So, this is a thing we were sampling in stores a few weeks ago; I was waiting to review it until I could post the pictures we took since it was really pretty but my phone is having some issues right now so pictures might not come for a long time…
Anyway; basically we were sampling out tea infused “mocktails”! We started off with an extra strong iced tea and then mixed two parts of that with one part sparkling water, which gave the tea that fun effervescence without compromising the flavour. From there, we rimmed the glasses with the coconut cocktail sugar we’re selling at the moment using a mix of 50/50 Sparkling Sangria tea and coconut agave to get the sugar to stick. Finally, we garnished the glasses with a lemon wedge gummy candy, which we were also selling. My store is out of the gummy candies now, but others still may have them.
Anyway, it was fucking delicious.
Sparkling Sangria is already a very tropical tasting herbal because of all the fruits; it’s got mango, pineapple, and passionfruit! Personally, I think the mango is the strongest fruit flavour but they’re definitely all still present to at least a small degree. The coconut sugar rim just makes it feel all the more tropical though! It’s very sweet and fun, too! That sweetness is a bit unavoidable if you’re using the cocktail sugar, but you can cut it down by not rimming with agave and leaving out the gummy candy if you’re trying to hold back on sugar intake – though things are super fun, and the agave makes rimming easier but neither are completely necessary.
Also, pro tip, if you want to kind of do this up as a “real cocktail” there are several cool ways you could go about doing that! My top pick would be adding in some white rum because it’d compliment both the fruit (especially mango/pineapple) but the coconut sugar as well. However, vodka would be good just for strength, and you could definitely substitute the sparkling water for either white wine or champagne to make this more Sangria like. All would be really fun things to try out.
Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts regarding the teas, and not the company’s.
