Out of all the Dellaterra blends I ordered on Black Friday, this one decidedly smells the most delicious, both before and after steeping. I let it steep for about three and a half minutes, and that may have been my undoing, because there was a tartness to this tea that kind of ruined it for me. You wouldn’t ever guess it by the way this tea smells, however, because it smells so completely like an apple pie—complete with almond, cinnamon, spices, and crisp apple. I also wonder if it being on a black base is a little odd, although like I said before, it could have been the slight oversteep that yielded the bitterness, and not the black base.

Ah, I’ve had two teas in a row that I’m not a fan of, and I think I’ll stop for the evening. We’ll start afresh tomorrow morning! I’ve not yet given up on this tea though, because so help me god I want the flavour of the smell!

Yvonne

I really wish I could try this one! Sorry to hear you didn’t care for it. :(

keychange

Yvonne, I can send you some! private message me. :)

Yvonne

You are so, so nice! Thank you!!

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Yvonne

I really wish I could try this one! Sorry to hear you didn’t care for it. :(

keychange

Yvonne, I can send you some! private message me. :)

Yvonne

You are so, so nice! Thank you!!

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Well, it’s been slightly over six months since I’ve joined steepster, and I can’t say enough wonderful things about this community. Like many of you, I began my foray into the world of loose-leaf tea by discovering David’s Tea, and although I’ve ventured out and have discovered many other companies that I’m extremely fond of, there are still many of David’s teas that I hold close to my heart and I will always appreciate it as a starting point for my journey.

As for my preferences, I tend to prefer bold black tea, flavoured and unflavoured alike, and I almost always take my blacks with cream and sugar. This isn’t to say that I don’t enjoy a good, flavoured white though, and I’m slowly making my way through the incredibly confusing world of oolongs and greens. I am also not a fan of rooibos, although I am starting to suspect green rooibos may be ok, but you know how it is: when you’ve decided you detest a certain ingredient, you’ll notice it everywhere—perhaps even where it doesn’t exist!

Things other than tea: I’m engaged to be married to my best friend, and feel like the richest woman on the planet because of it. I am also a veracious reader, and I also happen to have an obsession with fragrances, and have amassed quite a collection, although it pales in comparison to some collections out there! As a result of this obsession, I also follow several fragrance blogs, and am always up for a chat about scent. I’m also almost completely blind, and this does indeed mean that I come complete with a guide dog, who unlike me, hales from the sunny California campus of Guide dogs for the Blind. I think I’ve rambled on long enough, but if there’s anything you’d like to know or if you just feel like chatting to someone, please don’t hesitate to send me a message.

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