Pineapple Oolong

Tea type
Oolong Tea
Ingredients
Apricot, Natural Flavours, Oolong Tea, Pineapple
Flavors
Pineapple, Sweet, Floral, Medicinal, Apricot, Vegetables, Candy, Creamy, Thick
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Low
Certification
Not available
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Average preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 4 min, 45 sec 11 oz / 320 ml

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  • “I’m finishing this sample today. It’s a light oolong with a definite pineapple taste. To me it’s more of a Spring/Summer tea than Autumn/Winter tea. I find that as the days and nights get...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Thank you SO MUCH to Dexter for sharing her bounty in free DavidsTea with me. :) Yep, this is the tea I chose. And it’s been changed. The pineapple pieces are now HUGE, way bigger than the oolong...” Read full tasting note
  • “I didn’t realize I never posted a longer review! We finished this one up today and it is on my re-buy list, honestly. The oolong is there but very subtle under the sweet pineapple. It puts me in...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I finally managed to take the time to brew this one up, and have to say that I’m rather disappointed. Yes, it’s definitely pineappley. But the oolong is lighter than I was expecting, and would have...” Read full tasting note
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From DAVIDsTEA

Crowning glory

With their exotic, golden flavour and dramatic spiky crown, pineapples are clearly the king of the fruit world. Their original name was “Ananas,” from the Tupi word for “excellent fruit” – we couldn’t have said it better ourselves. Here we blend big pieces of pineapple with Tie Kwan Yin oolong tea, for the perfect balance of fresh, fruity and floral. The result? A bright, refreshing blend that’s equally amazing hot or iced. Trust us – it’s like drinking a cup of sunshine.

Ingredients: Hand-rolled Ti Kwan Yin oolong, pineapple, apricot.

About DAVIDsTEA View company

DavidsTea is a Canadian specialty tea and tea accessory retailer based in Montreal, Quebec. It is the largest Canadian-based specialty tea boutique in the country, with its first store having opened in 2008.

111 Tasting Notes

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So disappointed with this one. D: I thought that it would be more fruity and sweet, but it wasn’t. It just tasted like oolong and kinda vegetable-ish. The only fruity flavor was apricot. It tasted ever so faintly of apricot, but that was it. :( Sad times…
Well thank you for the sample, Darby! Glad to have not wasted my money!!

Flavors: Apricot, Vegetables

OMGsrsly

It used to be so much better… :(

raven22

I find I need to have several of the fruit chunks in my teabag for this one to taste the best – maybe your sample didn’t have enough of those?

Ost

Did they really change it, OMGsrsly? I am pretty sure that they changed Movie Night last year, and now it’s not as good too :(

Ost

Raven22 it actually did have a decent amount of chunks. The dry leaf smelled amazing-like candy! It totally screwed me over hahah the sweet smell betrayed me! D:

OMGsrsly

Yeah. The first time I bought it the pineapple pieces were very tiny and it was super fresh and juicy with a background of floral. I have some that Dex sent near the end of last summer, and it’s almost soapy and too floral and the pineapple chunks are HUGE.

OMGsrsly

I don’t hate it, but it’s not the tea I fell in love with.

raven22

Oh boo, that sucks! :( It’s a pity so many of these teas smell better than they taste, LOL.

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I’m discovering that I actually like oolongs! This one was really nice, however the pineapple flavour was really subtle. I added a chunk of fresh pineapple from my fridge actually and it was much better :P

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I finally caved an got a tin of this, becaise it’s the one tea in my house that all the tea drinkers love. I wish it wasn’t so expensive, but it’s an oolong, so I will have to grin and bear it. I love the pineapple flavour, I love the lightness and the smell is to die for. Definitely a keeper.

Ost

Ah I really need to try this one!! Is it really sweet?

raven22

It’s not super sweet, in my opinion – the oolong base balances that out.

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Bagged smell: very strong candied pineapple scent, it smells divine, especially for a pineapple lover.
Brewed smell: a bit more mellow on the pineapple smell, still yummy though
Brewed taste: More oolong than pineapple but pineapple is still evident, need just a few pieces of rock sugar to bring out the candied flavor which I highly enjoy. This will probably also make the tea wall.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML

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This one came from Dexter! I’m really hoping this pineapple oolong won’t be as disappointing as Lupicia’s version was to me. Please be juicy and pineapple-y! The oolong itself is a medium green with some yellow tones, and it’s a mixture of some tightly-rolled pellets and some unrolled pieces. There are also chunks of what looks to be candied pineapple along with a few pieces of dried apricot. The dry scent is encouraging, I can smell sweet and tangy pineapple quite clearly.

