Raspberry Nectar (organic)

Yup, just like everyone else says… there is only the barest hint of berry tucked away in the middle of this rooibos. Hmmm.
Except… it’s super smooth. I don’t mind me some plain rooibos. It’s a little juicy, woodsy, and sweet. If you don’t get hung up on the lack of fruitiness, well you know, it’s pretty durn good. Just what I needed after battling it out today with my headache. Shame this was only a sample. All gone now.
The coyotes kept me up all night, plus I had a few drinks with friends at a bday party(cake pic is posted on my twitter account. @Marilynblooms, feel free to follow me!)
I’ve come across the alcohol/interrupted sleep equation three times recently, that I recall(twice due to those yappy creatures) and yup, that seems to be a trigger. Cosmopolitans followed by a quality snooze? makes for a happy me. Go figure. Heh.
Anyhow, caffeine helped so I was downing that all day. I am so grateful to the tea farmers around the world who work so hard to supply my habit. Really, I am. That thought crossed my mind several times today. Now it’s time to calm down!
OK I am rambling. Off to bed I go.

Ummm, I am glad I only bought 10g of this, it smells mostly Rooibos and I want to say honeybush, but I am not sure. There is no raspberry scent or taste, but I have yet to sip this tea, I am waiting for it to cool.

Thanks to Uniquity for the generous sample of this tea. :) it was enjoyably fruity though a bit strong on the honeybush. I think red honeybush and rooibos really do better with more desserty or robust flavors. You need a green honeybush or rooibos for a fruity blend. Whatever raspberry there may have been is completely overwhelmed by base. I taste a bit a lemon grass a vague fruitiness, but I wouldn’t be able to tell you what fruit. Still, it’s not bad. I can drink it. And it allows me to appreciate well thought out blends all the more. :)

Sniffing my mug of tea, I’m definitely getting a strong smell of rooibos, which is a bit off-putting. Not sure I’m really a big fan of it. There’s also a tangy sort of smell which is good, but I’m not really getting anything resembling raspberry.

Taste-wise… bleh. Again, no raspberry, just mostly rooibos. I think the other flavour I might be getting is some lemongrass, which is pleasant enough.

Haha, it just came into my head that this reminds me of bug spray! Citronella, more accurately. Weird, but I just took another sip, and yup! Sent into a few camping memories, just then :P

Belatedly sniffing the dry tea, all I can think of is citronella. Hahaha.

So, not a tea for me. I’m really sad that there’s no raspberry flavour whatsoever, but perhaps I still would have thought it tasted like bug spray. Oh well! I hear this tea is being discontinued, and I can’t say I disagree with the decision…

I have to agree with DMTea. This tea tastes like straight roobois to me. I do detect a slight aftertaste of some sort, but I’d be hard pressed to say if it were raspberry, citrus, or whatever else. I’m a very loyal David’s Teas drinker, so I’ll just say that this tea isn’t for me… which is too bad seeing as I have an entire pitcher of it in the refrigerator. If anyone wants the remainder of of the bag, please let me know and I’ll gladly send it to you.

Day 67 of my 101 days of DAVIDsTEA challenge (and my final backlogged day).

1.5tsp in my teaball, brewed in-cup.

You know the saying “where’s the beef”? Well, with this tea, it’s more like where’s the raspberry? The tea itself isn’t bad at all, but while raspberry makes me think of a succulent, tart, juicy sweetness, all I get from this tea that is remotely like this is a hint of fruity sweetness. The predominant flavour is the citrus. Which, while nice, does not seem to match the raspberry-inspired name.

And it looks like this tea just got discontinued, so I’m glad I tried it when I did! I hope if they try creating a raspberry flavour again, they put more effort into making it, well, more raspberry-y.

Dry note: Hint of sweetness
Wet Notes: I could only smell rooibos

Unfortunately this tea is one of my least favourites just because I can barely taste the raspberry and all I can taste is rooibos. The ratio of additives to tea is probably a bit off.

The smell comes off a lot different than expected. I feel like if you put this under my nose while I was blindfolded, I would think that this is more of a herbal tea (I guess it’s the honeybush and lemongrass). Even with honeybush and lemongrass, I hardly taste those…maybe a bit, but not enough to tell the ingredients apart.

I really want to try this iced before I come to a conclusion, but I don’t think it’ll make much of a difference. Rooibos is a hit or miss with me…but I am starting to like it a bit more.

What I taste is definately not raspberry but it’s still good.

Well, at least I’m not alone in thinking this tastes like straight-up rooibos. That’s okay, because it is predominantly, but I get only a very little raspberry. There is some added tartness and I can sense the lemongrass but it’s more a feeling on my tongue than a flavour. Medicinal! Yikes. But, not horrendous. I finished my cup, albeit in gulps.

After a day of nothing tasting good to me, this came the closest. That said, it tastes nothing like raspberries. It’s pretty much a straight rooibos.

It’s generally mild and inoffensive. I might try this cold or mixed with lemonade. By itself, it doesn’t really stand out.

I like that tea! It’s so juicy! it feels refreshing to me, because of the lemongrass I think. Love it iced, never tried it hot. But it’s leaving the permanent collection! Bouhouhouuuu :’(

Wait, I bought the Raspberry rooibos, right? checks package Yup, okay. So it wasn’t just that my cup didn’t get a solid rinse. I am tasting rooibos with like a drop of raspberry. Add triple the fruit flavours/ingredients, and this might be an awesome tea. Right now, it is way too strong of a rooibos for me.

One of the first I chose from Davids Tea several months ago. Very mild, mostly tastes like honeybush. I think it would do nicely mixed with some Three Lemon or with one of their mint teas. Further experimentation required!

Nonetheless, it’s a perfectly nice tea. A little boring, but was great for me as a beginner.

I’m not a huge fan of rooibos because I find the rooibos itself is usually quite strong & has an almost alcohol taste to it. I found this to have a nice sweet taste but definetly didn’t get the raspberry.

Has a smell reminiscent of… cough drops?

When I bought this the sales ladies couldn’t agree on which was better: Green & Fruity or Raspberry Nectar. So, I bought both. I tried to like this one, I really did, but it just always seems to come out tasting medicinal and not like tea at all. I have tried it both hot and iced, and the only way I can tolerate it at all is when it is iced, but I still don’t really enjoy it. So, what am I supposed to do with the rest of the bag?

Le sigh.

It’s great mixed with goji pop for an iced tea. 3 parts raspberry nector, 1 part goji pop and taste like strawberry jam.

I’ve never had this tea hot, but I think that it’s perfect iced. Considering that its got rooibos in it, which is supposed to be a good alternative to sports drinks, this is my ‘after-workout’ go to. I usually just put double the amount of tea in a tea bag, tie it off, and let it sit in the tea pitcher overnight. That being said, the flavor is much stronger the next day, than it was when I first made it. I don’t get too much raspberry out of it, more of the rooibos flavor, but I’m ok with that. I don’t know if I’ll try this hot or not…

Is it just me or does this tea taste nothing like raspberries? I am so disappointed. :(

very nice flavor, raspberry-lemon ish

Lovely iced.