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Yvonne drank Cocoberry by DAVIDsTEA

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Something about this tea just seems so…jumbled. Like they stuck whatever they could find in here and packaged it up. :/ I’m getting a lot of sweetness from the berries and very little coffee.

The aftertaste is musky – reminds me a bit of an old basement. I can’t really tell what this tea is trying to be – is it trying to be fruity, or is it trying to be a coffee substitute? Both? Really?

I think I’ll be able to do the rest of the cup, but I don’t know if I’m really going to want more afterwards.

Edit: There’s a huge gross lump of black stuff at the bottom of my cup. Ergh.

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Boiling 5 min, 0 sec

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TeaLady441
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I think it’s trying to be both, and it’s so odd. I have a 25g bag that I will enjoy (when I’m in the mood for it), but never worry about replacing!

Yvonne
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Definitely not a repurchase for me either, no wonder it was discontinued.

Dustin
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David’s description of the tea sounds sort of jumbled too!

Ana
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I tried this once in the store, I personally called it the hot mess.

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TeaLady441
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I think it’s trying to be both, and it’s so odd. I have a 25g bag that I will enjoy (when I’m in the mood for it), but never worry about replacing!

Yvonne
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Definitely not a repurchase for me either, no wonder it was discontinued.

Dustin
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David’s description of the tea sounds sort of jumbled too!

Ana
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I tried this once in the store, I personally called it the hot mess.

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My name is Yvonne. I’m 21 and live in a snowy Canadian wasteland known as Manitoba.

I’m relatively new to the loose tea world, although I used to drink generic Red Rose tea constantly. A friend introduced me to a Teavana tea one chilly winter and I got myself slightly intrigued. Went to purchase it myself, used shoddy equipment to prepare it, and was discouraged.

Christmas 2013 rolled around, and despite having an awful holiday for other reasons, I received some of Teavana’s Cha Yen Thai as a gift after asking for chai tea. I went out and bought a proper infuser cup and was instantly hooked. Now my tea collection is steadily growing! I’m obsessed!

I like:
Dessert teas, black teas, oolong, rooibos, pu’erh, mate, chai, chamomile, chocolate, coconut, cinnamon, pineapple, tropical mixes, nutty, sweet, complex flavours, indulgent flavours

I do NOT like:
Green teas, herbal teas, white teas, teas too overbearing with fruit, pure tisane, cloyingly sweet teas, hibiscus, peanuts, burning my mouth

I am lactose intolerant (pretty severely, actually – I do not consume any dairy product) but I find that the miniscule amounts of dairy found in some teas don’t bother me for the most part.

100 – My absolute favourite teas. Without them, I will cry salty tears of despair.

99 – 95 – Cream of the crop, although missing SOMETHING to make them a perfect favourite. Not something I couldn’t possibly live without, but pretty darn close. Lots of teas in this category tend to reach 100 eventually.

95 – 75 – Yummy, but if it disappeared tomorrow I’d quietly mourn it for about 15 minutes and move on to a favourite. Leaves something to be desired.

75 – 50 – Passable, but not by much. Something I’d really have to be in the mood for to drink.

50 and lower – Nope nope nope. Not for me. Probably couldn’t or had a hard time finishing the cuppa. Doooown the sink.