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“Nice and tart. Shame it got retired SDTT” Read full tasting note
“Thanks to tea-sipper for this sample! I think the base oolong is a little too minerally for me here. The cherry was nice, but it seemed like the oolong flavor was so much stronger that it was the...” Read full tasting note
“From the sale a while ago. This one sounded scrumptious – a cherry oolong and these oolong leaves are DARK. I’m mainly just grateful that this doesn’t taste like cough syrup cherry. It does have...” Read full tasting note
“This was a reject from what my mother bought the other week, she hates it. Basically it’s a cherry/fruit drink with measly amounts of oolong tea sprinkled throughout. I spent about three minutes...” Read full tasting note
If you’re looking for a sweet new way to detox, try sipping this cherry-packed tea featuring mouthwatering lucuma – a sweet superfruit from South America that’s naturally low on the glycemic index. Combined with feel-good ingredients like restorative beetroot, hydrating hibiscus and metabolism-boosting oolong, this caffeinated iced tea is the most refreshing way to cleanse and beautify.
How it tastes
Ripe juicy cherry flavour combined with a light earthiness from the beetroot
What makes it great
Made with lucuma – a sweet superfruit from South America that’s naturally low on the glycemic index.
This tea is packed with feel-good ingredients – from restorative beetroot and detoxifying hibiscus to metabolism-boosting oolong.
Need a post-workout pick-me-up? This blend makes the perfect caffeinated iced tea.
50 g of this tea makes around 10-12 16 oz cups of hot tea and 5-7 16 oz cups of iced tea.
Apple, pineapple (pineapple, sugar), oolong tea, hibiscus, beetroot, morello cherries, lucuma, natural flavouring.
DavidsTea is a Canadian specialty tea and tea accessory retailer based in Montreal, Quebec. It is the largest Canadian-based specialty tea boutique in the country, with its first store having opened in 2008.
From the sale a while ago. This one sounded scrumptious – a cherry oolong and these oolong leaves are DARK. I’m mainly just grateful that this doesn’t taste like cough syrup cherry. It does have a bright red cherry flavor. The brew is scarlet but NOT hibiscus tart. All points in this teas favor! However, the first cup does have noticeable amounts of stevia. The second and third cups lean towards more of natural, rustic flavor which I can appreciate. Not as much stevia while still keeping a bit of cherry. This is nice – and unique to whatever other teas I managed to try from David’s thus far (or there could be dozens of blends like this I don’t know about…) It’s especially fantastic on a hot day reading out in the yard. :D
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoons for full mug // 29 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // 15 minutes after boiling // 2 min
Steep #3 // just boiled // 3 min
This was a reject from what my mother bought the other week, she hates it. Basically it’s a cherry/fruit drink with measly amounts of oolong tea sprinkled throughout. I spent about three minutes trying to pick a decent amount of the oolong out of the pouch so I can get an idea of what it actually tastes like!
Surprisingly, I think they used something that’s very close to a Da Hong Pao. There’s a strong aged wood note alongside a sort of wet stone flavour. It actually does accompany the deep cherry flavour very well. It’s just a shame they don’t include more tea in each pouch, something that seems to be a trend with blends from this company.
Made some excellent iced tea with this though, I think it tastes better that way than hot to be frank. Won’t be buying this in the future, but the flavour is pretty decent.
Flavors: Cherry, Wet Rocks, Wood
You’d be hard-pressed to know that there was any oolong in here, or tea for that matter. But it does taste like cherries, kind of a red sourpuss/cherry blaster kind of vibe, but not too tart. Probably a fantastic iced tea. I’d prefer a little more of an actual sour cherry flavour rather than candy sour cherry, so not my favourite but I did resteep it twice, so evidently I did not hate it!
Cold Brew!
I think my obsession with this blend has slightly diminished over time, though I still deeply enjoy it and I find the cherry flavour pretty different from most of DT’s other cherry blends. Not as tart/acidic and a bit more natural (to me, at least) while still having some of that melted cherry popsicle quality. With this cold brew I got some earthiness and mineral/woody notes in the tail end of the sip – a combination of the beetroot and the oolong itself, surely. I really liked how it balanced out the fruitiness.
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.
