Cotton Candy

And this is the last of the backlog! Man, that feels really good to say.

So I picked some of this up today at DT to play with, and I decided to make it this afternoon to drink with Tyrell over. I just had to try one of the carnival blends immediately, and this seemed like the better option in the moment. I think it was the one I was just most curious about overall.

Smell wise this is divinely sweet and gooey smelling; pretty much just like cotton candy. If this was a perfume, I’d wear the shit out of the smell. As it steeped up, the liquor was very cloudy but surprisingly it wasn’t gooey or oily like I expected it to be from the sprinkles.

Taste wise I kinda feel a touch “meh” about it. I liked the mostly green rooibos base; and there was a super light fruitiness to it that I suppose could be mango. I actually enjoyed that it wasn’t distinctly mango, though. That’s one thing that I was concerned about. As for the cotton candy part? Some sips nailed it; it was sugary and sweet and had that sort of “fairy floss” airiness to it. Other sips were too strong on the base or just not sweet enough in general.

I’m definitely going to try this cold brewed, and I want to do it hot with milk too! It’ll be fun to play with but overall I just think I wanted it to be even sweeter and regardless of that I think this is definitely something that I might enjoy playing with a few times but will have no need to possibly restock.

I think it captures what it’s supposed to be (basically sweet gooey sugar goodness) well though. Gotta give it props for that.

This is my 100th tasting note! Hooray! Not bad for being on Steepster for just under a month.

I got this sample with my David’s mug order. I was pretty excited since there’s been a lot of hype around here about the carnival collection. The dry tea is a mixture of a lot of stuff. There’s red and green rooibos, sprinkles, mango pieces, and apparently some kind of brittle. It smells very sugary and rooibosy.

The aroma is very cotton candy, which was a good sign. I can smell the rooibos, but it’s in the background. At the first sip, I definitely got the cotton candy flavor. However, it seems with subsequent sips I don’t get it any more, which is odd. I’m not sure if my tongue adjusted to the sugar and now it tastes less sweet to me or what. So it basically tastes like a somewhat weak and sweetened rooibos… Meh. I used the whole sample, too, which looked like more than the recommended 1.25 tsp.

I am really not feeling this tea. I brought some home and tried a different brewing method (low temperature, short steep) which has worked for me before. This tea is just a no go though, all I ever get is a slight rooibos taste and a lot of sugar water. It is sweet, but it really does not scream cotton candy to me. I will have to leave this tea to those who have had more success as with it than I have!

This was a pleasant surprise! Sweet, yes, but not overly so, in my opinion. Very light and refreshing, and definitely reminiscent of the typcial cotton candy taste. I almost forget I was drinknig rooibos. Had this is a to go today, and will definitely be back for more!

Im a big cotton candy fan so when i walked into davids tea and saw this, i was more than excited. I got a iced cup of this and I actually really enjoyed it. It wasn’t exactly cotton candy but it was a very sweet rooibus.

I received this as a free sample with my last Davids order.
I hot steeped it and then let if cool, then into the fridge to get COLD.
I did take a quick taste of it while it was hot – ewwwwwww – hot sugar rooibos.
Cold it was – ewwwwwwww – cold sugar rooibos.
Now I know you are going to call me nuts, but I actually added a little more sweet to it. This really brought out the other flavors – not sure what that flavor is – you know the artificial “pink” flavor of cotton candy – that – more sweet brought THAT out.
I do think that this would pass as cotton candy – I’m not really offended by rooibos, but it doesn’t belong in this application.
I will be perfectly happy if I never have to drink this again.

Went into the store for the last two days in a row to make sure I got to try all of the new Carnival Collection right away to ponder whether or not to buy before my 15% off all loose tea discount expires.

Preface: I’m obsessed with cotton candy. If it’s for sale (the fresh stuff…not the “bagged a few weeks ago in a factory” crap sold in grocery stores), I CANNOT walk past it without buying. Can. Not.

Now that that’s out of the way, we can all assume I had high expectations. If you’re going to call something “cotton candy tea”, it had better damn well taste like cotton candy. Or else…grr.

This was exactly cotton candy. To a friggin T. COTTON CANDY TEA, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE?!?!?! I don’t know how this one would be hot, in fact I imagine it would be weird. But you know what? Don’t care. I’m drinking it cold all day every day. And I’m drinking it even colder during the winter. BECAUSE I CAN.

Actually, I imagine if I had this all the time I would get sick of it. I think that’s the appeal of cotton candy…carnivals and fairs. Usually only in summer and early fall. But I’m buying this anyway. Buy all the tea!

Verdict: will definitely buy at least one tin before the collection is discontinued.

So this is cotton candy. 100%. Both in smell and in taste. I don’t know if this is something I would want to drink everyday given that ultimately cotton candy is just sugar, but this is definitely a fun tea that brings back memories of bonking the colourful spun sugar at carnivals and circuses. In other news, for cotton candy fans, there is such a thing as maple cotton candy and it is delicious.

When I walked in to David’s tea, I felt like I was in a candy store: bright colours everywhere, the wonderful smell of cotton candy and giggly people everywhere. The place was packed but nothing could stop me from getting every tea from the carnival collection (except for lemonade – ew).

This is a well executed tea, as long as you drink it at the right temperature. When it is warmer, there’s citrus notes at the beginning of the sip followed by a wonderful cotton candy yumminess. As it cools down, it’s more like sweet water than anything else. It doesn’t beat 52teas Cotton Candy, but I’m a major fan of cotton candy and this works for me :)

Dry Leaf Nose: Spun sugar (cotton candy).

Liquor: An appealing gold-green clear liquor with a sweet and sugary aroma.

Flavour: Prominent notes of spun sugar are abound in this fragrant liquor. The green rooibos character shows in the smooth mouthfeel and balances the very sweet flavour well.