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So… I got a rat!

He’s adorable and precious, and I named him Wasabi. He’s a pretty little, tiny thing: only two months old and really tiny, curious and hyper active. I want to take pictures but thus far I’ve been unable to take ones where he’snot blurry. I’ll keep trying!

Anyway, before I went to the pet store I stopped at DAVIDsTEA to get something to drink while I decided on my new furry friend. I let a coworker, Tanner, pick out whatever he wanted for me to drink. He chose this one! I can always trust Tanner to pick out something good; our taste seems to overlap a lot.

Strong fruity notes of plum, apple, and quince with light honey/caramel undertones. Sweet overall and just ultimately pleasing.

Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts regarding the teas, and not the company’s.

This is a queued tasting note.

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…And all of the Chai blends officially tried! Until they come out with new ones, anyway.

Honestly, I didn’t taste any major differences between this one and Chai & Mighty. I think I’d probably have to do a direct comparison to tell them apart and you know what? I don’t want to. That said, this one as a latte with some honey? As someone who doesn’t like Chai, that was pretty good!

Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts regarding the teas, and not the company’s.

Hot cuppa.

I really like the robust, fruity pomegranate and raspberry notes in this tea. So much so that, actually, this has become my “Go To” suggestion for not only fruity green teas but flavoured greens in general. That said, I thought this particular cup was a little too grassy/heavy on the base for me to get as into it as I would’ve liked.

Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts regarding the teas, and not the company’s.

This is a queued tasting note.

Large cold brew pitcher…

This was another one that my roommates devoured the entire pitcher of it, save one small 1/2 glass I managed to sneak in before it was gone. You know what though? I think secretly I’m glad they drank it because I didn’t really find it all that satisfying.

Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts regarding the teas, and not the company’s.

EDIT: Just so everyone doesn’t think my roommates are dicks for this reason, at least I keep two pitchers of cold brew in the fridge. The smaller one is my daily one that’s off limits, and the other is a large, shared “free for all” pitcher they’re more than welcome to. They just usually don’t drink it all so fast.

Cold Brew Sipdown (121)!

Brought this one in to work and shared with coworkers. We played a guessing game, of sorts, with the flavour notes and ingredients so see if they could blindly identify any of them. My assistant manager did the best and was able to name both the ginger and orange. No one got the sage, which is the other key player here. A few people guessed ginger pear…

I really enjoyed this one cold brewed though; I felt like the earthy/spiciness was still present but the brightness of the orange was more the focus point of the sip. If we weren’t going into spring, I might be tempted to order more of this. I don’t see it being something I’d reach for often Spring/Summer though.

This is a queued tasting note.

Sadly I don’t remember much from this cup apart from the fact it was Western style and at work. My note keeping got gradually better over the week the more I was realizing it might be an extended period before I’d have a laptop again. This was the point in the week where all I wrote down was “sweet smoke” under the name of the tea in my little journal.

Thanks again for the journal VariaTEA; it was a life saver this week.

This is a queued tasting note.

Drank this one at work during my week without internet access…

I feel like I genuinely liked this one more the second time around; both the maple and marshmallow notes just seemed richer/stronger to me. The roastiness could have used a bit of a boost to compete with the sweetness of the maple, but it was still a very solid cup. For some reason it tasted a touch boozey though?

Also shared it with my two assistant managers: one loved it, and even asked for the website I got it from. The other not so much; he didn’t like the pairing of such sweet flavours and roasty Genmaicha. Buzzkill…

Cashew Milk Matcha Latte!

I’m really bad, when I order matcha, for opening all the bags at once because I like to try everything but I’m gonna try really hard to pace myself with this order. I want things to stay fresh as long as possible…

And so, before I opened one of the bags, I consulted all the matcha drinkers at work about what kind from the order they would most want to try. This was the winner, and so it’s where I started. It was REALLY good; very creamy for sure with the extra sort of boozey sweetness that Irish Cream has. The whole mug was warm and rich, and felt like a big silky hug from the inside out. I’m really excited to share it with my coworkers because I’m sure they’re going to love it!

Next up? Trying it with Baileys…

Cold Brew Sipdown (122)!

Made a pitcher of this one, and I’m sure glad I decided to take a thermos of it with me to work the morning after I strained it because I came home from work and both roommate had already polished it off!

I didn’t mind this one; the blueberry came through quite clearly and strongly for me. I didn’t taste the other two berries so much, though. What was really missing for me was just a bit of sweetness. Instead this had a little bit of a drier, flatter taste that left me wanting more out of each sip. Not as good as DT’s Blueberry Jam, imo.

This is a queued tasting note.

Had this iced with honey the other day on shift; I’ve been drinking a lot more tea with honey as of late. Not sure why the sudden shift; I guess I just really like/appreciate the flavour? I found that the honey added to this exaggerated the red berry notes/raspberry in a very pleasant way. Conversely, aspects like the juniper seemed more masked/covered. Like anything it’s give and take.

Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts regarding the teas, and not the company’s.