82 Tasting Notes

77

After my less-than-pleasant experience with Sweet Almond Green earlier today, this tea was a lovely break for my senses. It brews up fairly dark which I really wasn’t expecting from a white tea. The main flavours I’m picking up are strong notes of bergamot with the smoothness of vanilla, and a lingering sweetness from the white chocolate. Extremely pleasant and easy-to-drink!

Flavors: Bergamot, Smooth, Vanilla, White Chocolate

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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24

I want so badly to love this one, but there the vegetal flavour of the green tea combined with almond extract and a slight astringency really doesn’t let that happen. While I can force myself into drinking a cup of it, I’d have a hard time recommending it or even seeing why people like it so much. The aftertaste that this tea leaves in my mouth is also terrible, it just tastes like really bitter, fake almond extract.

Flavors: Almond, Astringent

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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78
drank Love Tea #7 by DAVIDsTEA
82 tasting notes

Honestly, I’m not sure what it is about this tea that makes it such a go-to for me. It has a light fake chocolate flavour combined with the sweet fruitiness of the strawberries. I find the strawberries are definitely the predominant flavour, with the chocolate taking on more of a supporting role. The black tea base is quite lovely, with no astringency even when oversteeped (I forget about my teas a lot). This is something I’ll enjoy time and time again, making it a go-to tea for morning sipping.

Flavors: Chocolate, Creamy, Strawberry

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 5 min, 0 sec
Roswell Strange

Since this is a Go-To, just a heads up that it’s being retired!

nouveau-tea

Thanks! Luckily I stocked up a few weeks ago when I first found out.

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48
drank Get Smart by DAVIDsTEA
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This tea is very light in flavour; I mostly pick up raspberry, black currants, and light notes of green tea. The green tea taste is extraordinarily smooth with no astringency whatsoever. I can definitely understand why people have said it tastes vaguely medicinal. The stevia taste is definitely present but it doesn’t bug me too much. I find that the first few sips I enjoy, but after that it becomes a bit of a chore to drink a full mug of this one. We’ll see how sipping down my sizeable stash of this blend goes.

Flavors: Black Currant, Raspberry

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 3 min, 45 sec

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80

Sweet, smooth, and earthy. Very true to the classic red rooibos flavour of other rooibos teas I have tried. Leaves very little astringency in the mouth and steeps quickly. I would likely steep this one a little less next time, or use less tea. Very cost-effective! This is not anything innovative or special from DAVIDsTEA, but it definitely surpasses my expectations for a straight rooibos leaf. There were none of the dusty notes I’ve tastes in rooibos teas from other brands. A very good to excellent option for those who appreciate a full-bodied, smooth, and slightly sweet red rooibos tea.

Flavors: Earth, Smooth, Sweet

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 15 sec

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67

A nice, full-bodied fruity tea. I find that the tea can take on a strange aftertaste when steeped too long, likely due to the peppercorns. I don’t taste too much hibiscus, but the figs throw me off. It tastes like watered-down cherry cough syrup.

Flavors: Cherry, Fig

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 5 min, 30 sec

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60
drank Snow Day by DAVIDsTEA
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A nice mint chocolate tea. The tea itself contains mostly peppermint leaves, with a hint of milk chocolate. I found the peppermint made up most of the flavour, with the chocolate flavour as almost a top note. The chocolate tasted quite fake, like the cheap chocolates one would buy at the dollar store. This isn’t terrible by any stretch, but it’s not something I’d reach for. 15g lasted me a very long time.

Flavors: Chocolate, Peppermint

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 6 min, 0 sec

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65
drank Rainbow Sherbet by DAVIDsTEA
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The most prominent fruit notes in this tea are pineapple and orange. There’s an underlying flavour of red fruit, likely raspberry, and a nice sweetness. The hibiscus adds body without the intensely tart taste I typically don’t appreciate in hibiscus teas. Honestly, I can barely taste the hibiscus. While this isn’t mind blowing by any stretch of the imagination, it’s a very nice fruity herbal tea that works well both iced and hot.

Flavors: Hibiscus, Orange, Pineapple, Red Fruits

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 6 min, 0 sec

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57
drank Coco Colada by DAVIDsTEA
82 tasting notes

A somewhat perfume-y coconut and pineapple tea. The hibiscus makes the tea brew up a lovely shade of light pink, which was a smart addition on DAVIDsTEA’s part, because otherwise the tea would’ve been an rather unappealing light yellow/cream colour. However, I find the hibiscus competes with the other flavours of the blend. I found the blend to be too sweet and not as creamy as I would’ve preferred from a piña colada-flavoured tea. Overall, it was underwhelming. While there was nothing terribly wrong with the tea, I couldn’t find anything I liked about it either.

Flavors: Coconut, Hibiscus, Pineapple

Preparation
Iced 7 min, 0 sec

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75

Out of the chocolate black tea blends I have tried, this one is easily my favourite. The tea naturally has a pleasant sweetness to it from the almonds, with the milk chocolate as a lovely base note. The black tea is very smooth, and when combined with the yerba maté, it gives the tea a wonderful toasty body. I’ve often found that chocolate teas taste best with a splash of milk, but this tea is wonderful on its own as well.

Flavors: Almond, Chocolate, Smooth

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 5 min, 30 sec

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I’ve been drinking tea for as long as I can remember — my mom used to have “tea time” with me every afternoon, drinking some Twinings Earl Grey with milk and sugar in my grandmother’s antique tea cups. Before I went to university, I worked at a DAVIDsTEA in my hometown, which solidified the obsession.

I’m in my first year of law school, after completing an undergraduate degree in political science and anthropology. I use she/her pronouns, and I’m vegetarian (not quite vegan — I still drink blends that contain milk-based ingredients). My other hobbies include fragrance, crocheting, journalling, skiing, hiking, and reading sci-fi and fantasy novels.

LIKES
Apple, peppermint, caramel, vanilla, coconut, jasmine tea, malty black teas, sweet blackberry leaves, guayusa, white tea, peach, strawberry, raspberry leaves, Chinese teas, anything smooth and creamy!!! Highly caffeinated blends have my heart.

DISLIKES
Ginger, cinnamon, peppercorns, hibiscus, alcoholic notes, stevia. I prefer teas that don’t contain dairy or artificial flavouring.

RATING SYSTEM
85-100: A-range. Excellent and exceptional.
70-84: B-range. Very good.
55-69: C-range. Average.
40-54: D-range. Not good.
0-39: F-range. Strongly dislike.

Location

Alberta, Canada

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