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i just finished making my third cup today….I absolutely love this tea! I am a huge cinnamon fan, and this tea smells so delightful! It isn’t overpowering the way cinnamon can be, but it makes for a nice smooth taste.

This is probably my favourite tea to look at dry; loaded with little sugar crystals and gold balls. I put a small bit of milk in my first cup, but had the second without and it was better, more flavourful.

My order from DavidsTea arrived last Thursday, and I am slowly but surely working my way through all of my new teas! I think I’ll be filling a tin with this when I go to the store next month.

This was better than Hawaiian Cocktail, but I doubt it is something I would buy again. It has a nice, fruity smell (both dry and brewed) and the yogurt gives a bit of extra richness. Having said that, it doesn’t really remind me of mango much at all. Instead, it is a seemingly random fruity taste that is very close to being overpowered by the hibiscus.

While it isn’t terrible, I was really hoping for something more…mango-ey.

This is a new tea from TeaFrog (according to their site, and I couldn’t find it on here). I was a little leery of it at first, because I seem to be frequently disappointed at teas that promise me coconut! When I recieved the sample, I couldn’t really notice any coconut pieces in the tea, but happily, the flavour does come out! It is a very light tasting and refreshing ( I bet it would be nice iced too) and the coconut isn’t overpowering or chemical tasting (as I find many coconut things are).

I think I would buy a full size bag of this tea.

Still tasting all of my new samples! I took this to school today in my travel press, and it was just what I needed, sitting in a cold classroom. The smell is very nice, and the taste is lovely. It was sweet, but not too sweet. It definitely smells and tastes like a dessert, but there wasn’t much of a coffee-like hint to it (which I normally associate with tiramisu). That’s really not a big deal, it still tastes great!

I resteeped this during my break, but it tasted very…hot watery, more than I normal find when I resteep. I mostly just needed something to keep me warm anyway!

Mmm…this did not disappoint! This was my third sample (out of ten), and so far the only one I would buy a full size of. Oddly enough, I didn’t think this one had a very chocolately smell dry, but once it steeped it smelled lovely. I used a little bit each of milk and sugar, and it turned out great. It falls below chocolate chili chai and read my lips from davids tea, but it is definitely up there with my favourite teas to satisfy my sweet tooth.
This is a great alternative to hot chocolate, and it has a nice, plain (in a good way) chocolate taste. Very comforting.

This was a really nice cup of tea. When I smelled the dry leaves, the tea seemed sweet and fruity. Once brewed, the cup was not overly sweet, but definitely didn’t need anything added to it. The word that comes to my mind to describe this is “clean”. I think this is one I’ll come back to whenever I feel like a nice cup of green tea without too much going on in it.

I thought the description sounded really good, so I ordered this as a sample. I find it a little strange that there’s no ginger in it!

It smells alright before it is steeped, but I don’t get any smell that reminds me of gingerbread. I definitely get the orange, but it isn’t overpowering. Overall, the taste was disappointing. I had high hopes for a comforting tea for cool weather, and while this is drinkable, it will probably be a last resort to try out. I’ll also add that I do like rooibos, so I don’t think that was a factor (as it seems to be with some people).

My samples from TeaFrog were just delivered this morning! They all smell amazing….but this is the one I was looking forward to the most! I am a huge coconut fan, and vanilla is a bonus!

The dry tea looks beautiful, I love the little rosebuds. It has a delicate smell but both the coconut and vanilla are definitely there. Once steeped, it was pale in colour with a light smell. When I drink it the tea itself is the first thing I taste, and it is very nice, but the coconut and vanilla really come out after taking a sip. Mmm.

I haven’t tried it iced yet, but I feel that it will taste even better that way!

Edit: When I went to resteep my leaves a little while later, they smelled terrible, like seaweed. What am I doing wrong? It was only about an hour and a half later, and I’ve never had this happen before when trying to resteep!

This was one of the first teas I tried from Davids Tea, and looking back, I don’t even know why I bought it. I have never been a fan of lavender, and when they first took the canister down for me to smell it I thought it just smelled…weird.

When I actually tried some, it was better than it smelled, but I still wasn’t hooked. Somehow, the flavour really grew on be because this is now my number 1 tea! I always make sure I have some onhand, and when I’m having a bad day the first thing I do is brew a cup.

I don’t find the lavender taste or smell to be overwhelming, everything mixes together really well, and it is just amazing. The only negative thing I could possibly say is that some of the pieces are so small that they don’t always strain well – but that really isn’t a big deal, and it depends what I am using to make my tea.

I think I might make some now!