Just got in my order from DAVIDsTEA today, so I was very excited to try something new. I purchased 10 of the iced tea pitcher packs because I love fruity drinks and they were on sale. Decided to make it hot and by the cup instead of as a full pitcher cold. As I didn’t really want caffeine at the moment, I chose Just Peachy from the five fruit infusion options I had.
The smell of the dry tea is to die for. Very similar smelling to the fuzzy peaches gummy candies that I love.
As the instructions on the packet are for a pitcher of cold tea, I looked to the website to find out how to prepare the tea hot. It suggested steeping the tea 5+ minutes in 95C water, so I went with that. The packet, however, says you can steep it to 20 minutes if you want for extra flavour, so that’s certainly something to try.
After 5 minutes of steeping, the tea still looked somewhat light, so I left the tea to steep an extra five minutes for 10 minutes total. The tea didn’t really darken, however, and ended up almost an apple juice colour, though slightly darker.
As for the dry tea, I used 0.75 tsp because that’s been my standard amount and I wasn’t really sure what “one to two perfect spoonfuls” was all about. Though I tend to use about 1/2 the recommended tea in most cases anyway… so half of one to two spoonfuls? That’s still quite a wide gap there.
The finished tea smells quite nice—definitely still has that fuzzy peaches smell to it, but not as in your face as the dry packet. Sipping it while very hot, the flavour is a mild peach—a tiny bit of tang and not overly sweet (I am a sweet tooth though, so take that how you will).
Definitely juicy, but the more it cools down, the less sweet it tastes and the more it starts tasting like an apple/peach mix. Not bad, but maybe a bit undersweetened for my tastes once it reached room temperature. By the end I felt like I was mostly drinking undersweetened apple juice.
Cup count (12oz) from the 27g pitcher pack: 1 (Tons left in this pack for future experimentation)
Would I buy this again? I don’t know. It’s okay, but it makes me think I’d rather go for a hot apple cider blend next time if the final result is approaching apple juice.
Flavors: Apple, Peach