Dessert by Deb

TeaTiff Traveling Tea Box | No. 37

I think it’s so unique to see toasted rice mixed in with a black tea. I’m not a big fan of green tea, but I love the aroma of the popped rice so this is a treat. I was hoping to enjoy this more based on the way it smells in the bag, but it didn’t quite meet my expectations. I’ll say that there was a slight toffee flavor for me, but I would never have guessed blondies. I think for me the flavor could have been stronger. I do love the idea though!

TeaTiff Traveling Tea Box | No. 33

I love coconut chai blends, my favorite being from Satori Tea Company. This doesn’t quite reach that level for me, but I’m really enjoying the creamy coconut goodness.

TeaTiff Traveling Tea Box | No. 32

This tastes like a cozy warmth. Yes I’m drinking it hot so it actually is warm, but it also feels warm. If that makes any sense. I can taste the smoke but it’s not overwhelming. Wish I was getting more of the marshmallow though. I would buy a bag of this, for sure. Thanks for adding to the TTB, Skysamurai!

TeaTiff Traveling Tea Box | No. 28

This is the third tea I’ve tried from Dessert by Deb (in the TTB at least) and the first one I’ve really loved. The first blend was good but missing something and the second I did not like at all. This one was creamy and spiced and just delicious.

Sipdown! I didn’t actually plan to finish this off today, but I had too much leaf for one cup and not enough for two so I made a large mug as an oat milk latte. The dry leaf smells of cinnamon and brown sugar. For some reason I also sensed something spicy, like clove, but there’s nothing like that in here. Brewed up, it tastes of cinnamon, brown sugar, and a bit of maple. It’s got an almost chewy creaminess that feeds into the cookie butter effect. I think that’s coming from the interplay of the oat milk and the coconut. Huge thanks to Cameron B. for sending me this! I wouldn’t have bought it myself but I’m really glad that I got to try it.

TeaTiff Traveling Tea Box | No. 19

I love a good mint black tea and was excited to see that this has berries, currants, and maple as well. Very promising! It’s tasty for sure, but I’m only really getting the mint here. I wish that more of the other flavors came through.

Thanks for sharing, Skysamurai!

Sipdown! (20 | 175)

I didn’t love this one. To me, it’s not grapey at all, which isn’t a surprise given there is no grape flavor (there are a few raisins, but raisins don’t taste like grape).

The initial color was interesting and bluish when I first poured in the water, either from the blueberries or the mallow, but it was quickly overtaken by the more pinkish hue of the hibiscus. As for the taste… I actually enjoy Deb’s strawberry flavoring in certain teas, but I feel like the addition of the hibiscus here makes it taste like a generic tart-ish fruity tea, and the more syrupy/jammy strawberry doesn’t really go well with it? It ends up a bit weak and a bit vague IMO.

Luckily I have other grape teas to fulfill my grapey cravings! :P

I love toasty hojicha and I love maple and I love an earthy, almost woody cinnamon, so this should be a win! But unfortunately it’s just too sweet for my taste, probably because it has maple crystals AND apple AND brown sugar. The latter almost drowns out the cinnamon — I get a bit of cinnamon mid-sip, but almost straight cloying sugar by the end.

Points for accuracy in naming, though, because it’s very evocative of cinnamon raisin bread. Not so much on the bread pudding, alas.

Another TTB sample! Brewed this up nice and strong and made it into a latte with some oat milk. Maybe too much oat milk! I should’ve tried it on its own, because the oat milk was a bit overpowering. It was yummy, don’t get me wrong, but I couldn’t really pick out many of the tea’s flavors.

(As a side note, I remember someone on here commented on one of my posts a while back saying oat milk is the most powerful of all the milks and I think of that comment often! XD)

This was a sample and now a tea that I definitely need to restock on when I’m not on a buying ban. It is a bit more berry-forward than grape but its super yummy.

I REALLY loved this blend, my friend sent it to me in a lovely friend /care package which was super sweet and so so so appreciated. I liked the subtle sweetness, I tend to use a bit less than recommended but I can see where other people are coming from when they’re finding it a bit sweet. I think that it’s super cozy and lovely and it reminds me of Remus Lupin oddly enough. I think he’d love this blend.

I liked this more than I thought I would based on the dry leaf smell, which was a little too flat and lacking for me. The deeper roasted hojicha base is very complimentary to this type of profile and the ginger really works. One thing I don’t know that I’ve ever overtly said is just that I think the quality of the ginger that Deb uses is really nice; it’s got so much flavour and a perfect level of heat to it! Also good clarity; not too muddy/earthy. I wish there were more of that molasses-type dark sweetness as that’s pretty crucial to gingerbread IMO, but I think the maple sugar does a solid enough job at approximating it.

The coconut was super strong with this one but it was pretty nice, definitely would drink it again :)

TTB Review #42: First of all, let’s take a moment to appreciate how freaking PRETTY this tea is! The little blue and red specks in this blend make me smile. Smells…minty and sweet, but with a disappointing lack of blueberry. Fortunately there is a taste of blueberry when drinking, though still quite mild. I would have preferred a stronger blueberry note. But overall I’m pleased, especially since my previous experiences with Deb’s creations haven’t been too great.

TTB Review #29: I really wanted to like this one, I always have such high hopes for dessert teas, but sadly this one just missed the mark for me. I don’t taste coconut or marshmallow or really anything sweet. There’s an odd flavor that I can’t place (lapsang? souchong?). Overall I didn’t find this one enjoyable but I did finish my cup.

TTB Review #10:This one was a bit of a wild ride. Upon first smelling the blend and initially pouring the hot water, I was greeted with an almost overpowering sweet aroma that was very true to the name of this tea. It was very much like smelling a piece of fresh, moist blueberry lavender cake. However, after letting it steep for a while and actually taking a sip, the lavender really took the reigns and mostly covered all of the other flavors. It almost tasted medicinal, or what I would imagine it’s like to drink water with lavender essential oils. Then, as I continued drinking, I started to kind of like it? So yeah, bit of a rollercoaster ride here, but would I ride again? Maybe. I do think it would do well to satisfy a sweet craving.

Sipped on this one over the weekend. I find the concept of this tea so strange and all over the place; I don’t know how one even starts to think about a triple pairing like this. In theory in sounds good though; like a spiced breakfast banana bread kind of vibe? Like, loosely I guess. In practice it really just tastes like ginger. Maayyybbbee gingerbread, with the sort of molasses-y dark brown sweetness that FAINTLY creeps in. No banana though, and not anything that makes me think waffles. I could really give or take the “waffle” element, but it’s a shame that I didn’t taste any banana at all because it’s that unique idea of a banana and gingerbread combo that makes this interesting in the first place.

Sipdown 16

Just okay. A touch of cinnamon and nondescript fruitiness.

Working on sipping through a 25g bag. This is okay. Cinnamon sugar and berries.