Cherry Cider (Organic)

Herbal and Decaf TTB Summer 2025

Oh, this is unexpectedly delightful! I have pretty much given up on commercial cherry products after one two many experiences with terrible artificially flavored cherry cough medicines, candies, maraschino cherries, and over sweetened cherry pie fillings. None of them taste nearly as good as fresh or frozen cherries, or dried tart cherries. This also has licorice root, which often ruins a blend for me. But I don’t taste licorice at all here, just perfectly natural sweet-tart cherry bursting across my tongue! Amazing job on this blend! It’s better than I would have dared to hope!

Herbal and Decaf Traveling Tea Box, Summer 2025.
Cherry Cider. DavidsTea.
This bulk material (relatively large chop having the texture of Grape Nuts cereal) was packed in a zipper-sealed mylar bag. I prepared the tisane as directed: 1 round tsp. steeped in a stainless steel micropore infusion basket with 8 oz. 200°F alpine spring water for 5 min. The dry blend had the aroma of dried montmorency cherries, like the ones in my pantry, while the infused liquor gave the same scent complemented by additional floral and fruit notes. The flavor burst in my mouth with tart, sour, slightly sweet fruit juices, undoubtedly reflecting the apple, hibiscus, and cider vinegar mingling with the cherry content. So many ingredients here! Really a terrific blend, but even more enjoyable after I further sweetened it with a spoonful of sugar. Not medicinal! It was warming and fulfilling while hot, and became refreshing when cool. I’m so glad to be able to drink this, after having been teased many months ago by @AJRimmer’s tasting note! I now see that @Roswell Strange had posted some informative (and accurate) comments in her several tasting notes of many moons ago. I find the lingering aftertaste to give me cravings for another cup of this, which I shall undertake when I get a chance. Well done, DavidsTea team! I will recommend this to those not put off by hibiscus notes (which are only a minor part of the flavor here), and rate it as 89, mainly because—although I enjoy the tannins developed by fresh apple cider— I prefer to save vinegar notes for heavier savory foods, rather than beverages.

This sometimes ends up a little thin. I overleafed it the most recent time, and then it was quite tart and slightly funky. It’s just not for me. It’s best cold with a lot of sweetener. Then it tastes decent, but I’d rather drink a different fruity tea.

Adventageddon Day 3

Cold Brew!

It was a triple cherry kind of day today. By fun coincidence both of my tea choices from DT were cherry flavoured, and by even more of a coincidence I had a sweet cherry and vanilla cream flavoured yule log cake to enjoy with them.

This was probably my favourite tea of the day, and I’m sure a part of that is some bias from the fact I developed this tea. It’s a brand new organic blend that (right now) is only available through the advent. I’ll almost certainly do a more proper review when it actually launches fully like I do with all new teas, but I’m a little too tired to dive into that right now. For the day I had it chilled because in general I prefer my cherry teas cold, and the tart cherry and green apple notes from this blend are so vibrant and full of life when prepared this way! The apple cider vinegar inclusion also just gives it a wonderfully tangy note that leans into those festive, cider-y flavours.

Today’s Advent Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDIdoKPSOFh/?img_index=1

Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4FnLug0BVw&ab_channel=dogeyes

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 and feelings regarding the teas, and not the company’s.