Queen of Tarts (Organic)

Iced, I imagine this tea really is perfect. I feel like drinking it hot and giving it a bad review is unfair, so I’m not going to. I’m going to hang on to it until I can have it iced, because it has all the qualities of a great iced tea for me.

Except the ice.

I am loving this tea. So happy I got one of the bags and need to restock this one. I am a hibiscus lover so that may colour my opinion of this tea. Just tart enough and the stevia taste in non-existant. And I am a sucker for a nice, bright red tea.

Wow wow wow. I’m more impressed with this tea than I have been by any other tea from David’s in recent history. It’s certainly tart, which is to be expected considering it’s a good 80-85% hibiscus, but balance it out with generous amounts of agave nectar and it makes for a lovely iced tea, and an excellent pick-me-up. I definitely get a guayusa buzz, and I can hardly taste the ’yusa itself! So, as far as guayusa bleds from DT go, this tea kicks the sh*t out of Jungle Juju & Chai Amazonia /easily/, and I can easily see it becoming a staple item in my tea cupboard.

Have yet to try it hot, but I imagine it will be somewhat similar to Bear Trap. I’ll definitely update once I’ve tried it!

Tart is the word! I liked this tea, but did not LOVE it… a bit too tart for me. Next time I will add some rock sugar to it and maybe that will bring the tartness down a bit. I really like that its a mate, because sometimes I just need an extra kick in the day. This tea might taste really good iced, but I have only had it hot. Glad I have it, but also glad I only got 30g of it. I feel that that will be enough for me.

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I used the last of a tin to make a cold brew pitcher. This is quite old, but hasn’t degraded at all. My favorite hibiscus tea. Mouth-puckeringly tart, with a burst of jammy blackberry goodness. No hint of stevia at all (thankfully). Such a delicious cold brew.

Yumm, absolutely love this high flavor energizing tea. Good hot or cold

I really really enjoyed this one! To me it tasted like a fresh picked raspberry, tart and juicy. I’m a little confused tho about the caffeine content… on DT’s website it says its a low blend, but I ordered the rainbow tin of it and it says “stimulant” on it. I added just a pinch of sugar to this one, I also let it steep for about 15 mins too. I think I’ll be keeping this one in stock if I get that kick of energy that many people wrote about!
Tried it for the second time…. I think this is becoming one of my favs!

This is one that I really prefer as an iced tea. The tartness goes well with a really hot day.

This tea is better off iced IMO, though I am not fond of either I can certainly see why someone would like this tea over ice, especially with a bit more sweetness added in or mixed into a pure tea.

To be fair, I am not the biggest fan of hibiscus so this tea was starting off on the wrong foot with me. However I still feel like this tea was overly sour and bitter. I think it would benefit from being mixed in with some black tea.
Hot, it is very tart as you would expect, but here is a weird texture that coats your tongue, maybe from the flavouring? I also tasted a kind of odd smokiness, and the blackberry flavouring is pretty overwhelming.

The Queen of Hearts, she made some Tarts. Fitting song to have stuck in my head while I sip away on this tart tea. It is distracting to have a song stuck in your head while sipping a tea and doing a marathon of marking.

Dried the leaf has mixed aroma of sweet and tangy which made my mouth water as lingering scents of fruit danced in between the the sweet and tangy notes. It brews a delightful blood red colour and the taste doesn’t disappoint with its tart which is what I was expecting!

Now if only the Strawberry Rhubarb tea took a note from the Queen of Tarts!