DAVIDsTEA loose leaf white tea 'white dragonfruit' cold brew

Tea: 

DAVIDsTEA loose leaf white tea 'white dragonfruit' cold brew

Meet White Dragonfruit Cold Brew Tea, AKA the mother of all dragon (fruit) teas. Thanks to a perfectly balanced blend of tart hibiscus and hydrating dragon fruit with hints of floral white tea and juicy strawberry, you get all the flavour with none of the bitterness. Steep in cold water for 10+ minutes and enjoy the summer breeze while fresh, tropical notes nurture you to bliss. This not-too-sweet cold brew knows best, baby!

What makes it great:

Dragon fruit and white tea are loved for their skin-loving antioxidants. What a perfect pairing!

Steep this cold brew for only 10+ minutes to get the full body of flavour without any bitterness or hot water required.

It’s hot outside, so cool down with a pitcher of White Dragonfruit. Keep it in the fridge for all-day sipping or serve at a pool party with friends.

Ingredients

White tea, Hibiscus, Apple pomace, Apple, Citric acid, Natural (dragon fruit, peach, sweet strawberry) flavouring with stevia extract.

Steep: 

8 tsp

2 qt

takeya flash chill iced tea maker

Tasting Notes: 

Dry Leaf Smell: chemical, sweet strawberry pineapple

Steeped Tea Smell: peach, strawberry

Flavor: tart, hibiscus, lemon, peach

Aftertaste: stevia

Liquor:translucent red / pink

a good iced tea

Rating: 3/4 leaves

Leaf system: 

1=Bleh! not again if it were free 

2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options 

3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out 

4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing 

• Purchase Link https://www.davidstea.com/ca_en/tea/shop-all-teas/cold-brew-teas/white-dragonfruit-cold-brew-tea/20221074DT01.html?cgid=cold-brew-teas
• YouTube Review https://youtu.be/9GK6HxMYoQk

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Adagio Teas Loose Leaf Black Tea 'Rohini first flush' Darjeeling

Tea: 

Adagio Teas Company Loose Leaf Black Tea 'rohini first flush' Darjeeling

March 2023 harvest

Origin: Darjeeling, India

Farmer: Jhapan Thapa

The 'first flush' tea of the spring in Darjeeling is famous for its lively bite and abundance of fresh flavor. These rare teas look almost like green teas, but they are actually black tea. This year’s Darjeeling First Flush comes to us from the misty slopes of the Rohini Tea Garden in Darjeeling, India. This very early first bud plucking is called jethri kupi which translates from Nepali to the honorable designation “Eldest Daughter” denoting the very first growth of the spring season. Interestingly, jethrikupi also a word from the Manipuri dialect that means “jasmine flower” – perhaps a nod to the floral notes in this early plucking. The leaves offer a nice quantity of fuzzy leaf buds that soften the cup but increase the complexity. A little smoother, more silker on the palate than the typical Darjeeling First Flush, the spring blossom notes here really caught our attention. Traditionally steeped as a black tea with boiling water, some may prefer a green tea treatment with brisking steaming water for multiple infusions and a more delicate finish. Green oolong tea drinker should also try this one. Grown at roughly 1000-1500 ft, the spring weather was favorable for a third week of February plucking.

Steep: 

2 tsp

212°F

2 min

kati loose tea system 12oz 

Tasting Notes: 

Dry Leaf Smell: sweet, floral, fruity (grapes, stone fruit)

Steeped Tea Smell: slightly grassy, fruity, light floral 

Flavor: vegetal, nutty, stone fruit (nectarine)

Body: Medium

Aftertaste: fuzzy

Liquor: translucent light orange brown

Resteep: 

4 min

smell: floral, vegetal

color: darker orange brown but still translucent

taste: vegetal, floral, sweet (nectarine), fuzzy mouth feel finish

Resteep: 

6 min

astringent, should have steeped for less time

Update 5 min less bitter and tasty

Rating: 3/4 leaves

Leaf system: 

1=Bleh! not again if it were free 

2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options 

3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out 

4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing 

• Purchase Link https://www.mastersteas.com/teas/rohini-first-flush.html 
• YouTube Review
• https://youtu.be/VlPkvxMtyMk
• https://youtube.com/shorts/yqZHRzd9utM
• https://youtu.be/KRZAEDfi4rY

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Resteep

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Disclaimer: 

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Harbor Tea & Spice Company Loose Leaf Black Tea 'Mango Ceylon Black Tea'

Tea: 

Harbor Tea & Spice Company Loose Leaf Black Tea 'Mango Ceylon Black Tea'

Purchased on vacation in Juneau, Alaska

Harbor Tea & Spice Company

OVERVIEW:

This fruity classic flavored tea is light, sweet and intoxicatingly fragrant. Mango & sunflower blossoms are blended with superior Ceylon tea leaves to produce an uplifting cup.

