I got my Della Terra order today!
It actually showed up at about 2 PM, which was RIGHT before I left to go to my interview, so I only had time to bring it downstairs and leave it on the table. I couldn’t even tear into the box and look at my beautiful teas! It bugged me all day, but finally I got home and unpacked everything from earlier in the day and then quite promptly tore into the box (literally, I couldn’t find the scissors to cut it open).
I ripped open each package to smell all six different teas I bought, and the all smelled absolutely amazing (especially Cherry Cola & Cake, The Perfect Pear, and Monkey Bread). I only really have time tonight to try one tea, so I decided to go for this one since it was the tea that initially made me want to place an order, plus Tre seemed most interested in this one so I brewed him a cup too.
I’m not gonna lie, there were a few teas I probably would have wanted to try over some of the ones I got, but I strategically picked a few of these because I knew Tre wouldn’t like them. Anything with Strawberry (Strawberry Zest, in this case), Cherry (Cherry Cola and Cake) or Mint (Strawberry Zest again, and Minty Cow) he wont even try. Does that make me an awful roommate? Even better question, do I care?
Dry leaf of this one smells like pure cinnamon. I don’t smell the black tea base or the yogurt bits. I think Tre was interested in this because it has cinnamon which is his favourite kind of tea. However, he claims to hate Chai teas and wont try anything with “Chai” in the name. I THOUGHT he wouldn’t want to try this one because of the chai spices, but I guess he didn’t read the ingredients list or didn’t care because the smell is purely cinnamon.
PS. I don’t think he really understands what Chai teas are because I’ve made his Hot Lips from DAVIDsTEA and Chai Apricot from Tea Desire and he liked both…
First few sips were all cinnamon and, admittedly I thought I was going to be disappointed because I had heard this one tasted creamy and like cinnamon buns. I was looking for the flavour and I was getting something one dimensional. However, as my tea cooled down I was able to taste multiple levels of flavour and different notes.
There IS a really creamy, icing kind of flavour to this tea, it just took a while to hit me. I REALLY understand the comparrison to cinnamon buns that I’ve seen other people make. For me, I’m getting really strong notes of cream cheese similar to a cream cheese icing you would have on a spice cake. That’s exactly what this tastes like! Cinnamon bun-like? For sure. But more so spice cake with cream cheese icing. I’m absolutely loving it.
The mouthfeel is pretty thick, and I don’t know if it’s possible but this tea TASTES gooey to me. It’s like I’m in pastry dessert heaven. Also, groundbreaking news! This is the FIRST tea I have EVER seen Tre drink without added sugar. He literally said it was sweet enough he didn’t need it. I feel like a proud mama.
For my first ever Della Terra tea, I think I made a great pick and I’m really satisfied.
The first DTT order is always so exciting!
Totally! I think DTT was my first online tea order, and there have been MANY since.