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I’d like to start off by saying that this tea is definitely the underdog of this year’s fall seasonal for David’s. This has been the first time in a long time that I have really enjoyed every tea in a seasonal collection, but this one really shined for me. Aside from tea, wine is my other beverage of choice and this tea is reminiscent of a mulled red wine with the addition of pumpkin spice. I’m a sucker for cranberries as well, so it was pretty much a perfect blend for me (even with the hibiscus, which I’m not too keen on). I love this tea hot, but I highly recommend trying it iced and adding some seltzer (sodium free!). It brings out some of the other fruit notes buried in the tartness of a hot cup.

A friend of mine let me try this and gifted me some from her stash. I’m typically not a fruity tea person, but this one had just enough floral notes to it to balance out the rich fruit flavour. I’m kinda bummed that I’m out of it now considering it’s no longer in circulation, but it’s definitely an easily replaceable blend. Tasted more of fruit than of actual tea. Despite that, I truly did enjoy it.

Oh. My. GOODNESS~ I am so excited I found this tea, and this company. I picked this tea and another blend (Vanilla Rose Ceylon) up on a whim at a book store in Boston this past weekend. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but now that I’ve made a cup I have no regrets.

This tea is probably the most fragrant and most soothing herbal blend I have ever experienced. I was having terrible cramps and headaches and this healed me up right away. It’s wonderfully floral in taste and has a smooth citrus body. The smell is incredibly soothing on it’s own. Like lemon and lavender. It’s very aromatic, but it doesn’t have that horrible perfume taste like you would expect it to.

The whole blend is also organic. Most of the herbs used are grown in the USA. The tin and bags they are in are also made of recycled material. Sustainable tea!

The tin is also super cute. That was what caught me initially, and I’m so glad I stuck with the choice.

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One of my first David’s blends ever. I remember being really into it, but now that I am revisiting it I’m a little underwhelmed. The aroma is amazing; strongly chocolate with a hint of cinnamon. No sign of mate. After steeped however, it tastes nothing of chocolate or cinnamon and is instead watery and bitter. Carob is noted in the blend, and that type of chocolate bitterness is definitely present in junction to the bite of mate, which i typically like. There is also this kind of dry, powder aftertaste you get on your tongue. If you are looking for a chocolate tea, this is not what you are looking for.

I love this tea because no matter how hard you try, you actually can’t burn it. It’s indestructible. And also, delicious. It’s got a really nice floral sweetness to it; more like a light hint of nectar than a really aromatic flower. There’s also notes of hay and newly grown grass. It’s got a very “spring air” kind of flavour to it, kind of like how it smells after a drizzle.

I am a big fan of straight white teas. I want to try more, but typically they are expensive and my wallet glares at me when I try to buy them so I don’t own many besides this. I love it and am heart broken that it’s been removed from the David’s collection.

Had my last cup of this very recently. May it rest in peace… I really liked this blend. It was one of the few chocolate blends that stuck with me. It was very well balanced between tea and blended additions. Tasted wonderfully of coconut, cinnamon, and chocolate all in one, but the black tea flavour was still present throughout the cup. It was a great “curl up with a book in a blanket” tea. I often wonder if I will every find anything like it again.

I am not much of a black tea person. I don’t do well with high astringency teas because they give me headaches, regardless of how tasty they might be. That is exactly why I love this tea.

It was actually the first Yunnan I knowingly had. No classic black bitterness to it at all. It’s got a lovely earthly taste, almost like a sweet sort of malt to it. I was sad when I got to the end of my tiny sampler tin of this. I just wanted to keep drinking it forever. I’ve had some other Yunnan’s that I’m pretty fond of, but this will forever hold a place in my heart as being my first.

This tea was SO GOOD. I had my last cup recently, and lamented it greatly. It’s a beautifully smooth blend of coconut and mint. It’s got a great sweetness to it. Reminded me of those multi-color melting mint candies I used to eat all the time as a kid. You can steep this forever and it only gets better. I’m gonna miss it.

I was initially skeptical going into this tea for it’s medicinal values. I’ve had it several times, and while the flavour is good I never noticed much of the proclaimed relaxation effect that it boasts. Valerian root doesn’t work on me all that well. I never get tired from it. If anything , it has an adverse effect and keeps me up. I have a pretty sever anxiety disorder, and almost nothing but medication fixes it when I’m in crisis mode.

I was out of my usual vice a few weeks ago and not only was I an anxious mess, but had a raging head ache. I was desperate, and after realizing that my chamomile was stale, I decided to give this a whirl. To my complete surprise, a 16 oz cup later and I was feeling a lot better. I had stopped clenching my jaw and jittering, and I will admit I was kind of at peace with everything while I was engaged with this cup of tea.

As for flavour, it’s actually pretty extraordinary for an herbal tea. I’m not a big herbal fan, but this blend of chamomile and rosehips and peppermint really balances itself out well. There’s not too much of anything happening at once. Aside from the mint flavour that permeates throughout, there is a lovely hint of citrus that adds a touch of something exciting with each sip. They do a fantastic job of covering the the Valerian root stench. It’s a very accurate nose to cup, and I enjoyed every sip of it. I do believe this has become one of my at home staples.

I don’t understand the craze over this blend. I absolutely hate it. It’s aroma is totally misleading giving off that delicious spice and apple and nuts and… it tastes nothing like that. I find it to be overly sweet, but at the same time boring. There’s little to no nuance to it, it’s either sweet or tastes like hot water. It might just be my tastes; I personally prefer tea leaf to herbals. But I’m always willing to give them a go. I’m sorely disappointed in this blend. It’s just nuts in a cup covered in beetroot.