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No question, this is one of the best green teas in the world. The taste is so subtle yet so refreshing. A very calming aroma with a slightly vegetal scent. This tea to me defines what green tea should taste like. China has so many amazing green teas and Bi Lo Chun is right at the top!

This tea smells absolutely divine, it was all I could do to keep from eating the leaves outright in the store. I respectfully disagree with an above poster; I think the aroma, while slightly diminished, is still very much present after brewing. That said, I was a bit disappointed with the taste. There’s a bit of a backlash with what I’m smelling, and what I’m actually drinking. It isn’t a bad tea, not by a long shot, just a bit too subtle for my tastes. Maybe I’ll warm up to it the more I drink it.

I really like this tea. It smells sweet, fragrant and flowery, and the liquor is a beautiful, vibrant pale green. Orchid Oolong tastes a little how an orchid smells—fresh, sweet, floral—but with a full body that somewhat grounds the light, fluttery taste. It goes down smoothly and always makes me want another cup, which is great because it’s an oolong that does a super second infusion…

The second Infusion (3 minutes, 85 C) brings a slighter darker, more brown-green liquor. The body has not thinned much, but the tea itself tastes even more floral than before. Mmmm.

I tried this tea the other day with the minimum recommending steeping time of 5 minutes, and I found, more than any other loose leaf tea I’ve tried, it lacked both flavour and body. On the second attempt, I steeped for 7 minutes (the maximum recommended time) for a stronger tea, and… wow. The tea has a strong, earthy, musty smell (that honestly doesn’t entice), and a dark brown, muddy liquor. The taste? Still hardly present—I think the feeling of ‘taste’ I was experiencing was mostly through the aroma. The taste itself is highly muted, and I can taste the quality of the water more than the tea. Not so impressed.

my favorite jasmine green! Excellent hot or iced.

I definitely did not enjoy this one. The lemon and citrus was very overwhelming.

This is one of my favorite teas, it has a lite earthy taste with a bit of a subtle -almost citrus – aftertaste. The leaves are beautiful and young and for the most part intact in the tin, even after shipping.

As corny as it sounds- if you close your eyes and mull the tea over in your mouth you can almost see the scene where this tea is picked. I like my tea to be steeped in water a little cooler than what David suggests, and at the far end of the spectrum for time — 7 minutes.

I’ve got a sweet tooth so I rather enjoyed the chocolate/strawberry blend. It reminded me a lot of the strawberry Quality Street chocolates.

This cup of tea has one job and one job only: to kick my cold’s BUTT. I thought (two weeks ago) that I was getting sick, but my body saved it all up for after the wedding/first day at the new job. So, electric lemon, please make it go away, or at least numb my throat to the pain it’s currently feeling. I hope that you and detox, with a small supporting crew can make me well, double quick.

As for the taste, I’m not the best judge today, so I’ll leave it where I last rated it. I could have steeped this longer, but the beau is sharing and he is leery of an over-strong ginger taste. Oh well!

Smooth smooth smooth. I felt the urge to prove the beau wrong, as he thinks it’s too gingery. I steeped it for 3 minutes or so and make him try it – it was lemony water with a bit of ginger at the end.

Mmmm. Here’s hoping this one comes back this winter. I still have a bit left in the tin and decided a cup of this would be the ticket. I used two teaspoons and have a pretty good ingredient distribution (an issue with this tea). I only have one big piece of orange left in the tin though and I seem to be saving it for a special occasion. Anyway, after a ten minute steep this yielded a powerful and sweet liquor, reminiscent of apple cider but not quite as intense. Perhaps a diluted apple cider, like one might do for children (why are children’s juices watered down, anyway?) Yum!

I steeped for nearly ten minutes today accidentally, and got a wonderful sweet baked apple flavour. As I near the bottom the tin, the compponents seem to be more and more apple…there is only one large orange piece left! I’m quite glad I’ve warmed up to this wonderful wintry tisane…

Backlog: Re-steep of Friday’s “leaves”. Gave this about 15 minutes to sit and get tasty, and boy did it work. From unable to get it nice for even one steep to enjoying two in one fell swoop. Was sharper apple this time, more like a red delicious than a cinnamony baked apple, but that wasn’t a problem by me!

Of course, now that the winter teas are long gone I finally have made my peace with this tea. It’s still far too heavy to be at all cost efficient, but it is a nice treat. I gave this a generous steep for about 10 minutes, and that brought out the flavours I’ve been missing.

