17 Tasting Notes
The black tea is too strong for me. Both times at the store and at home when I brewed it, it was a bit bitter. I can taste the blueberries, but the black tea over powers it. Adding agave helped bring out more of the blueberries, adding soy milk was good too. I wish it was more blueberry, and less black tea-y.
I got at 10g sample of this to try.
First the color is really murky dark green when you brew it. Kinda weird when you look at it
The flavor to me taste sweet but in an artificial way I can’t quite figure out what it reminds me of. I don’t think I will buy it again. I tried it hot so maybe it will be better iced.
I originally got swamp water, strawberry shortcake and Luscious watermelon to try from the summer tea collection. They were okay, nothing special. One day I went in to get my dollar iced tea and the women suggested tropicalia but she was out. Next day I went another location to get my dollar iced tea and they had it so I got a sample size to try. Boy is it good! At first I thought piña colada tea sounds gross, but it taste really wonderful iced! The flavor can be a but mild but you get the pineapple and coconut taste. I went back a few times to get 100g but they have been sold out for a week or so. Finally got 100g yesterday. This tea is heavy with all the fruit pieces so 100g gets you about half a “perfect tin”. I probably won’t be restocking just because it’s heavy and an expensive tea. I would say everyone should try it once! I get more pineapple than coconut taste when I brew it. The left over fruit bits are really good I always eat it :)
The first davids tea I went to didnt have this in stock, apparently it is very popular. The second place I went had it but didnt have it for samples. I decided to go for the 100g since it was a special edition. The canister of jolly jellybean barely had any jellybeans. I ended up with 2 jelly beans in a 100g tin.
At first I was kind of bummed out but then I realize I am paying 7 dollars for 50g and jelly belly’s cost 4 dollars or less per 100g. So not a lost at all, If you do buy this tea and there are not jelly beans, just buy jelly bellys from the grocery store.
I noticed that this tea needs to be steeped longer as the taste is quite mild. I enjoy this tea, it has a nice sweetness to it. The only down side is that it has tiny leaves and when I use my timolino I need to empty the filter then drink, or all the tea will be in my mouth. I think this would be an excellent tea to just leave brewing in the timolino if it werent for the tiny bits.
What I do is I put 2-3 jelly beans and some more additional candied pinapple as I like sweet and fruity makes it super delicious if you let it steep for a while.
