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Bamboozled from DAVIDsTEA

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80/100

Bamboozled

Fruit Herbal Blend by DAVIDsTEA

Panda-monium

Lately bamboo seems to be popping up everywhere, from the runways to the kitchen. No wonder – it’s sustainable and fast-growing. Plus pandas love it. But that’s not all. According to Ayurvedic belief, bamboo has cooling properties, and drinking a bamboo infusion can release heat from the body. What could be better on a hot summer day? Especially when it’s topped up with the juicy flavours of pineapple and peach. Add it all up and you’ve got a summer drink any panda would love.

Pineapple cubes, bamboo leaves, peaches, freeze-dried apple, peony petals, rosebuds, peach crunchy.

74 Tasting Notes

Raritea
74
Raritea 2 tasting notes

Sweet all the way through. Prominent pineapple flavour. Flavour reminds me of bubblegum. There is nothing particularly remarkable about the taste; simple flat pineapple.

Rating: 54

I was served this tea as the Tea of the Day at my local David’s Tea.

When this tisane is served on ice, I am able to better detect the different ingredients. I was especially surprised at the floral tones that I was tasting. This tisane is definitely much better served on ice than hot.

Rating: 74

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Lindsey

This is a really interesting one. It’s mouth-watering. Quite literally. I guess that’s what they mean by “juicy?” It’s good though; tastes like peach and it has a slightly woody taste to it — reminds me of honeybush, in a way.

TheKesser

I’ve been stressing out a lot lately about some stuff at work. Today came a big answer as to what was going to happen and I’m very relieved.
I didn’t know what that answer would be until I got here today, but I thought I’d bring in a tea from home to enjoy as it would help the day go smoother until I heard the news. I chose my newest tea to the collection, Bamboozled!
Last summer I was given a whole bunch of Blazing Strawberries from a friend of mine and I loved it. The first two times or so times I had it, I didn’t really know what to think of it, but now I absolutely LOVE it. I think this tea will be the same.
I got only 50g of this last night as I was trying to be good. It has large pieces of fruit all through it with the bamboo leaves.
It is a nice fruity refreshing tea. I’m definitely enjoying it. I’d probably buy this one again as it is so fruity and nice.
The bamboo is a strange base, but I definitely like it as a change.

Heather Martin
88
Heather Martin 3 tasting notes

Tried this today, iced, as it’s actually a bit warm out here now. It was very refreshing and juicy. I think I’m gonna pick some of this up to take on my trip to Atlanta in a week and a half, along with some other teas that will be great iced. Actually, I’m thinking of taking the whole summer collection and the pre made bag of this with me to share with the group we will be with, though I might just get this a a few of the other teas, but not all.

It has a nice peachy color too. Not that that adds to the taste, but it is an aesthetic that I like.

I really really really like this tea. I was looking for an herbal to have hot since it is a bit cool tonight and I opted to see how this would handle hot instead of iced. I have to say, I think it worked well. I think I do prefer iced, but only just slightly. It is juicy and refreshing iced. Hot, it it still juicy and somewhat cozy. It is definitely peachy. I do really love the look of this tea…it is very colourful. It smells sooo delicious too. It feels like a nice fall tea…a little summery, but hot it feels a little fall. It doesn’t quite say fall to me like Alpine Punch or Amaretto do, or Orange Blossom even. Banana Nut Bread is another that feels really warming and hearty for a fall to winter tea for me. Bamboozled hot seems like a summer to fall tea.

Overall, I still really like this and will try to save what I can for next summer, but I might dabble in it again for a hot one.

Still loving this tea…had some iced tonight, to go with my Singapore Cashew Curry for Noodle Box after work. Normally, this time of year, I would stick to it hot with my meal, but I opted for multiple cooling properties from it…the bamboo leaves and sweet fruits, but also that it was iced. Did the trick and was perfect with my dinner.

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Sweet Canadian
94

I’ve decided I really like this one iced. It’s light, fruity, and unique because of the bamboo base. I always got it as a to go cup cold, and now I have some at home. I want to turn it into a cocktail somehow, but I need to figure out what would go with it.

Mélissa
95

Had this iced at the store today and it was delicious! I like this one more than Tropicalia. I should of bought a 50g but I went with Creme Caramel Rooibos (which they gave free samples of) instead. I really like the overall bamboo + pineapple combo, it was perfect on a hot day. I’d like DavidsTea to make more bamboo-based tisanes.

