Glitter & Gold

I’m very particular with my black teas. Unlike greens and whites, I can’t stand the taste of a black tea that isn’t perfectly steeped — there seems to be a lot more room for “error” with other teas before they start affecting my palette.

That being said, glitter and gold doesn’t seem to pose that problem for me. Maybe it’s the sweetness or the cinnamon. Whatever it is, a sip of this tea is like a sip of Christmas in a cup. Sounds cheesy, I know, but this tea is awesome. It does the trick on cold winter mornings. Definitely one to try!

This black tea is so light tasting and the touch of sweet cinnamon is delicious, especially when both flavours balance really nicely together. The shimmer from the little gold crystal balls makes this tea that much more adorable to me. So good! :)

so pretty! I love this tea, I find many with cinnamon too overpowering, this one is perfect… and to top that off, it actually SHIMMERS in your cup! AMAZING :)

This is one of my favourite teas ever, it is so yummy. The only problem…David’s Tea only had it for a limited time. I really hope they bring it back!

Day 12 Davids Tea Advent Calendar 2023

I picked this one out of the calendar because I could use some caffeine and the only samples left in the calendar didn’t seem appropriate. What a pretty tea! I knew I needed to break out my glass tea cup to see all the sparkle and shine. Today is the first day of school break and while I’m not off of work, I’m hoping to cram in all the fun on my days off. The rest of the fam, is rather slow to catch on to this, so I’m sipping this one while plotting out their staycation.

It’s a sweet, cinnamon flavor that reminds me of the cinnamon candies my grandmother used on her gingerbread man cookies. It’s interesting to me that I confuse the clove vs cinnamon taste. Possibly because they are usually mixed together in baked goods. It has a good lemony taste to it as well. While it is pretty, I wanted a stronger clove/cinnamon taste.

About a year ago I got a bunch of this tea through a glitch….have given a few bags to my gals at work, but still have plenty of it.

Had a nice cold brew 20 oz DT tumbler of this today at work (cold brew for two days since was drinking other things yesterday so didn’t have time for it) — love the flavors working together the lemon, clove, and black tea and now will have to remember this as I work to sip down the stash I have of this!

Hi everyone! It’s been a while, I know. School was really crazy last semester and I didn’t have much time for tea. Right now I’m indulging in some swapped teas and such lately because I’m procrastinating with sipdowns.

I’m so excited about this tea, I always saw it online and I never grabbed it because I was worried it was too similar to pumpkin chai which isn’t my favorite. However, I tried this blend this morning and I am very happy o say that’s not at all what it tastes like. It tastes like a slightly spiced creme brulee which is super nice in this rainy weather in NY today. I definitely will be grabbing more when it comes back around this winter!

So pretty and makes me feel warm inside. Love the cinnamon in it and the sweetness is subtle enough to not over-power it

I have nothing but high praise for this tea. It’s very well balanced and with no need for added sweetener. It’s a black tea base with bright hints of lemon and vanilla, but it doesn’t taste like a vanilla bean was just sitting in your tea. The blend is light with the robustness of the black tea harmonized with the sweetness of the other flavours. The black tea doesn’t shadow everything else. It tastes like one homogenous flavour, and only by concentrating on it do you discover the interesting, complex aspects of it. It’s genius. It’s one of my favourites. I will say that this is not a “wake me up” kind of tea. It doesn’t steep very dark and it doesn’t have a massive caffeine kick. That being said it’s still wonderful and I highly recommend

I tried making an official tea latte with Glitter & Gold this AM (using more tea to make a stronger concentrate then adding an equal part of foamed milk—I usually make my lattes just with a slightly stronger brew and maybe a 1/2 part of foamed milk.) I find that as I’m trying to figure out exactly what to say about the result, I’m making a face like I smelled something bad. So I guess that means I didn’t like it.

It’s drinkable, but definitely bitter after a 5 minute steep. I wish David’s Tea would be a bit more exact on suggested steep times for each tea (and on temps as well—what does “hot” mean?! Boiling water is hot but you certainly wouldn’t use that for a green tea. A word description plus a temp would be ideal.) If this thing turns bitter by 5 minutes, I can’t imagine what a 7-minute steep would taste like. Blech.

I think I said this in a previous tasting note, but this one is very clearly not a re-purchase for me. I still somehow feel like I may reach for it now and again because it’s one of my most neutral black teas at the moment, so it feels right for an early morning cup. That just tells me that maybe I need to seek out my first straight black tea.

I tried a re-steep using 5 minutes (since usually I increase by 30 seconds each time.) Still bitter but now with less flavor lol. Oh well. The caffeine is kicking in and that’s my main priority with my first tea of the morning.