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Really big BIG pieces of fruit in this tea dry and not much else. The tisane brews up lemon yellow. The flavours are bright—mango, citrus—and a teeny bit of citrus bitterness peeking through. Initially, it seemed like grapefruit peel bitterness, but perhaps that’s not it. Each sip seems to have a different flavour variation as it cools from hot to not all that hot: pleasant though. Fruity, juicy, and pleasant.

I don’t find that the flavours taste unnatural, like others have mentioned, but then, I was quite stingy with the dry tea.

While I enjoy this flavourful cup, I imagine it would be quite expensive to keep on hand given the density and size of the fruit needed for a each cup. I will enjoy what I have, but likely will not restock all that often.

I may have tried this initially either in the store or as a sample packet from a purchase. Or not. Or read about it from other reviewers. Whatever.

One day when I was in a David’s store here, I ran into a client who raved and raved about this tea being her favourite. She often doctors it up with organic baby rose buds she buys from a health food store. Between this chat and the intoxicating scent of the dry tea, I ended up buying a good bit to try and formulate my own perspective.

Based on what I don’t know, I had expected this tea to taste false, unlike real things. Nope. I had given the bag a good shake to ensure that I would be getting a bit of everything on my scoop, brewed it quickly with boiling water that I had walked away from for a few minutes to let cool a bit.

This is lovely tea. Lovely. Yellow amber in the glass. Smooth, light, intoxicating flavour. Floral and fruity but mellow and not too much of either. Rose, jasmine, and lychee fluttering about on a delicate white tea base. Apparently, there is green tea as well, but it must be just a suggestion to give a bit more body.

All in all, a very nice balance of flavours and a very nice cup indeed.

Oh God, I have been transported.

Good solid strong black base, which reminds me of the Mighty Leaf black tea base for its fruity teas. Smooth with a teeny wee bit of smoke. And then, rose and spice and citrus. Just divine. Really.

If I began four mornings of my week with this tea, despite my tea obsession and outrageous tea collection, still, all would be right with my world. I steeped three times and would likely be able to steep another full flavoured good one. Each steep held up flavourfully well in my timolinos, despite the delicate flavours.

I received this as part of my monthly subscription for September (or is it part of October’s selection?) with Tea Sparrow. No regrets. Highly recommended.

About my three 12 ounce Timolinos and my two 16 ounce travel carry mugs from David’s tea.

I. adore. my. three. 12 ounce Timolinos. Adore them and use them daily. They are light, leakproof, and feel ever so good in my hands. They keep my teas hot forever.

And yes, I also have two David’s 16 ounce travel carry mugs. Which I also use regularly. I prefer the look and feel of the Timolinos, but I like the 16 oz size of the carry mugs.

I find that the travel carry mugs retain the scent and flavour of highly flavoured teas, so I am careful to not use them with highly perfumed teas, such as Elderflower Spritz for example. Because of this, I am also careful not to use the carry mugs with delicately flavoured teas as well.

I bought all three on different sales as David’s in discontinuing them due to now having their own design of the same product. However, the quality is such that I would still buy them at regular price without regrets.

I do not use the steeping baskets of either the Timolinos or the carry mugs. I prefer to steep in my Steeper and pour the ready tea into the containers. The openings are too narrow to use with David’s stainless steel steeper baskets.

I. adore. my. three. 12 ounce Timolinos. Adore them and use them daily. They are light, leakproof, and feel ever so good in my hands. They keep my teas hot forever.

And yes, I also have two David’s 16 ounce carry mugs. Which I also use regularly. I prefer the look and feel of the Timolinos, but I like the 16 oz of the carry mugs.

I bought all three on different sales as David’s in discontinuing them due to now having their own design of the same product. However, the quality is such that I would still buy them at regular price without regrets.

I do not use the steeping baskets of either the Timolinos or the carry mugs. I prefer to steep in my Steeper and pour the ready tea into the containers. The openings are too narrow to use with David’s stainless steel steeper baskets.

I had a little mini-panic attack when I checked David’s website and wasn’t able to find this tea. I thought it had disappeared before I was able to renew my stash.

I adore genmaicha. I don’t know whether this blend falls into the category of genmaicha proper, but for me, it has that sort of toasty rice and green tea thing going on.

Initially, I had rated this tea at 82, but now I am hoisting it to 90 because I would like to have this tea around. Often.

The toasty rice and rooibos provides a bit of groundedness to this bright bright pineapple flavour. It even has that post- sip acidic pineapple kick you get from real pineapple.

I used my usual approach to green tea steeping. Boil water and walk away for a few minutes, four or five minutes to let the boiling water rest before steeping the tea for a minute or two. I steeped the tea twice and both times the flavour of the tea was just lovely.

No additions, as usual.

I like it. Pinky red liquor. Hibiscus tart. The strawberry flavour shines through. Maybe a bit of pineapple kick.

I like to have this one handy for the moments that I am in the mood for something just like this.

Not quite sure in which ways it is different from Strawberry Rhubarb Parfait by David’s. Perhaps I’ll need to do a side by side taste test.

Lately, I’ve been drinking a lot of Mighty Leaf’s flavoured black teas in the morning, which are quite assertive and dynamic bold Chinese blacks. Or David’s Buttered Rum, my favourite way to start the day: sweet, buttery, bathed in coconut.

After last night’s disappointment from David’s fall collection, I needed an uplifting change.

And how lovely a change this is.

Artichoke or young green bean green scent and flavour. Light. Tasty. A bit grassy.

Pale yellow green in my clear glass cup.

I do not have a way to measure the temperature of the water, so my approach to steeping green teas, without scorching them, is this: I boil the water and then walk away for a few minutes. Maybe four or five minutes. Then I come back and steep the tea briefly briefly. Two minutes perhaps.

Not an exact science, but it works.

I like this tea a lot. Clean and unmuddied. Several dimensions of taste and depth. Perfect for moments such as these.

Update.

Yikes. Today, I passed by a David’s shop and stopped in for a sample. What do you know—-this was the ready-made tea that they were offering and it was delicious! DELICIOUS! So, I can only guess that my comment was based on a batch of heavily-dandilioned tea. I bought another 10 grams to brew and try again. Stay tuned.

It smelled promising. It looked promising. The name sounded hopeful.

I had picked up a few from the fall collection the other day. This was one of them. I only got 11 grams, thinking that would be enough to make a decision on whether I like it or not. I expected 11 grams to be enough for several cups of tea, but no. The cranberries are heavy. After this particular cup which was my first, I may barely be able to make one more, one more weak one.

Nevermind. I don’t think I need more of this.

It’s got a bit of a pastry flavour to it, but then there’s something else going on. Something bitter and not altogether pleasant. Is it the dandelion?

Whatever it is seems to get worse as the tea cools.

Regardless, I won’t miss it when it is gone.

I am not a fan of mint nor am I a fan of chocolate in tea. Usually. But I like this. Thankfully, it appeared in a sample box because if I had been left to my own devices, never in a million years would I have bought or chosen this.

I may buy this on its own.