415 Tasting Notes

82

One of the 24 days of teas I didn’t try on time. I technically can’t have black tea but I’m having a few gulps of this to try it out.

Yep, cardamom French toast indeed! Dunno how they captured the flavor of French toast, but it’s nice :). wish I could actually drink black tea so I could enjoy this more often :/. Oh well, I have lots of tea to use up.

Flavors: Cardamom, Spices, Toast

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 10 OZ / 295 ML

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79

Yet another tea from the husband for Christmas :)

Reminds me of Dandelion Root tea from here, except more floral. The other taste is grassy/herbaceous. Very nice and relaxing.

Flavors: Floral, Grass, Herbaceous

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 5 min, 0 sec 10 OZ / 295 ML
Kirkoneill1988

Dandelion root is quite tasty :D

Kristal

I was pleasantly surprised by it :)

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69
drank Gingerbread Cookie by DAVIDsTEA
415 tasting notes

So I kind of fell off my map with the last few days of the 24 days of tea. Once 2 of my jobs were done I stopped keeping up with logging. Sorry about that.

Anywho, I was skeptical of this tea from the begging. Reason why: DAVIDs had a “gingerbread” tea before that tasted only like rooibos to me. As for this tea? Yep, woody rooibos with a SLIGHT hint of sweetness from the white chocolate chips. Glad it was just a sample.

Flavors: Rooibos, Wood

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 5 min, 0 sec 10 OZ / 295 ML
Kirkoneill1988

i will not be trying this review :) thank-you for the heads up :)

Kirkoneill1988

err tea, not review

Kristal

Haha no problem :) I think it’s gone now, anyways.

Kirkoneill1988

good! you don’t need that excuse for a tea lol

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75
drank Sencha Ashikubo by DAVIDsTEA
415 tasting notes

It’s been a very long time since I’ve had this tea. I used my frequent steeper points to pick up 50g :)

I’m sorry to say, but this one did not wow me. It did not have the grassy taste of Japanese sencha I like, nor the “buttery” taste it proclaims it has (gyokuro is much better for only a few dollars more). It’s just a mild green tea that is prone to bitterness if too high of a temperature is used. This is supposed to be a premium tea so I feel bad for not finding it better.

Preparation
160 °F / 71 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML
Kirkoneill1988

i shall try this tea someday and judge for my self :D

Kristal

Good stuff :)

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79

Another Christmas gift tea!

This one is quite refreshing. Slightly floral (not nearly as much as chamomile, for example). Very herbaceous. Reminds me of echinacea without being so medicinal or drying. Quite nice. I think this would go well with lemongrass or lemon myrtle.

Flavors: Floral, Herbaceous

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 15 sec 10 OZ / 295 ML

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80

What can I say-it’s lemongrass! Nice lemony, herby, lemongrass. I got it as a gift for Christmas and have been mixing it with a honeybush tea + ginger :).

Flavors: Lemongrass

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more

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65
drank Fabulous Fennel by DAVIDsTEA
415 tasting notes

Despite not being huge on licorice teas, I did want to try this tea since it’s a new “wellness” herbal (which I’m glad DAVIDs is doing more of- at least for the time being). I picked up 8grams, and it was alright. The licorice is absolutely there, but not repulsively so, and I am getting the fennel taste too. Still though, I only do licorice teas during colds for sore throats. Will not be picking up more of this one.

Flavors: Anise, Fennel, Licorice

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 5 min, 0 sec 10 OZ / 295 ML

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80
drank Ginger Peach Moringa by DAVIDsTEA
415 tasting notes

Last one for the feel good collection. This one I also liked: a not-too-fruity base with ginger and herb (that must be the moringa). I used it up quickly being a herbal. I’m considering picking up more of this, although with my frequent steeper points I just got 50g free of ginger beer which this tea reminds me of (instead of peach, apple, but the prominent ginger taste is the same). I will have to see!

Flavors: Fruity, Ginger

Preparation
Boiling 6 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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59
drank Buchu Superfruit by DAVIDsTEA
415 tasting notes

Another from the Feel-good collection. This is the only one I didn’t like (glad I only picked up 8g of each!). The initial taste is alright but the aftertaste of the stevia make it seem almost artificial. I drank it hot, mind you, but I had to force it down. In order to use up the last little bit, I will drink down some of the blueberry iced tea in my fridge and pour in a mug of this. It should pair well together and the stevia will be masked.

Flavors: Artificial, Fruity, Sweet

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 10 OZ / 295 ML
Kristal

Happy 300th tasting not to me!

Sil

congrats!

Kristal

thanks! noticed after doing a couple of catch-up tasting notes that this one is the 300th :)

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75
drank Live Wire Lemon by DAVIDsTEA
415 tasting notes

Another from the Feel-good collection. Nice lemony taste without being acidic. As mentioned though, I will not restock since I’m not stocking up on caffeine teas at the moment since I have plenty.

Flavors: Lemon

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 0 sec 10 OZ / 295 ML

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I used to drink coffee, but it started to hurt my stomach so I switched to tea. A friend of mine introduced me to DAVID’s TEA and I couldn’t stop after that! I’ve now been expanding my scope beyond DAVIDs away from “candy-like teas” into more natural teas or flavourings. Current favourite stores include International House of Tea (iHOT) and Verdant Tea.

When it comes to tea ratings, I usually only ever rate them once. I know a lot of people on steepster do many tasting notes for the same teas depending on their mood, but I prefer to rate once and if my opinion changes, I will delete the old note and rate again. How I rate teas goes as following:

1-49: Teas I won’t buy again. Either the taste is disgusting to me, or it’s too bland, etc. I’m most likely not even going to finish the tin/bag.

50-59: Teas I wouldn’t buy again; I have to force myself to drink the whole cup to not waste it.

60-69: I’ll finish the cup and even the bag/tin, but I wouldn’t buy these teas again. Teas of this rating are “lacking something”.

70-79:Teas that are pretty good and ones I might buy again. Usually these teas are ones I have to be “in the mood for” and drink occasionally.

80-89: Great teas! Ones I will drink several times a week and often have in my stash :).

90-100: Favourite must-have teas!

My favourite types of tea are green tea and different types of “natural” herbal tea (different herbs, natural flavourings, etc). I cannot drink black or oolong teas due a sensitive stomach. I don’t really go for white tea due to its cost and the fact that it has just a little caffeine (if I want caffeine I’ll just go for a green tea and if I don’t I’ll go for a herbal-no sense on just having a little caffeine). I also like to do iced teas in the summer time, and then I’ll gravitate towards herbal fruit blends that are bagged to cut costs and convenience (it’s easier to throw out bags than clean a filter). Flavours I don’t care for include anything too tart, bitter, artificial, overly spicy or overly sweet.
Also, when I have time (usually when I’m not working much) I like to make tea lattes out of different rooibos blends.

My everyday green tea is Gunpowder since it is strong and not sensitive to temperatures or steeping time which is something I cannot be bothered with when I’m getting ready for work. Other greens I enjoy are dragonwell, sencha, and different Chinese greens. I’m not the biggest fan of yunnan greens since they are so finicky (although I do like gyokuro)

On a day to day basis I usually have 2-3 cups of green tea and several more cups of different herbal blends.

Besides tea I also work at a couple libraries (I am finishing my library tech diploma),am in my early 20s and got married in Oct 2014.

Location

Northwestern Ontario

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