Just Peachy

Meh. First off, there are more ingredients in here than DAVIDs lists (artificial and natural flavors). Out of the bag, this smells DIVINE. Like, I want my house to smell this peachy all the time. Steeped, it was okay, and iced it was just meh. My son wasn’t fond of it (said it tasted like “water tea”) and even my daughter just thought it was okay. Sweetened, it’s a bit more peachy and nice, and I have to wonder if I did something wrong to make it less…. less… yummy tasting.

I have another iced tea package of this to try, however it’ll take us a few days to get through this, only because no one is really loving it.

THIS IS SOOOO GOOD. If you enjoy the peach drank from the grocery store that has a pile of sugar in it and tastes nothing like actual peach, you’ll love this (I wish I was being sarcastic, but I’m not). Still haven’t tried it hot but iced it is the best thing ever. My only criticism is that it is a little weak.

MILES better than Peaches and Crayons – oops – I mean cream.

I love this tea. I think that if you’re a fan of store-bought peach juice that doesn’t exactly taste like fresh peaches, you will like this tea. I first smelled the tea in the store and thought it smelled wonderful, and made myself a cup when I got home and this is my favourite of the summer teas. I would defiantly recommend.

I’ve been begging for a “fresh peach off the tree” tea for months now. NOT peach candy. Peaches. The real thing. I’ve e-mailed David’s about it. I’ve tweeted them. I’ve received the same response both times (“great idea! We’ll give it a shot!”). I got excited about Peaches n Cream. I thought it might be like peach pie with ice cream. It wasn’t :(

So I crossed my fingers when I tried this tea. First a hot sample. Meh. I knew it wouldn’t be all that great hot, that’s OK. I ordered a big ol’ cup of this iced. I drank it. It was good! It wasn’t peaches off the tree, but it was good. Yes, it was sweet. But I was expecting it to be sweet…it is peach-flavoured after all. And when do you bite into a peach and say “MAN. THIS IS THE BEST SALTY/BITTER/SOUR/UMAMI PEACH EVER.” Yuck. Peaches are sweet. If you don’t like sweet, don’t drink peaches.

Verdict: I’m not sure if I’d buy this tea. I’m thinking about it, and I might end up with a summer tea collection (would be the first time ever that I bought an entire collection). We’ll see. If you like sweet peaches, you might like this tea. But more…sweet peach candy. Not actual peaches.

This is a sweet, sweet tea. Maybe too sweet? It is like a Fuzzy Peach without the sour part that is greatly needed to balance out the flavor. It is not as bad as Peaches n Cream but I can’t help but feel like it needs something to round out the flavor and counter the sweetness. Oh well. I have more to play with but right now this is not a restock.

Cold brewed 2.5 tsps in 16 oz for 8 hours

This is sort of a cheat tasting note, as I only tried the sample size of this tea in store today. It was a hot sample, and I didn’t like it. It smelled amazing, like fresh, tart peaches. Unfortunately, the tartness is quite present in the sip (at least when brewed hot which is how I had it), and sort of distracted me from enjoying what I think could have been a pretty authentic peach flavour. Keep in mind though that I tend to sweeten my teas, so those who take their teas naked may still really enjoy this and not find it as tart as I did.

Dry Leaf Nose: Very peachy.

Liquor: Deep golden yellow liquor with a clear and clean aroma of fresh peaches.

Flavour: Vibrant flavour of fresh peaches with sweet-tart notes. The liquor has a crisp mouthfeel, similar to real fruit juices.