104 Tasting Notes
This tea was a pleasant surprise for me. I figured by the name that I’d either love it or hate it. Turns out that it is fantastic. It has a spa-water type of feel to it. The cucumber is present, as is the honeydew. Oddly enough though, and maybe because it is so refreshing, I do get the same feel as mint.
Iced with a splash of milk, it is reminiscent of Mint Julep.
Like other reviewers, I was very excited for this tea. I love peach flavoured teas and was hoping this would be another great blending tea for straight greens and oolongs (much like what I use Teavana’s Peach Tranquility for).
The tea tastes far more vanilla-y than I originally anticipated. The mixture of the peach and vanilla almost gives it a play-doh or crayon taste that is extremely unpleasant. I blended this with a straight monkey-picked oolong and it was, unfortunately, terrible. I have also tried the tea iced and was not impressed either.
I dub this tea “Peaches and Crayons”.
This tea gave me a headache, it was so sweet. I had a cup brewed for me in store without anything in it (after smelling it, I figured additional sweeteners were just asking for diabetes). The flavours were certainly interesting, and I give Teavana props for trying to do something completely out of the box. It just wasn’t for me.
If I was to make this at home, I’d use half of the tea.
So I like spicy, but holy crap is this tea ever spicy!! Like so spicy that I ended up giving it to my boyfriend (who really likes it, so maybe that justifies the mantea label). Now and then though, I crave this blend. You can taste both the chocolate and the spice equally. It is definitely a milk and sugar kind of tea though. Particularly the latter.
HOW HAVE I NOT REVIEWED THIS MAGIC?! I’m hoping that this tea is revived through the efforts of social media, because it look as if people miss it as much as I do.
This tea is pure magic – it was one of the first “blended” teas that I actually considered palatable and even just for that reason, it holds a special place in my heart. I’m not a huge cookie dough fan in that raw dough kind of scares me, but I do like freshly baked cookies and this tea reminds me more of that angle.
Needless to say, I have 500g just chillin’ that I bought on web special because I am a crazy tea lady.
EDIT: I guess I have reviewed this magic. OH WELLS.
I wanted so much to like this one, but I just don’t. If I’m being completely honest, it’s because I don’t care for rooibos unless the taste of rooibos is almost 100% masked. Otherwise it just tastes like sticks at the end of the my cuppa which is extremely unpleasant. The best part about this tea, in my opinion, was the strong apple flavour. That I could get behind – it was delicious. However, the cardamom and the rooibos… I don’t know how to explain, but it just didn’t work for me. Next time, gadget!
Here’s a tea I don’t really get. I have now tried it hot and iced and I absolutely dread it either way. I was told that if you were a fan of Kanpe that this would be a good alternative. Well, I wasn’t a huge fan of Kanpe, but I also didn’t spit it back out either. This one… bleh. In DT terms, it’s like if Queen of Tarts and The Glow had a baby.
When I first tried this tea, I thought that it was the bees knees. But after a full cup of it, I retract that statement. There is something in this tea that is oddly sweet, but it doesn’t jive well with the rest of the chai-like ingredients. If you’re looking for a DT chai that has a lighter body, I’d probably suggest Chai on Life instead. This one just doesn’t have that je ne sais quoi.
At first taste, I wasn’t a huge fan of Chai on Life. I felt like in terms of DT teas that it was just a white tea version of Exotica. After a while though, this one does grow on you (and yes, it is different than Exotica). Maybe I just have Exotica on the brain (boy, does that sound bad)? Very nice, light cup of tea thanks to that white tea base. Would recommend for those wanting a chai but not wanting the heaviness of a black tea.
Before this year, I had never tried Sleigh Ride before as fruit infusions never really jived for me. But I’m so glad I’ve worked on that over the past year because this tea is amazing. I bought a web special of Merry Cranberry to tide me over the Xmas season just in case I hated all of the winter teas… now I’m kicking myself because I didn’t have to. Between Sleigh Ride and Spiced Fig, I’m already ultrafestive.
Anyways, back to Sleigh Ride. I’m a notorious hibby lover (Queen of Tarts + Dischord forever) so of course I’m going to love this one. It’s sweet and it’s tart, so similar to strawberry rhubarb parfait… which is another tea that has grown on me.