Hard Candy

SO GOOD. I tried this and immediately went and bought about 20oz. It tastes just like a gummy bear. It smells amazing. It’s perfect iced.

This tea was wonderfully sour and tasted like hard candy! Just to smell it when I popped the tin open made my mouth water. Seriously.

I know it’s great for others, but I couldn’t stand the taste of this one.

I was underwhelmed by this tea on my first brewing. I found that I have to oversteep the tar out of this sucker (pun totally intended!). The smell is divine, the flavour though, in my opinion is a bit lacking. It’s like a watery cherry lolipop. It was perfectly drinkable and my son likes it, but I’m glad we only got 25g of this and not the 250g that was in the clearance section of the website.

Happy to say my first ever tea pop was a success. I used DAVIDs recipe and the only thing I may change is the amount of leaf used because when I first started drinking this I felt it could have been a bit stronger. However, as I drink it seems to be balancing off so that probably isn’t necessary.

Anyways, this is perfect as a teapop. It’s bright and refreshing and has a great balance between tart and sweet. Imagine a less sweet version of a jolly rancher soda…or perhaps pop rocks.

I really like this tea iced. Tastes just like cherry sour candy. Yum.

A sample from Miss B! I remember reading loads of reviews of this tea back in the summer, and based on those it was probably one of the recent David’s Teas that I was most interested to try. The flavour concept seems reasonably unique, too. I used 1.5 tsp of leaf for my cup, and gave it approximately 4 minutes in boiling water. I spared myself the painful debating this time, at least. The liquor is really pale – clear and sort of yellowy, except that there’s a slight oily scrim on the surface. The scent is sweet and very reminiscent of melted sugar while it’s still clear (well before it starts to caramelise). I suppose that gives it at a decent hard candy vibe, so I’m encouraged so far.

To taste, this really is as candy-like as I imagined. It has that sweet, clear-boiled sweet flavour that’s basically sugar and glucose syrup. There’s a mild fruitiness underlying – it starts off tasting very much like strawberry, but there’s a definite sour cherry-like tang at the end of the sip. It’s by no means strong fruitiness – the “hard candy” aspect is front and centre at all times. I can see why people are comparing this one to Jolly Rancher, and it does come across a little like that – for some reason I want to say that it reminds me of the watermelon ones most of all, although there’s no melon flavour to make me think that. There’s a slight wateriness in the aftertaste, so maybe that’s what’s doing it.

I quite like this one. It’s like liquid lollipop. It reminds me most of all of those huge red candy rock dummies you can get at the seaside, or at the fairground. I don’t find it too cloying or over-sweet, maybe because it’s not that strong a flavour. It’s the right side of the line for me. I’m glad I got chance to try this one!

I can always fall into the words of Rossetti’s poetry quietly. Her words are quick to catch the attention in any topic she chooses, whether she is writing about unrequited love, love lost, or a sister’s love, and always leave a sweet aftertaste.

The tea I recommended for this book is Hard Candy by David’s Tea. With it’s smoothness upon your lips to the sweet taste, it reminds me wholly of Rossetti’s word, especially her Goblin Market poem.

Incredibly alike to a cherry Jolly Rancher. Very strong cherry flavour dominates other fruity notes, all delivered in a very tangy, borderline sour package. A bold flavour that steeps strongly and needs minimal sugar added. The sweet/sour juxtaposition is awesome.
Part of the DAVIDsTEA 2015 Summer collection.

Love, love, love this tea. Sweet and tart, like sour cherries, but in a good way. Very smooth, and just right to cure your sweet tooth.