Coco Chai Rooibos

Still busy, still working, still writing, but still here and still drinking tea!

I don’t think I can handle many flavors anymore. This smells like a candle used for smelling up the house of a person very different from me. No.

It’s spicy. It’s fake. It’s oddly pineappley? A little sour like an apple. Then there are the spices of course. No thank you.

Pretty good. I’m not a huge fan of spiced tea, but I’ll have this over ‘The Spice is Right’.

Thanks for this one, NayLynn! I didn’t expect any extras with my Nutty & Spice blend we split. There was a LOT in this sample. I really should have saved half for another steep session but it was already in the teabag. :D It looked like a solid mix of ingredients here. I expected more spice but was pleased with more sweet coconut than spice. Just as long as the coconut is fresh and here it is. The next night, the second steep was a lot more spicy (mostly sweet cinnamon) and the coconut was almost missing entirely. Such an odd switch! I think I liked the coconut first steep better. It was interesting that with all these ingredients, only coconut and cinnamon made an appearance.
Steep #1 // 10 minutes after boiling // 3 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 5+ minute steep

I love this tea but didn’t care for it as a latte. I think the milk is just too overpowering. Other tasting notes mention using soy or almond milk so I may try that some day. I think almond milk (assuming it tastes like almond? I’ve never tried it before!) would compliment the tea well.

Opened this one today, because Chai is well-known for helping sick people recover. Isn’t it? It fits the bill for what I want in a cold-day, just-getting-over-a-cold tea, anyway. I used 1.5 tsp of leaf for my cup, and gave it 4 minutes in boiling water. I added a splash of milk. I know this one isn’t supposed to contain chocolate…but I’m sure I can taste it? Maybe it’s just my wonky tastebuds? I can also taste the coconut quite prominently, and for a good long while I was thinking “bounty”. Then I read the label again and realised there is actually no chocolate in here. Hmm.

The spices are well balanced and not overpowering, allowing the sweet, tropical coconut to shine through. I think it’s mostly cinnamon, with maybe a touch of ginger and cardamon. I had hoped the red peppercorns would come through more in the flavour, but they remain very much in the background (and just barely at that).

I’m enjoying this one! Despite the lack of chocolate, I’ll have no problem finishing off my mini tin.

I got a sample of this in an order and as soon as I had it, rushed back to the website to buy a 4 oz tin. The house is going through it quickly. Mainly a rooibos chai with a hint of coconut to smooth everything out rather than straight-up buttery coconut. Caffeine-free means I can enjoy before bedtime. :)

I got this tea as a free sample with a recent online order. I was shocked at how much I liked it. The thought of a tea with cinnamon, cloves, and peppercorns put me off for a long time and boy was I missing out. It has just the right amount of spice without being overwhelming and the sweetness/fruitiness of the coconut helps to even the flavour out. I’m not sure this would be something I could drink large quantities of but it is really good as an occasional tea. I would consider purchasing a smaller amount of this tea but I don’t think I’d buy a big tin of it.

#ProjectTeaWall

Stopped in after work at Job #1 today to grab myself something for the bus home, and then a sample to knock off the list tomorrow on my day off as well. Both tonight’s tea and tomorrow’s are Chai blends which means, yes, I am starting to finally cross off all the Chai blends I’ve avoided so long.

Seriously; my dislike of Chai is so great that when I was working out which teas I needed to try for Project Tea Wall there wasn’t a single Chai blend on the wall that I’d actually tried. That means there’s so many more left to go.

This seemed like a non-intimidating start to them though; and actually I kind of hate that I’m about to say this but drinking it I almost… wanted more spice.

Blasphemous, I know! Honestly though I left the tea bag in my To Go cup the entire commute home (approx 40 minutes) ‘cause I knew the rooibos wouldn’t get bitter and even by the end of the ride this still felt weak/watered down. I guess you could consider it a “Chai Light” though, for tea drinkers who aren’t typically big fans of Chai/Spicy blends like myself. Getting home and double checking the ingredients list, I’m surprised to see clove is one of the ingredients: I tasted three primary ingredients throughout the whole cup and clove wasn’t one of them. In this order, I found the strongest flavours to be cinnamon, coconut, and ginger.

Shockingly, this is a Chai blend I probably will try again at some point, though.

Friendly reminder that I’m not currently numerically rating DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently seasonally 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.

My opinion of this the has improved since my first cup. Turns out I didn’t need to be frightened of it after all. Good news!
Its not a favorite, but it is just the ticket on this blustry day, to sooth my poor sore throat.
A sipdown!

(slight backlog lol)
Day 11 of the homemade advent calender: today’s theme is teas from David’s Tea

Nothing more to say about this since I’ve reviewed it many times, however I love this blend and always keep it in stock in my inventory.