Pina Colada

So this is not my own tasting note, per se… But prior to Christmas, my workplace gave a pregnant coworker a big basket of anticipating-your-baby gifts. (There was a name for it…I forgot it.) When I was told about it and asked to contribute, I somewhat misunderstood the intentions of the collective gift (i.e. to give her a bunch of baby-stuff to get her started) and understood it to be a, “we’re giving you some nice things to relax with when you can after the extreme stress of popping out your first kid.” Whoops.

Anyway, naturally I thought of tea! I made her a little tea set, with an infuser and a bunch of samples I put together from my own stash. It seemed to actually go over well, despite being incongruous with all the tiny pink footsies and baby toys.

Well, a few days ago she updated her Facebook mentioning drinking this one. And her newest update is about her being excited to have bought some bags of fruit teas for $5.

Converrrrt! Maybe I’ll make my own cup of this to celebrate when I get home.

What is this madness? It tastes exactly like the pina coladas that I had in the Caribbean!

I cold brewed this one, the first tea that I have had a spare second to review since I started work (my internship is killing me a little bit, mornings come much too early).
Anywho, this tea is fantastic! At first its a little bitter (i’m guessing the hibiscus?), but then its amazingly sweet and coconutty. The colour threw me off a little bit, it is bright deep red, but the taste is unmistakably pina colada.
Just got a shipment from teavivre hoping to have a spare second to review some of them soon, but its not looking promising (of course i’d have more time if I stopped going away to visit my university friends on the weekend…)

I love this tea, but I wish the coconut taste was stronger as I find the citrus taste tends to overpower the coconut. When I don’t mind the punch of caffeine I add Teaopia’s Coconut Green Tea for a smoother taste.
On its own it makes a great iced tea alternative for juice.

This tea is one of my absolout favourites. it has a great pina colada taste, i have had a hard time tracking down more of it though as the teapoia near my place closed down. if anyone knows where i might be able to get my hands on it could you please let me know.

Yummy. Normally, this herbal blend is a bit much on my palette. The blend is able to accomplish what it goes for, being a nice refreshing ’’cocktail’’ like drink. I do find that it can be bland, and it is completely dependent on what mood I’m in. Fruit teas are usually pretty awesome, but this one is way to overbearing for me to drink more than once every few months.