Dry, it smelled like forever nuts, though a cinnamon apple spicy smell came out in the steeped liquid. The liquor is very pale which led me to believe it would be lacking in flavour. Luckily, that was a trick! I’m getting a rich warm baked apple taste, which I’ve never really got before. I think that DT’s Forever Nuts will be my year-round substitute, but the flavour punch to weight/cost ratio is never quite high enough. If I forget the price though, is definitely a tea deserving of the 80s.

By the way, does anyone else thing of David Tennant before David’s Tea when they use the initials???? You’d have to be a fan of new Doctor Who, but I’m sure there’s gotta be some.. : )

I continue to be a little amazed at how high the reviews are for this tea. That said, it’s certainly a nice tea but it seems that no matter what I do it just doesn’t steep up that strong. Extra teaspoons, hotter water, more steep time – Nothing really brings it to the level I would expect.

Again, it remains a very yummy tea but I think it will always be on my list of disappointments from David’s Tea – the taste just isn’t really there.

I used up the last of this today at work. I had only a tiny bit, but a big 500 ml mug, and it occurred to me that this would work with vanilla. So I added a sachet of Mariage Freres vanilla rooibos I had on me. Great combination! I wasn’t thinking I’d buy more of this tea, but it is good to have on hand for a comforting tea. I know both Tealish and Herbal Infusions have similar/nearly-identical blends, so perhaps I’ll give one of those a try.

I haven’t had this in a long time. Now that I have the One Touch, I followed the suggested steeping parameters pretty much exactly. I’m not sure what I’d been doing before but I’m never good about timing things and often overestimate how long tea has been steeping. I know I steeped this too long once, too, and it gets a bit weird.

Anyway, this time the colour is different for one reason or another. It’s not really very pink! It actually looks like a weak black tea for the most part, maybe with a pinkish tinge. I may have used more dry tea this time?

It also tastes a little different. It’s more nutty and less apple-y. It’s also a bit less distinctive, but still very nice. I can see why it’s one of their best sellers. It’s fun, it smells amazing and looks cool, and it’s sweet and very relaxing. It’s really good on horrendously cold days like today and before bed. This was also my friend’s favourite of the five teas in the David’s Starter Kit I gave her for Christmas.

Nice and refreshing. The blueberry adds a nice fruity sweetness, but the licorice root keeps things complex. I’m surprised I like this as much as I do, considering my extreme hatred for licorice.

sigh I wanted to like this so, so much. It sounded like it would be nice and fruity and clean.

Which it kind of is. But I’m also finding it VERY floral, which I can’t handle. Sadface.

This tea smells awesome, but the chocolate is a bit weak and I don’t taste the spice from the chili at all. It doesn’t taste bad, but it’s just not a very strong or flavorful tea. However, I tend to like my tea pretty strong and I’ve noticed that my friends like this tea a lot. I would recommend putting super boiling water in it to get maximum flavor.

IT HAS SPARKLES! Eeeeeeeee!
Ahem…

I don’t usually like cinnamon but this tea is really tasty. It’s not a sharp, spicy taste – more like a smooth, sweet taste. Think spice cake, not Cinnamon Hearts. It’s nice and warming, but not burn-y. :P

Oh goodness, this smells gooooood. Fresh-sweet-tangy-fruity.

The taste is… different. I’m picking up a sweet but slightly smoky taste, and it finishes up with some lime tang. The other fruits shine through in the aftertaste. I’ll probably try a proper steep (lower temperature) later and see how that does.

So, for my third or fourth (but final!) pot of tea for the day, the beau and I have chosen Night Out. This is a treat that we ration, since the tea was discontinued at some point in the fall when I wasn’t looking. We’ve got something in the ballpark of a half tin left, but this beauty packs a punch, so luckily we can be selfish and use only 1 or 2 teaspoons to a full pot.

As always it steeps up a pale pinkish shade, and has a delightful aroma and taste. I get an oatty sort of smell from the dry leaves, but I get a lot of apple flavour from the tea itself. Sort of a baked apple sort of taste. To an extent, this is what I wish David’s Tea’s Baked Apple tastes like.

Anyway, this pot only enhanced with time. Really delicious, though I have yet to truly experience the promised side effects. I think! : )