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This is such a good matcha with the most perfect sweetness to give it the sugar cookie flavor

I haven’t been drinking caffeine, especially coffee (too acidic) but I wavered today and had a mug of this.
Wasn’t a huge fan. It’s really artificial tasting and too sweet with a musty undertone (coconut?) Other than that, it’s just fruity, not much of the green tea flavour is seeping through. Was left feeling unfulfilled and disappointed. Definitely not worth breaking my no caffeine rule.
Going to pass the rest of this on to my Mom who will drink any green tea, even if it’s not her favourite.

I wasn’t sure at first if i was going to like this but the coconut and pineapple seem to compliment the matcha very well

Well, I don’t usually like turmeric in teas, but I try almost every herbal DavidsTEA blend, so here we are. I find it too bitter and tangy. It’s not smooth or enjoyable. I really just taste that weird turmeric twang. I don’t notice other spices. I feel like this could have worked if it were balanced better. Milk and sugar make it drinkable, but not good.

I was ok. Just never seemed to know what flavor it was. One sip nutty and the next cinnamony etc

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I made this after work on Monday, but it seemed to have the opposite effect on me…I was up until 00:30 reading. Ha-ha. However, I don’t think this cup was to blame for my late-night adventure; rather, it was the desire to read Don Quixote to 100 pages.

Notes: Floral and a touch of vanilla.

I was in the mood for a honeydew blend today! I do think that this one evokes honeydew milk tea. The honeydew is pretty candy-like; I agree with Roswell that there’s a bubblegum-y element to it. On its own I would probably find that unpleasant. The creaminess rounds it out though, making for a nice balance.

Very pleasant rooibos. Just the right amount of lavender and coconut to make for a sweet floral flavor with a slightly nutty aftertaste

Starting the morning with a cold whisked matcha latté! I’m very, very partial to drinking this one as a either a hot or iced latté as I think it really highlights the slightly golden caramelized sugar note and the gooey Marshmallow fluff profile. To me, it tastes a lot like the Toasted Marshmallow flavoured Jelly Belly beans – and that’s especially true with this highly frothy and thick cold whisk method of latté preparation. It’s a lovely little sweet treat to jumpstart the day!

Side note, the fact that there’s no marshmallow on a stick or even s’more emoji feels absolutely criminal!!

Tea Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_qM-UYuFDd/

Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GKOi6nNTQ4

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.

Oh hello, new tea friend!

DT just brought back a handful of teas for the fall season, including some of my favourite fall-inspired blends that I’ve gotten to develop like Pumpkin Earl Grey and Horchata Chai. Along with those returning teas, we’ve gone this new matcha!

I’m gonna be so honest y’all when I say that I was maybe the biggest critic of this matcha when it came to the development. I was just really, really skeptical we were going to be able to achieve a flavour that was distinctly marshmallow tasting while keeping this an organic blend. The bottom line is that the organic flavouring industry is just much more challenging to work with than natural/artificial and when it comes to decadent flavourings like this they just aren’t really playing on the same field.

But, well, we did it! Took a long time, but we got there. It’s maybe not as intense a flavour as some of our other sweeter matchas (I’m thinking of you, maple!) and I think the more fresh and umami flavours of the matcha come through fairly strongly compared to other sweetened and flavoured matchas from DT – but it’s there. Creamy and a little caramelized, with a marshmallow note that I personally find very similar to the Toasted Marshmallow flavoured Jelly Belly branded jellybeans.

I think it’s most evident flavour wise when you add milk (or alt milk) to this and make it a matcha latte. I’ve been enjoying it as both a hot and iced latte, but iced is really my own personal preference. And I know it’s technically part of our fall drop, but I just really love the late summer/early fall timing because this is exactly the time of year I’m personally craving things like s’mores with that gooey toasted marshmallow flavour. I’ll need to make this with a bit of chocolate milk or syrup at some point and see if I can make a S’mores Matcha sorta vibe!!

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.

Did NOT like the licorice flavors in this tea. Not for me

Wasn’t a bad tea but just didn’t taste great to me. Definitely tasted the citrus notes but there was an after-taste to it that put me off the taste of this.

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We had some friends over for board games last Saturday and one of them requested a caffeinated hot tea. I knew that I had some Espresso Yourself sitting in a tin by the sip down pile, so I figured that this would be something unique to offer and discuss. We liked it very much and topped the pot off within an hour or less.

Notes: Vanilla, chocolate coffee, cinnamon aroma (not in the taste), no acidity as with a cup of coffee, and cappuccino (vanilla, creamy, & coffee).

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G&G had a nice touch of brown sugar, vanilla, allspice, & caramel-esq flavors. I had a very small
amount leftover for this cuppa tea, which gave me enough inspiration to bring out a few VHSs
for the Halloween/Fall vibes I’m getting after sipping this down.

A fantastic creamy matcha with a mild nutty flavor. Can’t wait to get more.

Wasn’t sure if I would even like this one as I don’t tend to love a lot of coconut teas but I was pleasantly surprised. The coconut mixed with the green tea gives a light almost minty taste. Kinda made me think of spring while drinking it

Sipdown! This mostly got drunk as a work tea. It’s a solid floral. No weird edge or aftertaste, but also not the greatest jasmine I’ve ever had. Which is really the sweet spot for a work tea – good enough to be enjoyable but not so phenomenal that I want to pay more attention to the tea than the work.

You know, I’m never going to be a hojicha person, but I keep trying! I drink this with almond milk to try to help bring out the nuttiness, and mostly, I just taste toasty hojicha. The flavoring I’m sure is helping it be less aggressive than usual, but I wish I could taste more chocolate and especially more peanut butter! I do taste a bit. I think I like this more than any hojicha I’ve had before at least! I’ve had it a few times now, and I like it with whipped cream on top.

This was a bit too subtle for my tastes. I wasn’t tasting anything honestly

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This was a pleasant enough blend, but mostly just tasted like a mild cinnamon and apple rooibos to me? Nothing really said latke specifically, and even the apple was a bit faint. So almost more like a cinnamon sugar pastry?

Still nice and cozy for the evening, but not something I would personally reorder, as I like my cinnamon apple teas to be more apple-y.

additional notes: Finishing up this sample — this time just whisked in a mug of cold water with a fork. It disperses quite well, even with just a fork! Yet still no peanut butter flavor here for me at all. More hojicha flavor here now in the water, rather than the milk. It’s mighty good chocolate hojicha though, if you can forgive the missing peanut butter aspect. I would definitely drink this again. It’s gone from the site at the moment though.
2024 sipdowns: 57

This is from an awesome package from Cameron B!  Thanks very much!  I love being able to try teas I would just 99% chance probably never get to try otherwise, if it wasn’t for samples.  I am very much a fan of chocolate peanut butter combinations.  And the promise of a houjicha powder base — even better.  This might be my first “houjicha powder” that I have tried?  I just mixed some of this in some cold milk. I just love the idea of this blend, however in cold milk it seems to me to taste mostly like hot chocolate powder.  There was a HINT of houjicha in one sip… I am making a note now to try the remainder of my sample in water — not milk — to get a better idea of the flavors here.  I’m sure instructions say to use ten teaspoons or something crazy per serving, but I’m not up to doing that. heh.  On a good note, the powder was fairly smooth.  I think the cane sugar used here, was the perfect sweetener and perfect amount (for what I added to the mug anyway.)