Orange Blossom

I drank this iced. It has a nice real orange flavor, little floral honey cream flavor there. It’s naturally sweet.

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This is less creamsicle today than it was yesterday which is making me feel more okay with saying goodbye. However, it is more like see you later as I will probably pick this up now and then to satisfy a craving for the creamsicle flavor.

First cup of the day! I had to try this tea, I bought some of it and Creme Brulee earlier this week to stock up on some new rooibos. Also I have this one in mind as a latte tea haha.

Anyways, the dry aroma is mostly oranges and cream. I steeped for around 4 or 5 minutes and put it in my travel mug. Weirdly, the steeped aroma does have a bubble gum note to it, as well as a creamsicle smell lol. First time I’ve gotten heavy bubblegum from a tea, Honeydew Mate has a little bit, must be some type of flavoring mixing with the rooibos.

As for the flavor, this is pretty mellow, orange and cream but again bubblegum..a weird little tea in my opinion. I need to try a few more cups, this has great potential. I also want to try orange & cream by Della Terra now lol.

Overall, not a bad rooibos but I need to have a few more cups before making up my mind about it. First impression = not the best.

I got this to-go at the David’s near Union Station on the path.

This tea, both dry and brewed, smells heavenly – like orange with a hint of cream. However, even with a bit of sweetener, the taste of the orange is very muted, and it’s even a bit medicinal. Perhaps it’s best to describe it as ‘subtle’, but what I was hoping for instead was something a bit…bolder perhaps? Even a bit more like an orange popsicle?

First infusion: very sweet topnotes, even bubblegum! Creamy, too… how does it do that?
Second infusion: still bubblegummy. How strange. And a lot of colour still coming through in the infusion!

I can taste the orange loud and clear – it reminds me of the dried, preserved orange peels my mother used for herbal medicines: fragrant but almost on the bitter side, like unsweetened Neo Citron. However, unlike Neo Citron, it doesn’t make me feel any better during a cough (but to be fair, it doesn’t taste medicated). Maybe I’ll try this again one summer, iced, and maybe I’ll think differently of it then, but today I felt disappointment.

Go out and smell some real orange blossoms.

Yummy. I’m in love with this one! It is so appropriate before going to bed and it’s a treat. I don’t think it is too much into orange taste though… I think it tastes more like bubble gum. Yeah. Bubble gum. I love it, boyfriend loves it, and I bet every kid in the world loves it.

REALLY nice tea. Must remember to pick up a tin, just had a cup at david’s tea and was in love with it. Such a nice one to walk in the park and kick leaves.

I’m having a really great day!

Decided to celebrate with a David’s Tea haul. I had to restock some of my favourites from my dessert sampler that I drained… Vanilla Orchid, Read my Lips, and Blueberry Jam.

While I was there, I picked up a few new decaf teas to try, since the dessert sampler only had one!!

I put this one on to try, since I liked its’ smell the best of all the new additions. Smells fruity and sweet and creamy all at the same time!
First sip… OMG Delicious! Tastes like it smells! Candy! Sweeter than my dessert teas! It does taste a bit.. artificial to me. But it’s still super tasty, and definitely satisfies my sweet tooth!

=) I love it.

Buying of bag of Orange Blossom tea is like buying one of the “Mary Poppins” bags. It appears to be not that much tea, but I got at LEAST 50 cups out of my 50g.

It was just a never ending bag of tea. Usually I feel the need to be sipping the tea itself as I write these reviews, but I’ve had enough Orange Blossom to write a valid review on it.

It is very orange-y (good job David) almost too much orange. You really don’t need the full 1.5 tsp to brew a cup of it. It’s very strong tea, and it brews FAST.

The first few cups were great, but it just dragged on for too long and I got sick and tired of it. I’m kind of happy I’m almost done the bag

So If you want a quick cup of tea, and you like an ever-so-slightly-tangy-orange flavor, then this is the tea for you ;)

Enjoy!