Cold Brew!
Our summer cold brew collection is back and, though it is primarily returning favourites, we couldn’t help but sneak in some newness too! This was a super fun blend to work on because, unlike our usual approach, we kind of worked on it totally in reverse!? Rarely do we 100% know the marketing angle of a tea long before we’ve even started working on the formulation of it…
Like, I knew I wanted something with this specific name inspired by the Snoop Dogg song. Something that you could add alcohol to for a summery cocktail, cold brew straight into spirits for flavoured liquors, or that would work as a sort of “all in one” non-alcoholic drink option. When I did the research on the most common Gin & Juice type of cocktails, what I saw over and over was that orange juice or pineapple juice were what was typically used – and, so, this is an orange and pineapple flavoured tea!
I would argue it’s pretty well balanced between the two, but definitely very juicy and tropical with a nice natural sweetness to it. Ultimately, this is probably more “juice” than “gin” when you look at the flavour overall, but we did want to make sure we weren’t neglecting half of the concept so there’s actually a few more traditional gin-associated botanicals. Juniper is the obvious one. I think most people go there when they think of gin because of that really signature pine-y type of note, and you can taste that as an undertone of this tea – especially if you steep it for a longer time than the 10 minutes we recommend. Turmeric is the other, and I personally really like the more subtle earthy undertone of turmeric when paired with pineapple. That’s a duo I’ve had in several different teas before (DT and non-DT) and it always seems to click.
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.