Elf Help

Tea type
Fruit Green Blend
Ingredients
Not available
Flavors
Citrusy, Cranberry, Creamy, Alcohol, Bitter, Coconut, Cream, Flat, Candy, Chalk, Orange, Powdered Sugar, Sweet, Tart, Artificial, Fruity
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Bulk, Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by Cameron B.
Average preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 30 sec 14 oz / 414 ml

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71 Tasting Notes View all

  • “This is such a FUN tea!!!! VERY colorful ingredients and highly scented! I can taste the green tea, sure, but there is a fruit salad type quality to it that I just can’t shake! It’s VERY tasty! ...” Read full tasting note
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  • “SIPDOWN! Not sure where my previous notes on this one went but thanks to raritea for letting me having some of this a short while back. This isn’t bad. It’s fruity and light and refreshing.” Read full tasting note
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  • “I’ve been a wee bit absent haven’t I? Its not because I don’t love you all, or (gasp!) fallen out of love with tea, I’ve just been having so many issues with my medical condition. I’ve not been...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Yum! This is really good! Thanks to TeaEqualsBliss for sending me some! This is quite sweet – almost candy-like in sweetness, but my sweet tooth happily approves. It is very fruity, but not so...” Read full tasting note
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From DAVIDsTEA

How it tastes:
Smooth citrus, festive cranberry and creamy coconut tastes like a fruitcake you’ll actually like!

Ever wonder what the elves are sipping while they wrap your gifts? Elf Help, of course! This green tea blend is made with zesty and fresh orange peel, festive cranberry and creamy coconut. Inspired by the nostalgic flavours of traditional fruitcake, this holiday tea will have you grinning all season long saying: “I just like to smile, smiling is my favourite!”

What makes it great:
• This blend tastes like a traditional fruitcake dessert – minus the stuffy candied fruit.
• Its caffeinated green tea base makes it the perfect wrap-a-thon sipping companion.
• Buddy the Elf-approved.

Ingredients
Green tea, Black currants, Orange peel, Papaya (papaya, cane sugar, citric acid, sulfur dioxide), Apple, Cranberries, Coconut, Natural (orange, cranberry, cream, macadamia) flavouring.

About DAVIDsTEA View company

DavidsTea is a Canadian specialty tea and tea accessory retailer based in Montreal, Quebec. It is the largest Canadian-based specialty tea boutique in the country, with its first store having opened in 2008.

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On the eighteenth day of tea-mas, DAVIDsTEA gave to me…..

Steeped for 1.5 minutes the first time, 5 minutes the second. Let the kettle sit, so I don’t know about the exact temperature….

This tasted… almost exactly like rockets (smarties for the American contingent). Unfortunately, that has never been a favourite candy of mine, and I found it a little too… tart-sugary-sweet as a result.

I guess elves like their candy.

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Went for my almost daily walk to David’s Tea to pick up my tea for the day and some Citron Oolong that my husband decided to drink and finish off the bag. All this to say that today, I asked the girl for something not to fruity but citrusy. She made me smell a few and decided on Elf Help..boy am I not disappointed. I love the smell and the taste is a little orangey but feels nice inside and tastes nicer and nicer as it cools off. Other dilemma, do I go out tomorrow and get me some Elf Help to my overgrowing teas I already had? Well off to try resteeping this one in my David’s cup since I can’t get enough!

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This tea reminds of cranberry orange muffins. Quite a tasty green tea.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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Homemade Advent Calendar from Arby: Day 1

IT’S ADVENT SEASONNN! My life is severely overbooked and the obligation to drink + review too many teas will stress me out, so I’m keeping it conservative this year: I did the Steepster homemade calendar swap and got the 52Teas 12 Days of Christmas box. (Aaand then I was #teafluenced by CameronB to pick up the adorable Tea Thoughts stationery advent, so that will be arriving soon.) But I love reading advent reviews and seeing what everyone’s up to, so I’m excited!

Anyway, day 1! Arby’s teas aren’t numbered, so I decided to pick randomly. (Although I did let myself choose a second blend when the first pick was caffeine-free… morning tea requires caffeine!) So now I’m starting with this very seasonally appropriate green blend.

The taste is a bit weak compared to the citrusy sweet scent of the blend, but it’s not bad. I’m not really picking up fruitcake vibes — more like a creamy citrus? — but it’s pleasant enough. Interesting that the coconut doesn’t really come through in taste, though it does provide that sort of creamy backbone. Then there’s a slight zing from the cranberries, though I wouldn’t mind those being a bit stronger!

