Kanpe Tea

I did not enjoy this tea hot but iced it is pretty good.

I just made a hot cup of this ‘KANPE’ tea. It turns a lovely red colour, and it tastes fruity, but there’s also a hint of hibiscus as well. When I first heard of this tea, someone else thought that they’d changed the name to something different, like Hibiscus Punch, but I don’t think they did, because Hibiscus Punch has completely different ingredients. Anyway, I do like this tea, and it reminds me of another tea from Davids I’ve had. It actually tastes a lot like the new Me to We. But somewhat different.

This has been sitting in my cupboard for ages, a packet with two cups left, that I haven’t tried in so long, I’d completely forgotten what it tasted like. Clearly it couldn’t have been too horrible, since I had 25g and drank most of it, but I really had no recollection. I’ve been avoiding it for a while and the ingredients list made me think I’d probably hate it.

But tonight, I figured I might as well try it out again and see about getting it out of my cupboard.

Opening the packet, I was greeted by the smell of cinnamon soap and dismay. Yup, fairly sure I was going to hate it.

And the the first sip was bizarrely all juicy pineapple. And then subsequent sips have been tart, sweet, papaya and cinnamon. Somehow it works. In spite it hibiscus being at the top of the ingredient list, smelling like soap, having old coconut in it and containing stevia. This is actually really nice.

I’m now a little sad that it’ll be gone forever soon, though not heartbroken or anything. But I’m glad I finally got around to trying this (again).

From the Herbal TTB!

Oh, hibiscus. You always seem to appear when I least expect it nowadays. I must not have been paying attention when I parceled out my cup. I was interested by the nuts and the name and the mystery… but when I poured out the tea, I saw the rich maroon red ooze out of the teapot and I visibly cringed. But! I steeled myself and proudly brought it to work.
It did not taste as bad as I had previously thought. Yes, the tart, syrupy hibiscus still drowned out most anything in the blend, but there was a nice cinnamon-y spice in there. It was like I was sipping on the inside of a Michaels’ craft store. I did drink the whole cup, albeit iced. There was much improvement there.

Overboard TTB #10

I wanted to brew something up to throw in my timolino (yes I’m a little strange… I brew tea and then transfer to the timolino rather than use it to brew…) and was looking for something with little to no caffine… This looked like a perfect option.

Upon brewing, a heavy cinnamon scent hit me and I wasn’t too sure anymore… I decided to take a quick sip before transferring to the Timolino just to be in the safe side and unfortunately down the drain it went. I’m not sure if the age of this tea was the issue as it’s got coconut in it and the tea looks like it could be a couple of years old or it’s just the fact that I really, really don’t like it when David’s Tea fills their teas with stevia but unfortunately I just wasn’t a fan which is sad because the ingredients list looks almost perfect for my taste buds (minus the stevia of course).

Herbal Traveling Tea Box

Teas back to back like this really cuts down on the time it takes for my water to boil. Less eager anticipation and more happy frolicking taste buds^.^

Wow. I’m surprised that I like this one as much as I do. I was expecting it to be much tarter than it was. And the cinnamon mingles just exquisitely with the flavors of the fruit. It almost tastes like apple cider to me. Mm. Yum.

Herbal Traveling Tea Box

This smells like a grape cherry iced that I always got as a child from the random icee man who came through the neighborhood. Something that brings back that kind of nostalgia I just had to try even if the first ingredient was hibiscus. And I think we know how I feel about the hibby.

Surprisingly… I liked this. It is not super tart like I was expecting. I definitely taste the cinnamon off the top and it reminds me of fruit punch. So in this instance my smell and try worked out for me.

David’s Tea has discontinued Kanpe, which makes me sad because unlike most people who have reviewed it here, I don’t find it too tart or spicy. It was one of my favourite teas and while I still have some, I do not look forward to the day when I run out.

At first sip, this reminded me of Sleigh Ride, which was excellent as Sleigh Ride is one of my absolute favourite favourites from Davids. Then the second and third sips set in and I realised it tasted a bit off. A couple additions of extra fruit flavours, I suppose. But whatever discomfort I had quickly vanished as I had three cups!

Another cold brew adventure. We are starting to narrow in on the fact that I only seem to like fruit blends and herbal teas when cold brewed. I’m drinking this one right now, it’s my second big timolino of it, so I think we may have a winner. I think I might need a little less sugar in it, though. It’s sweet to the point of being tart, but it leaves an almost spicy, cinnamon aftertaste on the tongue.