251 Tasting Notes
This was a pleasant iced tea, and even more enjoyable with a bit of lemonade.
I didn’t find the tea as a whole particularly strong, and the blueberry itself was subtle – perfect for someone who doesn’t always like blueberry. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this. I have a few iced tea fans in the family I can see serving this tea.
Flavors: Blueberry
Preparation
As someone who loves a fruity sweet tea (and let’s be honest, a gimmick), I was excited for this tea and grabbed a couple packets on sale.
Reminder to self – buy a little first, and buy more if it’s good.
I wouldn’t say “strawberry” for this at all. Tropical for sure, artificially sweet. Was that the gummi bears or the fact that the first ingredient is candied pineapple?
Normally I can get my partner to drink any iced tea I can’t manage, but we tossed this.
Flavors: Artificial, Sweet, Tropical
Preparation
This tea was a wild ride.
It smells exactly like shortbread. Hot, it tastes just like a buttered popcorn jelly belly. As it starts to cool, the tart element overrides the sweet.
I kept drinking it not because I liked it but because it was so odd. I wouldn’t repurchase, but it was an interesting experience!
(From David’sTea Advent Calendar, Day 8)
Flavors: Popcorn, Sugar, Tart
DavidsTea Advent Day 7. I’m going to be lucky to finish all three tea advents by the end of January.
The coffee is strong in this one, with a sweetness I generally don’t prefer but feel like works well for the tea. I’m not a big fan of vanilla and this artificial version doesn’t much help. I could brew it and just smell it all day, if nothing else.
Flavors: Coffee, Sweet
Davids Tea Matcha Advent Day 12.
This was pleasant but nothing memorable. Mostly a light matcha with ginger at the end, especially after adding milk (the ginger seemed stronger before). I was excited for some real spices of gingerbread but didn’t feel like they came through.
Flavors: Ginger
Sounded lovely for a cold brew, which apparently diminishes the “magik” color powers of the tea, as it was a bright and bold green instead (and the lemonade added only diluted the color). Pleasant citrus flavor but too mild to be memorable for much outside the color.
Flavors: Citrus
Davids Tea Advent Day 6
I’m not sure what’s going on with this tea. It brewed so weak at first I added more. It smells like an overly sweet baked gingerbread, but the taste is more of a tart fruit covered in sugar with a hit of spicy ginger at the end. The gingerbread sprinkles were adorable, at least?
Flavors: Fruity, Sweet
David’s Tea Matcha Advent Day 10.
Almost got this froth right!
I got a little bit of a fruity scent from the tea, but I couldn’t taste raspberry at all (or any berry, actually) with or without the milk. It was a pleasant enough sweet matcha, but I wouldn’t call it raspberry.
Flavors: Sweet
David’s Tea Matcha Advent Day 9
Frothing seems to get better day by day but I’m really at a loss for new tricks to try, so maybe I’m just doomed to a frothless matcha.
I struggled to identify the flavors in this one; after adding milk the only flavor that comes to mind is creamy and I wonder if that’s the tea or the milk. It’s tasty though.
Flavors: Creamy