Faith
79
Faith 2 tasting notes

Reminds me of Green & Fruity, but I’ve never tried bamboo leaves before. We’ll see how this goes!

Hot: I wasn’t really a fan, like drinking warm fruitopia or something. So, I put the whole shebang in the fridge overnight and…

Cold: So, so, so much better! Taste-wise it reminds me a lot of Green & Fruity, but cooler somehow. I can see what they mean about bamboo leaves being “cooling” because it somehow just feels like drinking liquid cold (and I didn’t even add any ice to it). Definitely a refreshing summertime beverage full of light, tropical flavour. Drink up!

LOTS of changes around here lately:

1) WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!! Simultaneously scary AND exciting at the same time. One the one hand we will be SO POOR because our savings have gone towards the down payment, lawyer fees, land titles, taxes, and then the mortgage twice a month. On the other hand we won’t be renting anymore! This makes me incredibly happy! If there’s a problem it’s up to us… and yeah we’ll have to foot the bill, BUT no more waiting on landlords who don’t do anything anyways and make us resort to solving the problems of mice infestation, exploding stoves, or unshoveled walkways ourselves.

2) The terrible twos are upon us. My precious, well-behaved 23-month-old has just this week decided that that was all an elaborate charade and that she just wants to scream and whine for whatever she wants now. Who is this child? Cuz she sure ain’t mine…

3) Baby boy is quite a busy little bee in there. I’m officially 23 weeks along and the little gaffer must be a break-dancer because I can feel him twirling and kicking like there’s no tomorrow.

4) My doctor also happens to be pregnant too, which is weird because she was also pregnant when I was pregnant with my first! This means that she’ll be going on maternity leave at the end of January and I’ll have to go to another doctor for the rest of my prenatal care. Sigh.

5) Which actually segues to this tea, I promise. I haven’t been the best preggers around… I don’t take my prenatal vitamins (I was taking them before I got pregnant, but then the nausea hit and I could barely keep water down, let alone hard-to-digest horse pills), I definitely don’t drink enough water, I was losing weight for a while and have just started gaining some of it back, etc. So, my Doctor was all, “I know you have trouble with the pills and keeping food down, but COULD YOU PLEASE DRINK MORE FLUIDS!” So, that’s where this tea comes in because I figured I might as well enjoy the fluids I drink, right? Thus I’ve been steeping + icing a bunch of my more summery teas in an attempt to motivate myself to get more fluids coursing through my system. This one hits the spot: fruity, light, flavourful, and delicious. Bottoms up, Dr. H!

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katgolik
91

After tragedy(tea disappointment)I need a win.

So I went with this peachy pineapple lovely smelling brew with an awesome name and the mention of PANDAS. what’s not to love..

put huge amount in and steeped full time recommended.

Smells like awesome hot juice..apple juice..pineapple and peach juice…every smell of it makes another note more and more apparent..the cruise of smells.I actually want to eat the steeped leaves…I just might…………..

waiting for tea to cool is hellish sometimes…COOL DOWN DAMMIT!!

My reviewing gets a little hyper at night..I see this now.

Finally ready to drink..so excited..

So,first taste judgment:
Oh my…best juice ever..rich with so many awesome flavors dancing on my tongue..yummy yummy yummy…NEEDS to be tried iced.
THIS is what I wanted Swampwater to taste like..

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

mpartea
75

another tea run! picked up 12 new ones, so after a marathon steeping i’ve got six of the lower caffeine teas ready to go, so i’ll be keeping them short and sweet. GET SET…!

mmm, bambooo
this one is definitely fruity. very sweet also. the pineapple is prominent with a peachy undertone to balance it out. will have to try it iced!
it’s good but i don’t love it.

Tasha
84

I adore this iced. It’s super refreshing with fantastic fruity notes. It’s definitely worth a try!

Helena
89
Helena 8 tasting notes

I tried this at the shop in Grant Mall this morning. It was served cool. I liked it the peach was stronger than the pineapple. It looked like water though and would’ve tasted better if I made it at home with my filtered water.

Pretty warm outside time for this refreshing drink :D

Another insanely hot day… 38C and that converts to 100F… good thing I have something cold to drink!

