I do like this one more each time I try it. It is such a smooth and soothing flavour.
Even though I usually drink tea straight, a tiny splash of milk really brings out the macadamia flavour.
I am upping the rating a little bit
377 Tasting Notes
Yep, tried steeping it at a lower temp than recommended again and it works so much better.
Now this tea tastes smooth and I am definitely getting the hot chocolate notes in it, not a full on hot chocolate but a light, nice, smooth one!
Upping the rating a little.
I had this today with steamed milk, and the milk really smooths out the flavours.
Yummy good way to start the day!
This was ok, sweet enough cold-brewed but maybe not enough papaya for me.
Unremarkable
Citrus and jasmine—-I never would have paired these!
I haven’t tried this before because I was concerned about the lemon being overpowering.
It was actually a good balance of flavours.
1st steep: (94*, 4 min) good balance of lemon and jasmine, light oolong flavour in the background
2nd steep: (96*, 5 min) the lemon isn’t as strong, the jasmine is still there, with a little more oolong coming through (my favourite steep)
3rd steep: (boiling, 7 min) not enough jasmine left for me to still enjoy it as much.
Still to come: cold brewed (like so many of my other teas)
Yum! It was very creamy and refreshing. I was suprised by the amount of creaminess in this tea! That pretty much sums it up!
Speaking of refreshing, I will have to try this cold-brewed or maybe as a popsicle!
2nd steep: (less than boiling, 10min) less creamy, but still ok
Aroma: orangey in the bag, more caramel when steeped.
Taste: I was very suprised by this blend. I got 50g as a gift and would never have bought that much for myself. The first couple of times I had it, it was bitter. I learned to keep the steeping time shorter and it is less bitter with less of a weird cinnamon taste.
I like the dark caramel taste with the small hint of orange and cinnamon.
Just make sure you steep more toward the 4 minute mark rather than the 6 minutes.
Not sure yet what I think about this tea, it is more cinnamon-y than I thought it would be and less floral. It is not a bad tea.
I decided to try a 2nd steeping and liked it much better. It got rid of some of the strong cinnamon taste and brought out the floral notes more. But, I steeped the first steeping too long I guess (4 min) because the 2nd steeping is a little weak.
Next time I will steep for only 2-3 minutes and then do a 2nd steep and see how that turns out!
It took me a long time to try this tea because I was really unsure of popcorn in tea. I am glad I did!
Aroma: sweet caramel popcorn
Tea: smooth sweet caramel popcorn! I steeped this for 5 min, and it was a little bit light on the green tea taste but I really didn’t mind at all because it is so good!
2nd steep: almost boiling water for 8min, it was a little too weak for my liking. If I was going to do a second steep again, I would have to shorten the first steep. Not sure if I would resteep or not or just increase my steeping time to 6.5 minutes and only enjoy once. I will try to shorten the first steep next time and see how I like it.
Anyway, I just got a very small amount of this tea, but I will be stocking up soon I am sure!
So, I decided to try something different. An employee had suggested some time ago to try this as an iced latte.
I find I like the flavour of most teas cold-brewed rather than iced, so I gave this a try.
I cold-brewed 2-3 tsp of Forever nuts for about 18 hours in the fridge in 1 cup of water. I added 0.5 cup of milk.
It was pretty good, a nice treat, but I like it hot plain, with milk, or with eggnog better.
So I decided to try experimenting with this tea a tad bit. The package states to steep this at 98degrees but I thought that it might be scorching the white leaves.
So, I let the water cool off about 2 minutes after boiling and tried it that way.
I got a lot more of the chocolate flavour steeping it this way! Yum…
I am not going to increase the rating at this time because I want to try it once more steeped this way.
I have now finished my tin from Valentine’s day that came with chocolates. I will miss this tea. It is still the yummy minty chocolate tea that was one of my first DAVIDsTEA experiences!
Hopefully, my husband gets me more for Valentine’s day!
I tried this again, because I always give a tea at least 2 chances, but I just don’t like it. I am so surprised because I like amaretto and I love almonds??? wtf. Anyway, I just can’t handle it. I have to decrease the rating
The most troubling part is that I am not sure what the problem is :(
This tea was very surprisingly good. The vanilla and the mint-i-ness works so well together. The green tea base actually works very well with this as well! This tea is perfect at work when I can just throw it in my thermos and it won’t oversteep if I get busy or forget about it in there.
I will definitely buy this every christmas for the convenience of work!
Usually, I drink my tea straight, but I read some of these reviews, and decided to add a tad of sugar and milk.
These additions made the carrot cake flavour really shine, it tastes like a real carrot cake without the nuts…..maybe I should add some forever nuts….I will try that some day!
I would up my rating but I really try to drink my teas straight to limit the calories I am consuming (losing weight is never easy), so the rating will stay the same.
This is a lovely fruity earl grey. I really liked this as something different but still classic.
I thought that the fruitiness really came out in this tea and gave it a little punch that I wasn’t expecting.
In my opinion, the aroma in the bag is the same as in the tea, and it tastes that way as well!
I got this one as the valentine’s tea and chocolate tins from my husband.
I really liked this tea and have been drinking it on Sundays or as a special treat when I deserve one! lol
First, I taste the chocolate, and then the strawberries….chocolate covered strawberries. As I sip more into the cup, I get the floral taste of the rose petals.
My little tin is now all gone, I will be re-stocking this one!
This is so yummy and flowery. The white base makes this tea sensational with the high quality white.
The second steep is just as good as the first or maybe even better.
Too bad this is so expensive, or I would definitely buy a tin.
I thought this was so-so last year, but then I tried it this year and BAM! I like it, chocolate with a kick, and I love chocolate!
I am not usually a fan of spicy foods or anything, so the mild spiciness of this tea is good for me!
Definitely something that I would drink again, I hope it comes back next year too!
I liked this tea. I am not particularly a fan of green tea, but this one was good. It tasted like an orange creamiscle.
I wish that I would have known about icing or cold-brewing tea when I owned this tea because I think it would have been wonderful cold.
Yummy and creamy!
This would taste like an orange creamsicle if it was cold brewed…..I will have to try that next!
Hot, this is sweet and satisfying, leaving a refreshing feeling in your mouth. Not too sweet though, because the creaminess makes it just right.
The rooibos base is also very complementing in this tea.
This is similar to last spring’s dreamsicle.
This isn’t a bad tea, it is just not my cuppa. It reminds me too much of super chocolate, which I am also not a fan of. I guess I can’t like every single tea from DAVIDsTEA :(
I just found that it was too much spice and not enough chocolate.
This is a super-smooth tea.
I am not getting much of the earl grey flavour, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing because I really like this tea. The orange peel instead of the bergamot gives this a smoother, subtler cirtus taste, and the jasmine really shines though.
The oolong base gives this tea the smooth creamy taste that I could drink all day!
2 steeps so far and I am gonna try another.
The carrots and creamy taste really comes through.
Creamy and has a yummy taste but there is something in there that I can’t put my finger on. It must be the artificial flavouring.
When I first tried this tea, I loved it but now it is starting to fade on me.
I will definitely finish my 30g though.