INGREDIENTS:

Ceylon tea leaves, Mango, Marigold petals

Steep: 

2 tsp

212°F

4 min

kati loose tea system 12oz 

Tasting Notes: 

Dry Leaf Smell: fruity, mango, vanilla

Steeped Tea Smell: bakey, astringent, fruity

Flavor: bakey, astringent

Aftertaste: astringent

Liquor: opaque dark red-brown

Post-Steep Additives: sugar

more fruity

added milk, cut back on astringency

Resteep: 

weak, astringent, hints mango

Rating: 3/4 leaves

Leaf system: 

1=Bleh! not again if it were free 

2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options 

3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out 

4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing 

• Purchase Link https://www.harborteaspice.com/product-page/mango-ceylon-black-tea
• YouTube Review https://youtu.be/u6H_ILYLJ8s
• TikTok Review https://www.tiktok.com/@circuitswan/video/7182402050620198187
• Blog Post https://amazonv.blogspot.com/2022/12/harbor-tea-spice-company-loose-leaf.html

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DAVIDsTea Loose Leaf Black Tea 'Sweet Potato Pie' Day 2 DAVIDsTea 24 Days of Tea Advent Calendar 2022

Tea: 

Day 2

DAVIDsTea Loose Leaf Black Tea 'Sweet Potato Pie' 

DAVIDsTea 24 Days of Tea Advent Calendar 2022

Calendar - https://www.davidstea.com/ca_en/tea/24-days-of-tea-advent-calendar/962104DT01VAR0102611.html

Sweet Potato Pie: Black tea, Pecans, Cane sugar, Cinnamon, Butternut squash, Sweet potato, Marshmallows (sugar, corn syrup, modified corn starch, gelatin, sodium hexametaphosphate, artificial flavour, natural flavour, blue 1), Ginger, Nutmeg, Allspice, Natural flavouring.

Steep: 

2 tsp (entire sample)

212°F

3 min

kati loose tea system 12oz 

Tasting Notes: 

Dry Leaf Smell: pecan and cinnamon

Steeped Tea Smell: sweet toasted pecans, hint squash

Flavor: sweet, pecan, cinnamon, hint squash

Liquor: cloudy light orange brown

Resteep: 

5 min

slight sweetness, astringency, a little nutty, not very good, watery, weak

not worth resteeping

Purchase Link - https://www.davidstea.com/ca_en/tea/sweet-potato-pie-tea/10788DT01VAR0075665.html#q=sweet%2Bpotato%2Bpie&lang=en_CA&start=1

Steepster Link - https://steepster.com/teas/davidstea/90119-sweet-potato-pie 

YouTube - 

opening  https://youtu.be/aKKZxATbiY0

review https://youtu.be/sFoeI6qR3sU 

resteep https://youtu.be/oxahCuFqXY0 

TikTok -

opening https://www.tiktok.com/@circuitswan/video/7174819745223429419

review https://www.tiktok.com/@circuitswan/video/7174823953658268974 

resteep https://www.tiktok.com/@circuitswan/video/7174918957881675050

Blog Post - https://amazonv.blogspot.com/2022/12/davidstea-loose-leaf-black-tea-sweet.html

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Rating: 3/4 leaves

Leaf system: 

1=Bleh! not again if it were free 

2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options 

3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out 

4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing 

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I purchased this product.

Disclaimer: 

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DAVIDsTea Teabag Herbal Tea 'monster mash'

Tea: 

DAVIDsTea Teabag Herbal Tea 'monster mash'

Herbal Tisane  (Tea is technically only from the camellia sinensis plant)

Steep: 

212°F

6 min

Tasting Notes: 

Dry Leaf Smell: spice, cinnamon, woody, clove

Steeped Tea Smell: cinnamon, clove, pumpkin

Flavor: cinnamon, wood, clove, ginger, sweet

Body: Medium 

Aftertaste: clove

Liquor: translucent dark orange brown

Comments:

having just made pumpkin puree from scratch to put in coffee, it does. not have much flavor! so this is mostly pumpkin spice rooibos, and delicious

Post-Steep Additives: 

honey

yumm dessert tea

Resteep: 

did not work

Rating: 3/4 leaves

Leaf system: 

1=Bleh! not again if it were free 

2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options 

3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out 

4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing 

• Steepster Link  https://steepster.com/teas/davidstea/85602-monster-mash
• YouTube Review https://youtu.be/vGPS9wGTA10
• TikTok Review https://www.tiktok.com/@circuitswan/video/7163095291619527982?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1
• Blog Post https://amazonv.blogspot.com/2022/11/davidstea-teabag-herbal-tea-monster-mash.html

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DAVIDsTea Loose Leaf Herbal Tea 'Forever Nuts'

Tea: 

DAVIDsTea Loose Leaf and Teabag Herbal Tea 'Forever Nuts'

Herbal Tisane  (Tea is technically only from the camellia sinensis plant)

Steep: 

212°F

5 min

Mesh basket strainer 

Tasting Notes: 

Dry Leaf Smell: Roasted sweet nuts reminds me of Renaissance festivals

Steeped Tea Smell: Sweet roasted nuts

Flavor: Sweet, hint nutty

Liquor: Translucent pink ... Red?

Comments: Sadly never add good as it smells, but still tasty. Good with and without sweetener.

Resteep: 

Does not resteep well

Rating: 3/4 leaves

Leaf system: 

1=Bleh! not again if it were free 

2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options 

3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out 

4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing 

• Purchase Link https://www.davidstea.com/ca_en/tea/forever-nuts-tea/10179DT01VAR004019.html#q=forever%2Bnuts&lang=en_CA&start=1
• Steepster Link https://steepster.com/teas/davidstea/10338-forever-nuts
• Twitter - Day 11 24 Days of Tea Advent Calendar - https://twitter.com/CircuitSwan/status/1457973979629555713
• Twitter -  DAVIDsTEA halloween sachet tea wheel - https://twitter.com/CircuitSwan/status/1588340811892391937
• Blog Post https://amazonv.blogspot.com/2022/11/davidstea-loose-leaf-herbal-tea-forever.html

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