This is definitely my favourite DAVIDsTEA, by far. Everything about it is sweet and comforting, and it reminds me of home. On my first few days in Saskatoon I drank the greater part of 50g worth of this tea. It made me feel at home in, well, my own home which at the time (and still sometimes now) felt so foreign to me.
The dry leaf smells like dark chocolate and strawberries – and whenever I have someone over for tea (family or friend) this is the first tea I make them smell (I love opening up my tins and making guests smell them all). I’ve smelled other chocolate strawberry teas, but this one I honestly the best one I’ve ever smelled. I do tend to overleaf this one – usually putting in closer to 1 1/2 tsp. instead of 1 1/4 tsp., but oh well. The last batch I bought has next to no visible bits of strawberry, and yet I can still smell the strawberries quite strongly.
I can drink this straight without adding anything to it, and I firmly believe that adding sugar or milk would ruin the perfect balance of this tea which is why it’s the only tea in our house that I’ve expressly forbid Tre, my roommate, from drinking. I just will NOT let him ruin it with excessive amounts of sugar.
Unfortunately I let this cup steep just a bit too long, so it does have a faint bitterness to it, but that’s my fault and not the tea’s. I won’t hold it against you Love Tea #7. Even so, I still taste rich chocolate and subtly sweet and juicy strawberries. There’s even a creaminess to this tea that you wouldn’t (or maybe you would) really expect. This is a perfect dessert tea great for curbing those inclinations to sit down and eat a straight tub of ice cream.
Oh, I really needed this tea today. I was just about to delve into the pale of strawberry ice cream in the freezer – but Love Tea #7 you saved me! For whatever reason, I’m feeling deeply home sick today. Well, not exactly home sick – I don’t miss my home as much as I do my workplace and all my friends from work.
I miss you Danielle, Haley, Alyssa, Tyde, Stewart, Mandeep, Aime, Renee, and Kevin! So much! Really, I just miss everyone.
It’s been a long day…