Now that it’s insanely hot over here I think I need something to help me cool off. Yep this will do that :D

Cycled into work this morning (20kilometers) and needed something cold and refreshing this works perfectly :D

Making another one before I go wait for the bus, when I get home though I’ll probably have something else… not sure what yet :D

Note to self: Don’t try this hot! Hot it is terrible gives you the wilting flower smell as a taste in your mouth. However cold and steeped properlly it’s great! I had some yesterday after my 20kilometer bike ride home.

A good drink for a hot summer :D

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Vanilla Beans
81

This was another tiny packet of tea I recieved with a bunch of teawares I had bought. I was really apprehensive on it since I am very much not a fan of pineapples and such but I gave it a try to mark down another tea sipped.

I found it to be very tasty! The aroma was alluring to say the least and I had fun enjoying it, not finding a harsh amount of pineapple to the tea at all! Although I did enjoy it, I wouldn’t buy an entire tin of it. It is lovely and was fun to have but I may leave it at that unless a friend wanted to split a tin buy on it.

Teavangelical

how have i not fallen in love with this tea already?!?!?! i was really really hot at work yesterday so i made an iced bamboozled. (bamboo is cooling, and pineapple reduces inflamation) perfect. i’ve drank a litre and a half of this over the last two days.

sarai
81

Backlog review.

Love this. I’ve been waiting for another bamboo tea since blazing strawberries, and was so excited when this was released. Fantastic in a glass! Or a mug. Perfect iced, and also really good hot. I drank a lot of this over the summer – generally cold steeped. I find that you can’t really oversteep this at all – I’d keep a juice pitcher of this with the tea filter in, for a day or two and it was always super tasty. The fruity notes are balanced and don’t overpower the bamboo, the bamboo is wonderfully fresh. Just fantastic.

omgwtfbgd
86

I like this one! I wasn’t sure how I’d feel given that my luck with bamboo teas (aside from the Bamboo Lychee Sencha I had found locally). This one is nice. There’s more fruitiness than bamboo, which I prefer.

Mac A.
100
Mac A. 2 tasting notes

Its so awesome!

One of the greatest iced teas from DAVIDs TEA!!

The taste- Very, Very similar to Mango Madness ( also from DAVIDs)
Very refreshing and cooling

The color- light yellow- white

Smell- light, refreshing- like mango madness

very fruity!!!!
My fav iced tea at the moment—— and only tea rated 100 on my account! :)

Had this one iced with a spicy dinner. It is very smooth and cooling.
Still really love this one.

Btw, lots of tea reviews coming up over the weekend!!

Goodnight

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petitetouale
88

I think this tea is delicious. The pinneaple flavour is not too artificial and the bamboo leaves gives it a really unique taste. This is one of the greatest herbals I have tried

Lala
64
Lala 2 tasting notes

I would not normally try or buy this type of tea, however, I was in the store with my sister and smelled almost every canister of tea they had, and my sister conned me into buying this tea, only so she could drink it without having to buy it herself :)
I actually did like this tea one I figured out how to brew it. I use more tea than the recommendation. I find if you brew it for too long, it starts to taste artificial.
There is a strong fruity flavour that complements the vegetal flavour of the bamboo.
This tea has caused me to fall in love with bamboo tea!

This is a herbal tisane.

2tsp in 8 oz. water.

Appearance of dry tea: small uniform peices of light green bamboo peices,cut. Small pieces of fruit, fruit crunchy peices, and flower petals.

Smell of dry tea: smells very fruity and sweet. Notes of peaches, pineapple and apple.

Appearance of steeped leaves: minimal expansion.

Colour of liquor: dark yellow, almost brown.

Smell of liquor: minute smell, vegetal.

Taste of liquor: fruity, sweet. Some tropical flavours but hard to distinguish. Underlying soft vegetal base. There is an artificial taste noted.

I generally only ever steep once.

I would recommend as a good tea but most likely not purchase again.

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jman828
93

Read this in the tea book and thought it sounded great! Went in and smelled it and did it ever smell “fun”. It tastes just as good as it smells! It’s a nice, mild, calm, fruity blend. It’s not overwhelming at all and is slightly cooling like they say. Very delicious!

Buy the Stars
75

Tried this iced in the store yesterday with a bit of agave and I really liked it! Even flash frozen, when all the ice was melted, it kept all its flavour. I’m not sure if that’s due to the artificial flavouring in this, and I’m once again side-eyeing David’s for that decision, but this is one of their new blends that I actually do enjoy. I may pick some up to brew myself.