The steeped tea smells very pineapple-y, I’m excited! Hm, this is pretty good. The pineapple flavor isn’t quite as strong as I would like, and, to be honest, it reminds me of pineapple gummy bears. But I like pineapple gummy bears! There’s not really much depth of flavor here, and I don’t taste the oolong much, it’s mostly there as a textural element. Not bad, but not great.

Flavors: Candy, Creamy, Pineapple, Sweet, Thick

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
OMGsrsly

I used to really like this one, but then they seem to have changed some things (for one, the pineapple pieces were wee teensy, so they steeped up better) and I don’t love it as much now. It is pretty good iced, if you need to use up the rest of a sample. :)

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My favorite.
It’s a soft sweet taste without being overwhelming. I also find it to be a very clean caffeine with little crash. If you’re caffeine sensitive like me this is perfect.

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Had this a few times hot before and always thought it was a little weird – hot pineapple juice? So I decided to use the last bit of this tea as a cold brew and I definitely enjoy this more. The pineapple is so strong that the tea actually tastes like it’s sweetened, and there’s just a light tea flavour in the background.

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I am so behind on logging….because I spent all day drinking tea on account of receiving the T&C TTB today! Oh man!

More tea samples than I’ve see in one place, like, ever.

I drank, ohhh, seven teas since 10:00 this morning, Haha. I logged them all manually (er, I mean, in a physical book with an actual tangible writing instrument and my hand) – so expect a bunch of backlogs later!

Anyway. This one. Sipdown!! An old favorite. When I was on my flavoured oolong binge.

Perfectly tasty and flavorful, with a realistic pineapple note.

I could have used a creamy vanilla note to tone down the tartness and also because I’ve told you before, “everything is better with vanilla!”

All in all, I enjoyed this cup at like 11:30 last night, but have finished my run with it, no need to repurchase. Assuming it still exists, but I have no idea anyhow.

mj

What was the card portion of the box? Just curious as to what everyone is putting in!

Virginia

Haha love the part about logging them manually with a “tangible writing instrument”. I think I will do the same, I hate sitting in front of my computer and writing as I drink tea. It ruins my chi.

I’M SO JEALOUS OF YOU RIGHT NOW! I WANT THE BOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXX!(said in a whiny child throwing a tantrum over fruitloops at the grocery store tone)

Sil

Haha I think I’m after virginia….thankfully I’ll be moved by then

ohfancythat

@mj1851 I got a postcard photo taken by Nicole’s husband of Kansas City :)

@Virginia it has prove to be much simpler writing it down! I designated a notebook my official “tea log”

I also have a list of every tea I own in there, though it doesn’t include my samples yet. Because my Steepster cupboard is not up to date!

@Sil yeah good timing for sure! Lucky you weren’t next :)

Sil

Nicole’s Hubby takes AMAZING pictures imo..

Nicole

I like the idea of an old fashioned paper & pen log. I jot notes on post-its when I drink tea at work but especially with the influx that comes with a TTB, the idea of just keeping a little notebook at hand sounds good.

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So this isn’t part of the travelling tea boxes, but a tea from my own collection. I was just browsing in David’s Tea one day and an awesome tea guide recommended this tea to me. She also suggested I blend it with Blueberry Jam, which I have yet to try, but I feel it will be a great match.

I had this tea today :)

Dry Leaf: The oolong leaves are with pineapple and apricot pieces that give off a nice fruity scent. The leaves themselves are nicely curled.

Steeped: When I poured the hot water over the leaves, they opened up nicely. It’s always nice to watch tea leaves unfold. The water is a nice, light yellow color. The scent from the tea is both sweet and floral. When I took a first sip of this tea, I found it had a light body with a nice soothing, yet subtle sweet taste that a had a nice creamy-ness to the body.

A longer steep added the taste of oolong into the mix, which was rather nice, as there was a nice contrast between the two flavors. For a later steeping, the flavor of the tea got richer in body and more velvety.

Iced: So since it is coming to be summer and the weather is finally acting nice, I feel that having the tea iced as well. I find that this tea is great hot and cold. The sweet scent does not leave, yet it is more subtle. The body is still light and creamy, and the flavor is sweet and very soothing. I can see myself enjoying this tea this summer by the pool reading a book.

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This is a sample I’ve had for a while from a David’s Tea order. I’ve been avoiding it since fruit teas aren’t my favorite. The tea leaves/pineapple bits smelled quite sweet when I opened it so I was worried it would be too sweet. Once brewed it wasn’t too bad. More tart than sweet. There’s a lot of pineapple flavor and less oolong flavor. Definitely an interesting mix.

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