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It’s starting to cool down quite a bit. So I’m more interested than ever to stock up on some chai blends.

The spices add a special ‘warmth" to my day. Tea leaves before and after brewing, have a strong scent. I think that the ginger really comes out in this blend. It’s not overpowering, just enough to please your senses. As a chai blend, I usually prefer more caffeine but because it tastes really good I’m willing to overlook it.

Small note:
Had some of this with a bit of Peppermint Amour thrown in (2:1). It’s weird, but I kinda like it. I’ll have to put in less peppermint next time, it’s really strong.

For some reason, my husband said that this smells like funnel cake when it’s brewed. I guess it smells good for a dessert tea.

It tastes just like you would expect it to. The green tea is very mellow, and the lavender is pretty noticeable too. My husband thinks it’s rather “creamy.” I’m not a big fan of lavender, but this tea is still pretty enjoyable. Overall it is a light tea, not heavy on any strong flavors.

After my husband and I had David’s Champagne tea, we decided to get a “regular” white tea. At their store, we smelled a bunch of tins and decided on this one. It smelled really good and I liked how they were all rolled up.

Now onto drinking this stuff. The liquor is a very light yellow color. It smells slightly vegetal and buttery. The taste reminds me a lot of an oolong I tried: Tie Kwan Yin. Except this one has a slight astringent taste to it. After a few sips, I can almost taste something floral in it too. Overall, it has a very light flavor. When I resteeped, it was slightly more creamy.

I have not really tasted a lot of white teas, so I’m not sure how I feel about this one. Usually I prefer strong tasting teas. I like it enough to keep drinking it, but I don’t know if I’ll refill it when I’m done.

First off, on the information for brewing this tea it says 4-6 minutes. When I tried this for the first time, at their event. This stuff was SO bitter. I asked one of the tea ladies to brew some hotter samples. Thinking that the tea had cooled too much and perhaps the real flavor wasn’t shining through. Nah, it was still really really bitter. :( I don’t blame her though, 4-6 minutes is the suggested time.
Determined to “get it right”, I tried this at about 3 minutes. It tastes a lot better.

This reminds me a lot of their Pure Chai tea. The cinnamon and cloves in Marsala really express themselves. Black tea leaves and the “Marsala flavoring” are there too. The bitterness is still present, but it can be lessened with a shorter steep time (3 mins worked for me). Overall, it has a strong and delightful flavor. I loved their Pure Chai, so this was an enjoyable cuppa.

I’m not a wine drinker, so I can’t compare this to the real wine equivalent. Seriously though, if you like the Pure Chai blend this is a good pick. If you want wine, get yourself a bottle of the real stuff.

It’s quite fragrant and smells of grapes. It was still pretty good on the second brewing too. It felt like an average flavored black tea. Delicious, but not very memorable. I’m not a big wine drinker, so I cannot really say if it tastes like the wine of the same name.

The tea is not a gimmick; it actually tastes very good.
I can’t say that this reminds me of champagne. Then again I rarely drink champagne. However I do know that I enjoy this tea. It is very flavorful, it’s smooth but not really creamy. When I smell it, I am reminded of coronation grapes. So more than anything else it smells like a “wine tea”. The scent of this brewed tea makes my mouth water.

This is a mix of a lot of different flavors. The black tea is not very strong tasting. It kind of has a muted flavor.
I know this sounds strange, but it tastes like David’s Tea combined a slice of pumpkin pie with hot apple cider (minus the apple-y flavor). Weird I know, but very tasty. Pumpkin is one of my favorite flavors so I couldn’t help but buy this. It’s also kind of rare for me to find anything like it unless its Fall.

Smooth and sweet. For my husband and I, this is our favorite rooibos. We love to drink this sort of tea at night, because its soothing and does not have caffeine.

Finally had this iced, and I still can’t taste the raspberry. This should be called Lemongrass Tea, because that is the main flavor. Is it bad? No. Just not what I expected from “Raspberry Nectar”.
I’d recommend the Detox Tea from David’s Tea as opposed to this one. It has more flavor.