After reading so many good reviews and seeing how popular this tea is among DAVIDsTEA enthusiasts, I’m both shocked that I don’t like it and shocked that so many people do.
This is NOT Earl Grey. It just isn’t. Earl Grey is my favorite black tea and I’ve tried a slew of them in my years. This isn’t an Earl Grey. It’s black licorice root tea with a splash of vanilla. Earl Grey by definition is black tea and bergamot. Try as I might, I cannot smell or taste bit the slightest hint of bergamot in here. And even then, I wonder if it’s my imagination because I’m trying so hard to taste it.
The only reason I didn’t rate this tea in the single digits is if it were properly labeled as cream of black licorice tea, it would be pretty decent. But I’m bitter that I spent $11 on a rainbow tin of something that is far from what it claims to be. I have a few sachets of it from samplers, too, and tried one of those to see if there was any difference. Still black licorice tea. I’m going to find someone who I think would be into that and gift this to them.
Flavors: Licorice
