OK – let me tell y’all a thing!

This is my absolute favourite tea from the entire Fruity & Floral collection and people do not seem to be excited about it. So, I’m going to tell you all why this is the best shit ever and why you should all go give it some love!

But first let me just say that I GET IT. The automatic association that so many people have with grapefruit teas/grapefruit in general is bitterness. Which is gross. However, even worse than that – DT’s past grapefruit blends of recent memory (Grapefruit Squeeze and Grapefruit Granita) have been pretty awful and have definitely enforced the idea of grapefruit teas being bitter. They sucked; yes. However! However! I believe that they’re aware that those grapefruit teas just weren’t cutting it, and they. stepped. their. cookies. up! Full stop.

This grapefruit tea is sweet and smooth, and juicy – the kind of awesome grapefruit note in things like Fresca; effervescent, lively pink grapefruit. None of that gross bitter peel/citrus peel taste that people loathe in grapefruit teas. Picture grapefruit in a lemonade type format, and that’s what you have here! It’s such a good grapefruit flavor and it deserves some attention and appreciation! I know I usually try to be really unbiased/impartial in my first tasting notes for new tea collections – but this is just sooooo good! I’ve had it well over a dozen times now since starting at the lab, and just have been anxiously waiting for it to officially launch so that I could finally rave about it to other tea people.

I mean – it also has rose in it and I love rose teas, but it’s not even a strong rose flavour. Just a nice, heady floral that softens the grapefruit and naturally compliments the floral leaning greener oolong base. I would even argue that this is the least floral of the whole Fruity & Floral collection if you don’t count the naturally floral oolong base and only focus on the added/feature floral ingredient in each tea.

It’s just… so good. Plus, I have a dream – and that dream is that this tea replaces Grapefruit Granita, which is pretty bleck, and becomes a core oolong tea. We need more oolong teas on the wall, and this is 100% a better grapefruit tea than Grapefruit Granita! That’s only going to happen if people show this tea some love though.

So yeah – that’s my love letter to Grapefruit Rose Starburst! Thank you for your time.

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.

Kawaii433

As long as it’s not too strong rose, sounds great. :)

Kittenna

^^ Same thought! I do like sweet grapefruit, but am definitely apprehensive about this one because of the rose, which I’m not a fan of.

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Kawaii433

As long as it’s not too strong rose, sounds great. :)

Kittenna

^^ Same thought! I do like sweet grapefruit, but am definitely apprehensive about this one because of the rose, which I’m not a fan of.

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Hello! My name is Kelly, though many people in the tea community call me Ros or Roswell.

I am a mid-twenties tea addict, blogger, and all around nerd. I grew up in the Prairies, but a few years ago I relocated to Quebec to pursue a career with DAVIDsTEA in the tea industry! I’m still working on getting my French language skills down…

My first introduction to tea, in any form outside of instant and bottled iced tea, was about seven years ago when I happened to stumble upon DAVIDsTEA while looking for a birthday present for a friend! I tried their Birthday Cake rooibos blend, and I’ve been hooked on tea ever since! In those seven years; I was introduced to the online tea community, expanded my interest in flavoured teas to include a deep love and appreciation for straight teas and traditional brewing methods, got a tea themed tattoo, started reviewing teas, amassed a sizable tea and teaware collection, became a TAC certified Tea Sommelier, & even came full circle by beginning a career in the tea industry with DAVIDsTEA!

I consider myself a Jack of all Teas, and strive to have a knowledge and appreciation of all tea types, formats, and styles of drinking. I don’t like to feel boxed in to just being a “flavoured tea” or “straight tea” drinker – my expectations may vary depending on the type of tea or how it’s been processed/prepared but if it’s good tea, it’s good tea no matter how it’s been made!

You name it, I probably drink it- and I’ll absolutely try anything at least once.

My default method of preparation is hot, Western style, and straight – but I’m not opposed to additions if I’m in the right mood. If I ever add something to a tea or use a different method of preparation I will ALWAYS call it out in the tasting note though.

I like to listen to music when drinking tea, especially when I’m brewing a large pot at a time or steeping Gongfu. Often I curate very intentional tea and music pairings, and sometimes I share them here in my tasting reviews. Music is something that I find can deeply affect the experience of having tea.

I’m also one half of the “tea and fandom” podcast GeekSteep where, weekly, we discuss newly explored fandoms over tea as well as try to figure out the perfect tea to pair with each fandom. You can find us on Spotify and Apple & Google podcasts.

Favourite flavour notes/ingredients: Pear, lychee, cranberry, cream, melon, pineapple, malt, roasty, petrichor, sweet potato, heady florals like rose, hazelnut or walnut, sesame, honey (in moderation), and very woody shou.

Least favourite flavour notes/ingredients:
Lemongrass, ginger, strongly spiced profiles (and most Chai in general), mushrooms, seaweed, chamomile, stevia, saltiness or anything that reminds me too much of meat that isn’t supposed to taste like meat…

Currently exploring/obsessed with: Sheng from Yiwu, Yancha (Qilan in particular), anything with a strong sweet potato note. Also, I need to try ALL the root beer teas! Searching for a really good caramel flavoured blend, ideally with a black tea base.

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