Prairie Berry

Mmmmmmm

I bought this from the David’s tea by my house and I definitely was not disappointed
I brewed a cup and took it to work as it was a fairly cold day and boy was it good
The taste of the berries was strong but did not cover up the taste of the oolong and the maple syrup in it just adds to everything and gives it a light, almost sugary taste to it which I thought was great
in all it is probably one of my favorite tea right now

This one smells like berry way more than it tastes like berry. The taste is not unpleasant though. It’s lightly earthy- just not what I expected from the smell or the name.

This is quite lovely! :D! I have one of the tiny sample packets and I used half this morning… definitely adding it to my shopping list for further consideration. It’s oolong but it says normal temps, so that’s pretty great. Although I was scared so I did use a lower one. :P Resteeped with boiling water and then forgot about it for 10 mins or so (damn you dishes!) and it’s fairly tasteless now but not bitter anyway. :/ Anyway, a nice treat!

Well I know absolutely nothing about Saskatoon or Saskatchewan in general, I have only been through it once in a vehicle and I slept and the other times I have flown over it so I am generally too busy watching a movie and enjoying a utterly horrible in-flight meal!

I got this tea as a sampler pack from DAVIDsTEA with an online order and I decided to grab this and a coco chai rooibos pack as I was rushing out the door to work this morning. I brewed Prairie Berry first, naturally because it has caffeine content to it and that is something we can all use on a Monday morning back to work.

As soon as I opened the package I knew I was most likely going to enjoy this tea, up to this point I had yet to try or even smell this one and it sits on the tea wall at my local store. It had a nice jam aroma to it similar to Blueberry Jam; however this smelled more sweet. Steeping the tea brought out a sweet smelling berry aroma that had me drooling waiting for it to be ready to drink.

The final brew is quite dark and sweet smelling, the taste is utterly awesome I don’t know why I have passed by this one so many times, I mean I freaking LOVE blueberry jam and while this is similar it has a totally different flavor profile. I wish I had of grabbed some of this one instead of the copious other oolongs I grabbed from Davids, basically the entire collection minus Prairie Berry and Pineapple Oolong. This will certainly be a main one I keep, I dare say I may like it more then Long Life Oolong :O

Had to pick this one up because I’m a prairie girl, haha. Wish it had a bit more of the berry flavor, the smell was delicious but it didn’t quite come through strong enough in the taste! Still good though! I don’t have alot of berry/fruit flavor tea so I know I will drink this one!

As Thanksgiving eve approaches and a chill nips the night air and the need for warmer blankets grows stronger tonight’s tea has done the trick. This oolong blend provides that ‘in’ to trying Saskatoon berries without having to search for them at the store. It’s definitely a deep flavored berry and is complimented by its partners in this tea. I like how the maple syrup adds just the right amount of sweetness to let the berries shine.

I can really imagine this easily being served during dinner with the Thanksgiving staples as an alternative to the traditional cranberry jelly without anyone missing the jelly. (Not that any would be tempted to do such a thing, right?) Haha. In any case I hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend and delectable dinners on Monday!

I enjoyed a couple cups of Prairie Berry this afternoon while finishing up my articles for the week. It’s lightly sweet and lightly fruity, which I really like because overwhelmingly fruity teas are certainly not my thing. It was an excellent choice to get me through the last few hours before my weekly deadline. Thanks, Prairie Berry.

I’ve never had a Saskatoon berry but this tea is perfection in my cup! The hint of maple flavourful along with the oolong goodness as its base makes this tea great!! I can’t get enough of this tea :)
This is one of the staples in my tea cupboard

Wahoo! Got my shipment from Davids Tea yesterday…the same day the fall collection was announced (poopy). But, I’m so excited to try some new teas: Prairie Berry, Fantasy Island, Salted Caramel and Nepal black tea. And since I had my tea shipped to my work, I got to show it all to my coworkers and started a great discussion about tea. Too bad there isn’t a Davids Tea in Red Deer :(

I digress. I started with Prairie Berry, you know with being from Saskatchewan and all. There sure are a lot more cranberries than Saskatoon berries in there. The smell was everything I expected from this tea. I did, however, forget about it in my steeper while I was working so it sat for more than 15 minutes. I tried to redeem it with a bit of maple sugar after the first few sips that were so not so yummy. The sugar helped a little, but I really think I messed up the whole thing. Yet, I did like the berry flavour once I got over the bitterness.

I’m not going to rate this yet, not until I make it properly and give it a good chance.

This tea is so yum. Very berry-y, and not bitter when steeped for about 4 minutes. I just might have to buy 100 g of this on my next trip to DAVIDsTEA…

I can see why this one is compared to Blueberry Jam, but I like it nonetheless. I do get the maple notes, and the dark oolong base doesn’t bother me like I would normally expect it to (i.e. Carrot Cake).

I was very surprised by this blend! It smells quite sweet, as it has maple syrup and Saskatoon berries, and initially I thought it wasn’t my cup of tea (so to speak) but I thought it made a delicious iced tea, I have yet to try it hot.
I would recommend trying it unsweetened first!

I LOVE this one. I had it to go the other day when I went to the mall. I got it when I first went in and as I was leaving picked some more up to bring home. This tea had a few sour notes to it but they were not overpowering and the tea still had a sweetness to it. This is one for the permanent collection.

Smell: All Berry.
Taste: This is totally reminding me of all of the berry bubble gum I loved as a kid, bringing me back in time. I don’t really taste any of the maple syrup in here, but then again I don’t feel like reaching for the sugar; this seems sufficiently sweet by itself. I don’t like many fruity flavored teas, but I would re-order this.

Thanks to Helen11 for this lovely sample!

First off it smells quite lovely…although it was packed with Davids Tea Main Sqeeze as well, lol…but we’re definitely off to a wonderful start:)

Brewed…well I couldn’t quite taste anything sweet or fruity about it…just tea. I did about 1DTP worth (a slight bit less then level since I have only enough for two cups worth). I am glad though I didn’t really taste any of the artificial flavoring (which has been happening often for me with Davids Tea unfortunately :( ).

I wouldn’t mind ordering a small amount of this next time I place a Davids Tea order just to test it over the long term.

Similar to the BlueBerry Jam but not as strong in the berry tasting department…but it’s definitely not subtle, it’s just Blueberry Jam is so strong.

I bought a fair bit of this tea, I can drink it almost everyday. It’s kind of sweet but not overpowering.

This was a really interesting tea. It tasted like berry oatmeal to me. I had it hot and enjoyed it. I never did try it iced, as it literally flew off the shelves and my store never did seem to re-stock it. I don’t think I had it enough to really even remember what I liked and didn’t like specifically about it.

this one didn’t do it for me.

In terms of berry teas that came out from DAVIDsTEA at the same time, I prefer Blueberry Jam iced more than this one. It’s still good, but Blueberry Jam’s just got that extra something for me