Pom Diggety

This tea smells wonderful. I tried it iced and brewed it only 4 minutes and it is so delicious! I find that it’s better than Pom Tango – which is another black tea/pomegranate blend from DavidsTea. I was so surprised I liked it because it has stevia in it and I normally don’t like stevia in anything. It also has a tangy taste I quite enjoyed. This will be great for summer sipping!

Okay all of my reviews will include the drag me things don’t work so none of my reviews are accurate. But yum friggin yum this tea is wonderful! I actually prefer it hot but it’s meant to be iced. Tastes like pomegranate black tea, which it is. Nothing artificial about it to me. I used to love this one raspberry black tea from bulk barn that got discontinued years ago, and this reminds me if that. By far the best if the three iced teas I bought. Luscious watermelon is meh. Mango fruit punch is slightly above a meh rating. This is one I would re buy.

I received a sample of this from a teapal. The dry leaf smelled lovely. The tea is quite citrusy. The taste of pomegranates comes through nicely. While the hibiscus certainly contributes a tartness, I don’t find that the hibiscus is overwhelming or overpowering. In fact, I think it compliments the pomegranate. All in all, I was pleasantly surprised. I wasn’t expecting to like it. Pomegranate blends are usually a miss for me. I wanted to love Pom Tango but I’m one of the few that don’t care for it. I’ll buy a bag or two of this tea from the summer collection when it’s available loose. It was really nice lightly sweetened with stevia and served over ice.

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I think I’m the first person to write a review for this… on any platform?

This was a free sample in my most recent DT order, and I get the impression that it’s going to be a part of the Summer Collection when that inevitably gets released. However, I’m not 100% sure on that so don’t quote me. It seems, though, like it’d be taking the place of Pom Tango which is a tea that normally returns seasonally. While both are black pomegranate blends, differences are that this one doesn’t have mango in it but DOES have hibiscus and stevia. Don’t know ’bout you guys, but that seems like a downgrade…

So, I cold brewed my sample since the Summer Collection is typically designed for cold brewing/iced consumption anyway: the liquor is a really pretty kind of flushed pink colour so I guess if nothing else this was pretty to look at.

Kind of surprisingly though, I thought this tasted very nice too – I expected something richer given the stevia and DT’s recent penchant to sweeten freakin’ everything but the flavour was pretty mellow. Actually, what it first reminded me of was the kind of refreshing “juice” vibe of Vitamin Water, or heavily fruit infused waters. Definitely a distinct pomegranate flavour; not 100% the most natural of one but not shockingly artificial either. It treads that grey area pretty well, in my opinion. What little hibby I saw in the dry leaf blends into the pom notes pretty well; there certainly isn’t a tartness to this that I’d normally associate with hibiscus. Also, I think the lemon myrtle was a nice touch because there was a light lemon quality in the foreground, so not only was the refreshing like Vitamin Water but it also had some of the refreshing qualities of lemon water.

So overall thoughts? Not really mind blowing but it did exceed my (somewhat low) expectations and deliver a really refreshing cold brew. Ultimately it wasn’t a bad experience. Was it better than Pom Tango? Not necessarily. Though if someone’s looking for a tea that showcases the pomegranate flavour a bit more then this does have the advantage of at least doing that.