Magic Dragon

I love the name — it makes me think of Puff the Magic Dragon, which was a childhood favorite song.

I know I’ve had dragonfruit, but I think I only had it once and it was a while ago. So I can’t say whether this is a good dragonfruit blend, but I can say I like it.

The dry blend has a strong, berry heavy smell, which, after steeping has an interesting depth and freshness that is watermelon-like. I expect this is the dragonfruit. The liquor is a bright, vibrant red that is quite attractive.

The flavor has a touch of bitterness at the beginning, and a touch of sourness right after, but is neutral to sweet through most of the sip. It has a leafiness to it that I’m thinking must be the blackberry leaves, but mostly I get a melon-like flavor that makes me think of my current favorite Perrier — Watermelon — but more intense.

And now I’m off to binge watch my latest discovery, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel!

I really like dragon fruit. I’ve eaten entire dragon fruits in one sitting. So, I was really interested in trying a dragon fruit tea. I am happy to report I was not disappointed. This tea gives me the full dragon fruit flavour without anything else overpowering it. It does have a bit of a tart aftertaste (I assume from the hibiscus) but I didn’t find this to make much of a difference. I will be buying more of this tea as summer approaches since it is a super refreshing and tasty iced tea.

Made a small pot of this tea this morning. It definitely still ranks in the top three teas for making Tea Pops with. The juiciness of the dragon fruit flavor really shines. It needs a bit of sweetener(I use agave) to make it shine though.

I haven’t had this is a while so it’s been sitting in my cupboard untouched for too long. Decided to have some iced tonight and review it while I’m at it. I really liked this back when I bought it, but now it’s not as exciting. It’s a little bit tart, from the hibiscus, but it has a nice dragonfruit taste too. For me I guess I just find the hibiscus annoying. (Which isn’t too often for me) Still, I enjoy this every once in a while.

Cold brew
Sour/tart, tastes of strawberries, rose hips, sickly sweetness at the end of the sip because of the blackberry leaves. It’s alright, but not something I would drink again. Too sour for me, even cold brewed.

James made a cup of this for me tonight. It’s his favorite and now that it’s discontinued we try to ration it, so this was quite a gift. Unfortunately, it was too sweet for me (I love honey but he added A LOT, hehe). I tried it iced after it cooled and it was still just too sweet. I can’t remember if I’ve ever had this before now and, if so, if I liked it. Hibiscus was the prominent flavor when hot, so it may be one I just don’t enjoy in general. That means more for him!

This tea wasn’t as good as i hoped! I’ve tried making it twice and still haven’t been able to agree with it. I haven’t tried it iced, i think that will be the next way to go since i have a whole canister of it. It smells yummy! But once i drank it there was a weird lingering after taste. Added some sugar to it also and still didn’t do the job. I wouldn’t recommend this one.

It’s been a tumultuous time for me for the past week or so, as I have moved out of my boyfriend’s place after living there for about 5 years and am now with a new roommate. This is a significant and emotional change for me, but the familiar aroma and comfort of my favourite teas has been a great help.

I have drank Magic Dragon a couple times before, but have not yet sat down to do a proper review of it. I used quite a bit of leaf for this brew as it is an herbal tea – no need to worry about bitterness – and I just want it to punch me in the face with flavour. The aroma is quite pleasing; faintly sweet with a detectable amount of dragonfruit notes.

The tea is actually a bit tart, which is probably due to the apple/hibiscus that apparently needs to be included as per default in every single fruit tisane. (/grump) The good news is that the dragonfruit does balance this out, and beacuse I loaded up on the leaf I can definitely taste it. Pretty enjoyable overall, although I think Dragonfruit Devotion from Teavana was a bit better (though that was a long time ago).

Another Sipdown! Light and fruity and sweet. Juicy, even! Yummy. But I don’t feel the need to buy any more, as the hibiscus is too tart for me.

Cold brewed this last night. It is really good iced. It is sweet from the dragonfruit and it is somewhat tart as well. I of course added sugar to this although it probably didn’t need it but I like iced tea sweet. This is just really refreshing.

I brewed it overnight in a 64oz Iced Tea Maker with 8 tsp leaf.