17059 Tasting Notes
One of the teas I picked up at Toronto Tea Festival. I probably wouldn’t have, but they were sampling it and I actually very much enjoyed how fresh tasting it was. Plus, I’ve been drinking more and more yerba mate blends in the mornings/early afternoons while working, so added another option to my rotation felt like a good thing. It’s a simple flavour, with a crisp and sweet peppermint note balanced by the gentle umami and grassiness of both the matcha and mate. Smooth, cooling, and just overall really enjoyable even if it’s not particularly unique or innovative feeling.
Iced!
I wanted something more intensely fruity for an afternoon iced tea, so I steeped this tea for quite an extended period of time – maybe and hour and a half!? It was totally too long because holy fuck this was sour! Definitely one of the most tart, pucker-inducing blends I’ve had in a very, very long time – with a nice pine-y finish from the rosemary, though. It wasn’t bad, just more than I’d mentally signed up for when I picked it out. Though, but check on the cranberry flavour though. Intense but verrrryyyyy on the nose.
Tea Pop!
Made this one with a cherry flavoured Bubly as the sparkling water component, so it was super cherry forward in a very bright and sour sort of way with the more expected sweet, deep, and slightly creamy cherry finish from the tea itself. Like a little afternoon pick-me-up in cherry bomb form!
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Another tea I haven’t had in ages. However, I recently reorganized the shelf with all of my rooibos tea tins and as part of that I brought a bunch of more neglected blends to the front for quick access. This was a nice evening cuppa. At first it read mostly just as sweet, but as it started to cool down that more distinct and almost vanillin-tasting spun sugar note really started to come through in such a comforting, nostalgic sorta way.
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Haven’t thought about this tea in a long time, but this past weekend I was craving cinnamon apple and I saw this while looking for a blend that fit that flavour combo. Definitely more on that sweet red apple note, but with the warming cinnamon in the finish and after taste. I realized while looking for a cinnamon apple tea that soooo many of the blends I had were rooibos or herbal, so in this particular moment I think the thing I appreciated the most was the black tea base and fast this was caffeinated.
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Split a pot of this with a coworker a few days ago, and it’s just really quickly becoming such a favourite of mine. In part that’s because I really like drinking yerba mate in the morning/early afternoon while working to help with focus, and this blend taps into that (with the added bonus of the ginseng). However, maybe more than that I think I just appreciate how fresh and bright it is for an EG. You still get that bergamot foundation, but the lemon is such a nice addition that, to me at least, really feels like it makes an impact.
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Iced Latte!
Made this a few days ago and it was fine. I usually enjoy this blend a lot, but in this instance I don’t think it was delivering on the much darker and heavy feeling caramel/toffee note I had been looking for. Instead it was more bright and creamy with some more noticeable undertones of fruit and florals from the oolong. Made me think of the thinner butterscotch syrup more common as an ice cream topping!? What I probably should have made for myself instead was an iced latte of Gingerbread Toffee – that would have been the thicker, more darkly sweet caramel I was craving.
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 and feelings regarding the teas, and not the company’s.
Cold Brew!
These days I’m largely drinking DT’s Peaches & Cream Oolong for all my creamy peach needs because I feel like it’s just a bit more of a mature and tea-forward interpretation of that flavour profile, but there is something quite juicy and fresh tasting about this blend that maybe doesn’t come off the same way in the oolong. You’re not really tasting the white tea here at all, but it’s just such a fresh and summery sweet peach note with that creamy undertone to soften and round it out.
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Gongfu!
Enjoyed this session paired with some dark, juicy berries today! I always really love drinking shou pu’erh paired with virtually any type of berry, though perfectly ripe melt-in-your-mouth blackberries like these ones might be a favourite. They just lean in so perfectly with the more forest-y earth and wood notes present in a lot of shou. I loved how thick and creamy the liquor of this one was, and with a brothy and more savory finish after the initial notes of molasses, burnt sugar, and dark, rain-soaked soil. Curious how maybe this pairing pushed some of those umami notes forward a bit, as this tea has always erred on sweeter (albeit darkly so) side before. I guess those flavours were still here, but just with a bit “extra” on top of all that!
Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/DG84UAzyuzu/?img_index=1
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU1SZjbMAdU&ab_channel=TheTullamarines-Topic
Dipping into my stash of Jasmine Black Pearls from DT this afternoon, one of my favourite teas from DT and perhaps my favourite jasmine tea in general. It’s bold, malty and rich but also aromatic, fresh, and delicate. A bit of paradox hand rolled up into a series of beautiful pearls, if you will. Watching them slowly unfurl while I brew up a pot is such a beautiful way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
Tea Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/DG_df_mSk7e/
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpSDq9ra6ZM&ab_channel=TENTS-Topic
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 and feelings regarding the teas, and not the company’s.
