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Wow! I am so impressed by this tea! It tastes like a blood orange, which I think is a tricky flavour to replicate. And the blood orange does not taste artificial. It tastes very natural, and when you brew this tea, it smells like fresh citrus.

I rarely like rooibos teas, but in this, you can barely taste the rooibos. Mostly, I think Deb does a fantastic job with her rooibos blends. Rooibos is in the background, while the other flavours can shine through. I was also afraid that this tea would be too tart, but it is not. It just tastes like a refreshing, warm, blood orange tea!

I do not think this tastes like cider, though. When I think of cider, I think of spices. However, this is more like a sweet, refreshing, blood orange tea.

I will definitely repurchase this one.

I absolutely love Deb! And I wanted to like this tea. When I read the ingredients I was like, toasted rice, toasted coconut, sugar, and green tea – YES! Those all sound like ingredients I would love.

I should preface this by saying that I feel neutral about genmaicha. I have only had it one other time; I neither strongly liked nor disliked it. But it could have just been the brand I had. Or I might just not like genmaicha? I think I have to try it more to make a firm decision.

However, I unfortunately did not like this tea as much as I wanted to. When I first sipped it, the coconut took prominence over the rest of the flavours. Deb also only uses natural ingredients to make her blends (which I love), but when steeped, the coconut releases oils. It gives the tea a heavy, oily mouthfeel which I dislike.

I love Deb, and I want her to improve and thrive! <3

I think to improve its current formula; it needs more sugar (although I understand why Deb used it sparingly since some people might want a dessert-inspired treat, without it being overly sweet, and I can easily add it to the tea at home), ONLY toasted coconut or even no coconut, and vanilla notes. Instead of palm sugar, maybe Deb could add icing sugar to make it taste more like a marshmallow?

Given the ingredients, I obviously never expected it to live up to its namesake. I think this tastes like a genmaicha, with a strong hint of coconut.

I absolutely love Deb! And I wanted to like this tea. When I read the ingredients I was like, toasted rice, toasted coconut, sugar, and green tea – YES! Those all sound like ingredients I would love.

I should preface this by saying that I feel neutral about genmaicha. I have only had it one other time; I neither strongly liked nor disliked it. But it could have just been the brand I had. Or I might just not like genmaicha? I think I have to try it more to make a firm decision.

However, I unfortunately did not like this tea as much as I wanted to. When I first sipped it, the coconut took prominence over the rest of the flavours. However, while I was drinking it, the coconut note died down a bit to let the rest of the flavours shine.

I definitely taste the toasted rice and earthy, green notes. I think to improve its current formula; it needs more sugar (Although I understand why Deb used it sparingly since some people might want a dessert-inspired treat, without the sugar, and I can easily add it to the tea at home) and vanilla notes.

Given the ingredients, I obviously never expected it to live up to its namesake. I think this tastes like a genmaicha, with a hint of coconut.

I really liked the ginger berry crisp! It has hibiscus in it, but I think Deb only added it to give it a beautiful, bright colour as opposed to tartness. I do not really taste the hibiscus (which is a good thing for me since I prefer my teas to be sweeter than tart)

It smells like berries and ginger. I steeped this with boiling water, and after sipping it, I think it also tastes a bold ginger with some berries added into it. I tried this with honey, and it really amplified the flavour.

I think this is a tea I could definitely see myself repurchasing. It is very warm and soothing.

I only tried this tea with milk. I will say that the ingredients list was very intriguing! It says Fireside S’mores; however, this does not contain any marshmallows. I know Deb makes organic, wholesome tea blends free from any artificial/natural flavourings. I appreciate this so much about her company! But I am sure it requires more creativity to mimic the flavours of well-known desserts.

I absolutely loved this tea. It smells very smokey, like the fire from a bbq. For preparation, I steeped this with boiling water, and then added milk. The chocolate melted and incorporated nicely into the drink.

As far as taste goes, it tastes like a smokey, chocolate, creamy drink! I really enjoyed this tea because I have never had Lapsang Souchong before, and I thought incorporating it into a s’mores inspired tea was super creative!

I would highly recommend this tea! I will repurchase it for sure.

My only constructive criticism for this is that I wish it had more Lapsang Souchong. But this might just be because my taste buds love stronger, bold flavours.