Alpine Punch

Pretty good. It has a bit of a fruit punch aftertaste with an initial coconut flavor.

Day 11 DavidsTea 24 Days of Tea advent calendar – Alpine Punch. I’ve been on a fairly sad run of teas lately with the DT calendar. Not being the biggest rooibos fan I out this one off for a few days before trying it. At first pre-brew sniff I thought it had some potential. Very coconut-y, which is good in my books, though I know it’s not for everyone. My main concern reading the ingredients list during steep time was the “natural and artificial almond cream flavouring”. Not almond flavouring, which can be a bit of a warning sign already, but almond cream flavouring. Having established a few days back in the advent calendar experience that the use of ‘cream’ by DT generally means this is something I am going to hate, my expectations were adjusted towards Low.

Upon lifting out the brewing basket, the first thing I smelled was those lovely spices (cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, black pepper) followed quickly by that creaminess I was worried about. But, to my delight and surprise, that creamy note stays pretty pleasantly in its proper place as a base note and slight aftertaste. I think the spices and the woody rooibos really help to balance it out. Without those the almond, coconut, and apple would be just too dang much with the sweet and creaminess. But, with the addition of some spice, it all comes together very, very nicely!

I dig this tea & I am relieved and happy to come upon a Winner after a string of advent disappointments. Pretty decent odds I’ll actually purchase this one, lovely winter warmup tea!

I do love me some nutty teas. Deep brown color, aroma of almonds, like baked goods and amaretto. Oily sheen to the tea surface, maybe from the coconut?

Really odd name for this tea – I imagine something totally different in flavor profile containing mountain berries and crisp snowy notes.
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This is a strange brew. The name is right as it does give you thoughts of beautiful snowy mountains. The creamy notes along with the almond and rooibos flavors provide a strange calming sensation. Strangely I don’t taste the coconut.

Made this as hot tea before suddenly deciding I wanted it iced instead, so I poured it over some ice. I wasn’t sure how it’d be, but it was surprisingly good iced! It seemed sweeter when iced while it seems nuttier when hot, though it could just be that I happened to get a sweeter scoop.

I’m not a huge fan of Rooibos teas, and I didn’t totally love the smell of this one, but once steeped, it smells really nice and aromatic. You can definitely taste the almonds in there, topped off with a bit of coconut, apples, cinammon. I don’t personally taste the cardamom in there, which is a shame because I love it. It has a tiny bit of an oily layer, probably from the almond cream or coconut, but I didn’t mind it here. It’s a really nice tea for a winter afternoon.

Strong rooibos flavor, a little fruity. Nice to calm down with at night.

So I bought a set of these teabags when they were on sale right after Christmas and I’m just now getting around to trying them. This is not my favorite tisane! I definitely get a berry fruit punch sort of taste from it that just tastes sort of artificial, which wasn’t awesome hot. It was sweet, so I didn’t add anything to it. I haven’t tried it as an iced tea though, so that’s what I’ll do next, maybe it was just that I didn’t enjoy it hot?

Got this from the ‘christmas treats’ sampler. Smells like almond pastry filling. I like it.

Bought this in store a while back and never tried it. It’s not bad. Taastes a bit like almonds and honey to me.