307 Tasting Notes
I found this in the cupboard and tried it again. Yep, wayyyy too sweet, and in the artificial sweetness way. I ended up doing a cup of this, and a cup of ceremonial matcha, over ice. That makes it tolerable, but it’s still artificial sweetness. I have like 25oz now in my tumbler, so I’ll go through this cup, and maybe decide by the end of this whether to keep or dump the rest of it.
I picked up four oz of this the other day, because coupon, but WHYYY. Maybe I didn’t put enough of it to really make a difference? I put in around 2tsp/12oz water and made it iced. It tasted ok-ish for first steep. Kind of a slighty sweet muddled fruits. I was expecting something a little more punchy. Really I kinda just wanted orange water. Second steep was a no go. I’ll try again, but I’m in no rush.
I ordered probably tooo much tea when browsing their clearance, couple that with all the spending I’ve been doing at DavidsTea, I need a tea spending break.
This tea though! I made it iced and it’s like sweet but unsweeted coconut juice! Recently I tried Coco Colada and really disliked it because it tasted like coconut water, which can sometimes have that strange slightly sour potassium? taste. This is what I was looking for when I tried that tea! There’s not much else to say about it though? It’s really yummy and refreshing, but it’s also at first taste pretty one dimensional. I’m pretty tired though, so maybe I’ll rewrite this review later
This has been floating around in my ice tea press for the last day or so, I’m glad that it’s not one of those herbals that lose all flavor after the first steep. It reminds me of a less hibiscusy Passion tea (Tazo), but the ingredient profile doesn’t seem at all familiar, as far as I remember.
It’s good cold! I haven’t tried it hot yet, but this past week all I’ve been wanting is cold tea.
Preparation
So when I was first starting out in tea and really a little too eager, I bought 9oz of this online, untried, because it was 40% off the big bag. And then I tried it and really really disliked it. It just wasn’t my style. I didn’t know about DavidsTea’s return policies at the time so I kept it, and took the chance to offload some of it into every traveling teabox that came my way, so if you’ve seen this in a TTB in the last two year, that was probably me. I gave out most of it that way, so at this point I only have a tin or so left.
Now coming back with a bit more experience in tea, and some more budding experience in the way that DavidsTea specifically blends such teas, I don’t hate it anymore. Do I love it? Ehh, it’s still a bit too sweet for me, to be taken in small amounts. Hot, it’s definately too too sweet, but room temp or iced? Maybe I can actually drink the rest of this down. (I don’t regret giving away most of it though. Not at all. Haha) I’m learning to appreciate more these types of really sweet teas, not that I want to make it a habit.
The oolong in this is kind of mild, or maybe it’s just overwhelmed by all of the fruits and nuts in this mixture. I think I’ll experiment with adding in some other oolongs that I have on hand.
Preparation
A little while back I was on a earl/lady grey and jasmine teas kick. I finished off the last of my EG from Tealyra and decided to reorder, along with the ‘lighter’ Lady Grey.
I’m not sure if it was because their batch of flavoring was bad this time or if it was a heavier hand, but this tea and my order ‘grey’ teas that I ordered at the same time were very very heavy on the bergamot, and thus very artificial tasting. Needless to say, I was not very happy.
This Lady does seem a little more tempered when made into an iced tea, but still very aromatic. Like the old ladies where you can smell their perfume a half block away. Other than the scent, it’s not a bad tasting tea, but maybe I should save this for when I have a cold and can’t smell much. Even now though, my nose is slightly stuffed with allergies and this is overwhelming.
Oohhh, I do like this one! I’m kinda regretting that I only got 1/2oz of this in-store the other day, but I hope that they’ll be some left whenever I find the time to go back down to the store! the sample I got is probably only good for maybe two more times. I don’t really get why though, when I order 2oz from another company it lasts forever, but with DavidsTea, it’s all gone in a flash. But they do add alot of filler and random things so 2oz is not 2oz of straight tea.
Is this like a strawberry shake? Yes and no, to me this is much more akin to Strawberry Hi-Chews! Which are delicious!
Even at a higher steep temperature it did not get astringent too quickly, but the leaves do not hold flavor well. I had a very mild 2nd steep, but it was not as strong as the first. I used 2tsp/12oz tea.
I rarely rarely brew white teas, because they’re so finicky to brew. I had a sample of this on hand though, so why not.
The first steep, even following the instructions, did NOT go well. At 175, 2min, the tea was still very astringent. The peach aroma was overwhelming, and I didn’t get any jasmine at all.
The 2nd try went better, I tried it at a little under 170, 2 min. The peach aroma is still very strong. I like smelling this brew. The tea favor is distinguishable, but just as a plain white tea. I wouldn’t even label it as a particularly good white tea, which is unfortunate.
What this tea has going for it for me is that it smells nice, and the leaves are pretty, but I wouldn’t purchase it for myself. Maybe it works better as a cold steep?
