Read My Lips

My first time having a tea with chocolate and candy. Not as “traditionally rich” (I mean, texture rich) as I had anticipated, but the flavor was certainly warm and smooth- the same sort of feeling you get with hot chocolate or a good latte.

Hmmmm, I think this is the first David’s tea I’ve tasted. Good enough to buy every time I’m out of stock and kinda cute with the little red kisses. Oh, and I gave some to my grandmother. She loved it :)

Chocolatey, pepperminty, candy-eey. I like it. I like it alot. I steeped this one for 5:30 at about 200F. Delicious, light and smooth. This is a nice “fire place tea”. Not overwhelming with flavour or scent just a nice light cool tea.

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Very interesting. A bit minty, a bit peppery, cooling & spicy & sweet all at once. Mint stimulates your brain’s cold receptors, and pepper stimulates your pain receptors (creating an impression of heat), so I find this tea really uniquely refreshing. Reminds me a lot of the mint chocolate Girl Guide cookies that they only sell in the Fall.

Also from the advent calendar. I feel like I have to try it again because I don’t remember if I liked it a lot. I do know liked it though. Well, that was a helpful note… (saracasm)

This tea smells amazing and I really enjoyed the presentation of it. I did however find it tasted weak, even when David’s made it for me.

I thought I would really like this one, but somehow the mintyness is putting me off…
It really does have a pleasant mint chocolate aftertaste but drinking the hot tea, I get more watery mint than I do any chocolate. I guess I just wished the chocolate was more prominent.

One of the first teas that I bought when I started to get into loose leaf!

I had another short sleep night last night (the ever-present joys of insomnia!), so after an hour I gave in and got out of bed. I started reading one of my ARCs (Advance Reader Copy) that I recently picked up. It’s a newer cozy mystery series revolving around a woman who makes and sells homemade pet treats. The book I’m reviewing is ‘The Icing on the Corpse’ by Liz Mugavero. I really like this series, but since I read so many cozies, I’m having a bit of trouble getting back into this world. Too many handsome men named Jake!

As I sip my cup, I once again feel despair over my inability to properly brew black tea. I have made myself another pot of fragrant hot water. I need to start saving up for that Breville Tea Maker!

I first tried this tea when it was the ‘Tea of the day’ at the downtown location of David’s tea. I was actually in there to get a pack of cookie dough, and I tried Read my lips and let me tell you.. It was the best thing I’ve ever tried. I’ve always loved chocolatey minty things like the ice cream or the peppermint patties! This tea is the best blend of chocolate, mint, and goodness.

One of my favs for sure!

Better as a latte