105 Tasting Notes
What an odd-looking tea! It’s the first time I come across a CTC. Well, I’ve probably drank many CTC before without knowing since it’s apparently common for supermarkets tea bags to be CTC. Oooohh mamma mía, this is strong! Maybe I used too much tea or steeped it for too long. The strenght is not only felt with my tastebuds but on my whole body. After drinking half of my cup, my hands were shaking and my heart was pounding. I’ll have to be careful next time.
Preparation
Unlike most people, I wasn’t disgusted by the idea of this tea. Apples, ginger and raisins in a herbal tea, why not. Finally, I don’t like it as a tea pop (a bit weird that DT is making people taste a new tea in tea pop) nor as a regular hot tea. Alright as a iced tea. The ginger is really strong and stings in the throat in the aftertaste. Decent but won’t try again.
I’m someone that doesn’t tolerate coffee. Yes, I do enjoy Coffee Crisps bars and coffee cakes but I cannot swallow one sip of the sweetest Brazilian coffee. After trying Jumpy Monkey and actually liking it, I thought I would give a try to another coffee tea. Once steeped, the liquor is strangely opaque, like coffee. Unfortunately, this is too much for me. Maybe more vanilla aromas would make it better for me but, as it is, it’s too strong and too bitter.
However, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this to someone who is transitioning from coffee to tea.
Preparation
Yikes!!! Couldn’t drink more than three sips. It’s the tea that smells best from the Fall 2015 collection but it tastes terrible.
Meh. I liked the idea of green tea flavoured with lightly sour freshly-picked apples and this was the tea I was most excited about in DT’s Fall 2015 collection. However, when I got my hands on it, I immediately found a weird chemical smell. Almost like nail polish remover. And there is merely any green tea in it. Like someone said in another review, this would be good for someone transitioning from soda or juice to tea. I’ll give the rest of my bag it to someone else.