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“Day 19 of the DavidsTea herbal advent calendar. This is enjoyable, but I think perhaps 9 berries was too many? It feels a little kitchen sink, and therefore hard to make out the flavors of the...” Read full tasting note
“This was so good and definitely loved the berry flavor. So refreshing and cannot wait to try it iced in the summer” Read full tasting note
“DAVIDsTEA Advent Calendar 2021 – Day 15 So I thought this would be much tarter after seeing Jann’s reaction on Tea with Jann, ha ha… But it’s actually not that tart. It’s nice. A good mix of...” Read full tasting note
“Adventaggedon Day 19: Tea 2/8 Cold Brew! I really enjoyed today’s cold brew! I’m not a massive fan of this tea hot because I find it’s too tart and hibiscus forward, but iced or cold brewed is...” Read full tasting note
How it tastes
Tart flavour of muddled dark berries with a sweet balance.
How many berries can you name? Off the top of our heads – strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, elderberries, juniper, buckthorn, goji, aronia & black currant. Coincidentally, these are also the NINE berries featured in this organic herbal tea. Nine super berries with the power to rock your detox, hydrate & give you that glow. Sip it hot or iced for a berry exquisite experience.
What makes it great
• Elderberries are popular in alternative medicine for their cold-fighting benefits.
• We love it both hot and as an iced tea.
• If you love Bear Trap, this tea should be on your sip list.
Ingredients
Organic elderberries, Organic aronia berries, Organic hibiscus, Organic juniper berries, Organic sweet blackberry leaves, Organic chicory root, Organic strawberries, Organic black currants, Organic sea buckthorn berries, Natural berry flavouring, Organic raspberries, Organic goji berries, Organic blueberries.
DavidsTea is a Canadian specialty tea and tea accessory retailer based in Montreal, Quebec. It is the largest Canadian-based specialty tea boutique in the country, with its first store having opened in 2008.
Day 19 of the DavidsTea herbal advent calendar. This is enjoyable, but I think perhaps 9 berries was too many? It feels a little kitchen sink, and therefore hard to make out the flavors of the individual berries. The strawberry is pretty noticeable to me, as is the hibiscus (not one of the titular berries), and what I initially thought was cranberry but since there’s no cranberry in this blend maybe it’s raspberry? This tea tastes sweet and tart, which is a flavor profile I like. I just might have liked it better if it was a little more focused.
Flavors: Hibiscus, Strawberry
DAVIDsTEA Advent Calendar 2021 – Day 15
So I thought this would be much tarter after seeing Jann’s reaction on Tea with Jann, ha ha… But it’s actually not that tart.
It’s nice. A good mix of elderberry, blueberry, raspberry, a bit of strawberry. All the berries! Maybe I get the goji a little bit too? But it’s difficult to tell with so many things. There is a slightly odd powdery taste in the middle somewhere, maybe from the blackberry leaf?
Anyway, it’s a very pleasant mixed berry tisane, with just the right amount of tartness to it. I’m sure it would be even better iced as well.
Flavors: Berry, Blueberry, Elderberry, Goji, Hibiscus, Powdered Sugar, Raspberry, Strawberry, Sweet, Tart
Adventaggedon Day 19: Tea 2/8
Cold Brew!
I really enjoyed today’s cold brew! I’m not a massive fan of this tea hot because I find it’s too tart and hibiscus forward, but iced or cold brewed is generally very pleasant to me. It’s hard to taste any of the many, many berries in the blend with a lot of clarity and instead you end up getting a bit more of a generic mixed berry/wild berry taste that leans a little more dark – like purple/blue berries versus red ones. I don’t know if that makes sense though!? Like, there’s brightness to the cup because there’s volatile sharply tart and tangy top notes but it’s an overall “bright” berry tea. Instead it’s a dark and dense berry sort of flavour.
Regardless of how you want to sum it up, the mug was very refreshing and a really nice punchy mixed berry flavour that I found a nice change up from more of the lighter and brighter fruity blends we’ve had in the advents recently.
Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts and feelings regarding the teas, and not the company’s.