Flavors: Citrusy, Cranberry, Creamy

Cameron B.

Always happy to shill for Tea Thoughts! XD

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Hmm… I think this one is a tad older but that’s fine I got it on clearance but the main note is the green tea with a hint of coconut and a whisper of cranberry. I like it though, I prefer it cold/ iced… I may cold brew the other half of the sample packet.

Flavors: Alcohol, Bitter, Coconut, Cranberry, Cream, Flat

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DAVIDsTEA Advent Calendar 2021 – Day 16

Late start to notes today! Probably because I don’t have any black teas. :P

I actually have a 50g bag of this tea that I added to a teaware order with one of my frequent steeper rewards. I like cranberry, and it sounded interesting. Haven’t opened it yet though, just feeding the stash… XD

Anyway! This is an interesting one. To me, it tastes almost exactly like Smarties (or Rockets, for you Canadians). Which isn’t a terrible thing, it’s just a very specific flavor ha ha. So as you might imagine, it’s quite candylike with a chalky powdered sugar sort of vibe and a pop of tartness. I don’t think I would specifically guess cranberry, but the orange part is there. Coconut? Not really.

Anyway, I’m still drinking and enjoying it, so I guess I like Smarties tea. XD

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Flavors: Candy, Chalk, Orange, Powdered Sugar, Sweet, Tart

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
Evol Ving Ness

WE HAVE SMARTIES!!!

Cameron B.

Aren’t they the same as British smarties, chocolate with a candy shell sort of like an M&M?

Evol Ving Ness

Yeah, pretty much though I don’t recall the taste of the British ones.

Evol Ving Ness

Rockets are the pastel candy rolls—nothing like Smarties. Have I misunderstood?

Cameron B.

In the US, Rockets are called Smarties. The ones that are sort of powdery little discs that come in a cellophane roll like you said. So those are the ones that this tea tasted like, he he.

Evol Ving Ness

Oooooooooh, now I get it! Thanks. Kind of citrusy, kinda powdery. Yup.

Evol Ving Ness

I didn’t know that those called smarties. Is that all over the States or just regionally?

Cameron B.

I think it’s all over? But I can’t be sure.

AJRimmer

Yep, I’ve lived in all four corners of the US, and it was Smarties everywhere.

Martin Bednář

If you want to learn Czech name for them, they are lentilky. Probably because it was caled lentils back then and we just adapted it to Czech.

Evol Ving Ness

Thank you. It’s not so much that I am a big fan but rather I’m curious about all the things.

Mateusz

Just had this (also as a frequent steeper reward) and yup! Smarties tea is spot-on.

Cameron B.

Ha ha, I’m glad it’s not just me!

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I loved the smell of this tea so was sorely disappointed when i didn’t taste any of the tartness that the smell promised. All I tasted was green tea with a subtle fruit flavor

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I found a bag of this floating around in my collection while purging last night. I have so much tea to get rid of before the end of the year! This is light, a bit fruity, and tastes like green tea without being bitter. It’s not bad. It’s not sweet to me and is absolutely something I think would benefit from a little sweetener, but it’s tasty without it as well. It’s not something I’d stock up on (not that I could because it’s long discontinued), but it’s not something I’ll mind finishing.

Flavors: Fruity

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 3 min, 30 sec

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Sample from Janelle. :) And, as usual, I think I ate half the dried fruit before I ever had a chance to steep the tea. I don’t even like dried fruit that much — I have a friend who just keeps it around all time, all sorts, and I’ve never felt the need to do that. But somehow when I open up a tea, just to smell it, no really… I always end up nibbling on the apples and cranberries and papayas… >.<
I could probably figure out what I think about this tea, but at the moment my feelings are pretty much just “meh, good enough”. It’s been an unexpectedly long day. (Today I learned that when I start crying in corpse pose, my tears trickle down the sides of my face and collect in my ears… it’s quite the strange feeling… >.< )
More detailed note to follow, when I am somewhat more coherent. (… she says, for the millionth time…)

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Yum yum yum! This tea is so sweet. ALMOST too sweet. It tastes like candied orange peels! There’s also something in there that I can’t place but is very candy-like and sweet and lovely. This is really not like any other tea I’ve tried! And not the least bit bitter on the second steep.

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