Northern Lights

Thanks, Dylan for sharing this with me yesterday at work. This is absolutely delicious and made my office smell like a big fruit salad.

I let my boss try it and let everyone smell it. It tastes as wonderful as it smells and the apple really shines.

DAVIDsTea graciously is replacing my (ack) Oh Canada with this. I’m delighted beyond words. This will be a definite reorder.

p.s. Let me just add…I hate peppermint. I still love this and could drink it every day. =)

I had a sample of this hot and then a to-go iced one at some point last week. This is mostly really prominently minty, with a bit of sweetness and that medicinal juniper underneath. I have a hard time not feeling like I’m drinking cough syrup when there’s juniper. It’s not terrible, but not something I’d buy. It did help me re-hydrate and was nice and refreshing in the heat.

I’m not sure what makes me like this tea. It’s sweet and minty! It tastes really refreshing. I would really love to try this tea iced!

This is actually very good, I wasn’t sure at first but Yesterday night I added a little bit of cane sugar and it was really good.
It is a little tart without the sugar but with it it bring all the flavors without being too sweet. I really like the peppermint aftertaste.

I bought this not expecting to enjoy it, but I actually ended up liking it somewhat. It has earthy/herbal backgrounds similar to Strawberry Ginger and Pink Flamingo, but is, in my opinion, more palatable due to the fruits and mint. This seems like it would be pleasant iced.

It’s my treat on this sunday nigth after a too big meal!!

Day 77 of my 101 days of DAVIDsTEA challenge. (Catching up on the backlog again!)

Dumped what I had of this (16g) in a good-sized teapot, in celebration of Flag Day (Febrary 15th, for all us Canadians!!)

I found the flavour combination of this a little odd. Nothing was bad about it, but the flavours didn’t seem to meld together as I would have liked them to. I suppose the minty and fruity flavours just didn’t…. coalesce as they should have for an optimal combination. I’d like to see if another tea can make the combination of fruity and minty work better.

I used 2 and 1/2 scoops of dry leaf for my 473 ml thermos.

This tisane is satisfying as a mint tisane. I was initially drawn by the prospect of having fruit flavours mixed with the mint. I was also intrigued by the addition of the juniper berries. The mint flavour isn’t too pronounced and allows the apple and juniper berry flavours to come through. Sweet on the finish with a satisfying refreshing mint feel. The flavour reminds me of the taste of eating fruit after brushing my teeth.

For my second infusion, I used about 1/3 less water than from the first one and allowed it to infuse for 10 minutes. The mint flavour was less prevalent and the apple and juniper were allowed to come through a little bit more.

This is not a tisane to leave in while drinking. The apple gives a tart flavour which mixes very poorly with the mint.

Cold-brewed this tisane has a nice mint flavour which does not compliment the sour-tartness of the apple.

I made the mistake of brewing this… not for me.

Again, stop discontinuing my favourite teas!! I remember thinking this one had a weird flavour profile at first (mint plus fruit? What?), but it definitely grew on me and turned into one of my favourite herbals.