this cold brewed a few weeks ago and it just sat in the fridge for a month until i decided i should just throw it out. I KNOW SO SAD! i’m sorry to all of you goji pop lovers out there for this horrible travesty. i’ll try again with more vigor soon.

This tea is amazing! It tastes like a sour candy- almost exactly like a sweet tart. I can’t wait to try it iced.

Hmm this tea is weird. It steeps to a nice pretty color and smells delicious, but wen I drink it straight without anything… there’s not much flavor. BUT. Add a little honey and it’s transformed into a juicy, lemony, berry deliciousness! I tried it hot which was not very good but poured over ice is amazingggg. Like everyone else said, it’s thirst-quenching and I chugged my glass down after mopping the floors at work.

My one issue is the weight/bulk of it. I bought a 50g bag to try and after making one cup a little less than half the bag was gone! it’s pretty expensive for what you get, maybe David’s should sell this one differently but that’s just my opinion.

I think I’m gonna try mixing this with Perrier for a study drink/treat.

The dry smells very fruity and good. The steeped tisane smells tarter… like goji and lemon with a faint hint of melon -so it’s smelling pleasantly like its ingredients. Good so far!

Brewed as prescribed, this is another tisane that comes across as a bit watery. It is pleasantly and lightly tart, with a citrusy-berry flavor that lingers a little.

It’s another for trades, for me. I don’t care for it enough to have any more but could see how someone into tisanes might like it.

Once I got the little sample tin open (and that was almost a mess) the smell of the tea had my mouth watering. However, what I’m tasting is a whole lot of TART. It isn’t a bad thing. I just thought the sweet smell prior to infusion would carry over into taste. Not getting that with this cup. I’m trying not to add sweetener of any kind to my teas these days and just drink them straight up. But I may need to make an exception here before I’m completely done with this cup.

2 tsp (1 sample tin) for 250mL water, bare.

Reminds me of stale Halloween candy mixed with bubblegum, but this sweetness then gets undercut with a stab of hibiscus. Not for me.

This is the first herbal tea that I really see as drink I want to have everyday. I like the luscious watermelon from Davids Tea, but this one has more flavour I think (but had a really low watermelon batch because the sales lady would eat them…). It’s like a liquid popsicle! I really enjoy this tea, and I’m pleased that it has rose hip and goji berries in it too! And another reviewer was right, its really a summer tea. Sweet with just an edge of tartness!

I find that it doesn’t brew well the second time, but maybe that’s just with herbal teas?

Dear Goji Pop,

I saw you today, across the store in your little sample glass, the sign above you said you are part of the spring collection. After all this winter I was ready for some spring! From your sweet scent to your hints of hibiscus, apple, and rosehip, you did not disappoint. I bet you would be a tasty treat iced in the summer too! What was starting off as a long day, was made more bearable by you.

Till we meet again,
Me

PS. I love that you’re purple, my favourite colour!