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This was disappointing. The dry leaf smells fantastic! Spicey and a bit nutty, pretty much exactly what I’d hoped for, so I was really excited to try this one. The taste isn’t really there though. Not very strong. I tend to like being bashed over the skull with spices though, so maybe I’m not the best judge. The really crappy part is that once steeped I still smell all the delicious spice and hint of almond, so every time I take a sip it’s there taunting me.

A simple but nice Earl Grey. It isn’t very heavy on the cream, but I’m thinking the smoothness comes from that aspect. Really nice Earl Grey flavour though! If I didn’t already have a ton of stand-by Earl Grey, I’d consider keeping more of this around.

I’ve got a bunch more samples from Shanti that I’m quite eager to try! Really keen on finding more Canada-based companies.

First thing’s first: How awesome is Teavivre’s customer service?! Colour me impressed. They confirmed my address before shipping (which was fortunate because I did screw up on it and said I was from the opposite side of Canada) and have followed up immediately after delivery.

And of course, the tea. It’s yummy. It’s very mellow, smooth, and bready. Dry leaf I picked up a bit of a smokey note, but I’m not getting any of that in the cup, which… I was slightly disappointed initially, but now I’m liking this cup for what it is and not minding that the smoke doesn’t come through.

… Increasingly finding it difficult to peg numbers to notes. Maybe after a few more cups.

Oooo. I like it. It smells like vanilla, tastes like vanilla, but has a boozy quality to it that I didn’t expect. I really like this. I think I’ll like it even more in the winter.

I had to order this tea as soon as I heard about it. It just sounded too perfect for me! And it is! Thank goodness seeing as I ordered a lot of it counting on exactly that.

First sip though I was terrified and thinking I’d made a terrible mistake. I tasted nothing. So I left it for a bit and after it cooled a bit it had improved exponentially. Maybe not as much almond as I’d hoped for, but it’s like sipping on a yummy little nutty pastry.

Anyway I’m pleased with this and can see myself cozying up with this in the evening! The sample I got with this order seems well chosen too, so I’m quite excited to give it a try later (Vanilla Noir, smells yum!)

My mom got a pouch of this in a mixed basket of various home business products and forwarded it to me. I sniffed it, thought it smelt tasty enough, but was pretty disappointed. I’m surprised by comments that say this was heavy with vanilla because I’m barely getting any, it just turned out like a general Earl Grey, perhaps a bit bitter, but I’m a chronic oversteeper so I won’t fault the tea for my tendency to get distracted and forget about it. Not bad, not great, but drinkable. I’ll finish the baggy but it won’t be replacing my staple cream Earl Grey.

I love pumpkin spice everything. I don’t know why I’ve increasingly gotten the impression that that’s a bad thing to admit, but I do. When fall rolls around, I get all antsy in anticipation of the inevitable Apumpkalypse of pumpkin spice flavoured everything. The fact that some Tim Horton’s have pumpkin spice muffins in store all year long now was something I initially was wary of (“But it won’t be special any more!”) but have now embraced with open arms.

Anyway. Pumpkin spice speech aside… the tea. I love it. I saw it on the DAVIDsTEA website and knew I had to order it. And enough tea to get the free shipping, naturally, damn them. I ordered 100 g because there was no way this could disappoint, and even with my ridiculous expectations of pumpkin bliss, it hasn’t! Lovely cup, the spices are mellow, and it really does taste… not like a pumpkin pie, but like a pumpkin cake my mom bakes. Sweet, pumpkiny, and slightly spicey. I love it.

And how adorable are the little pumpkin sprinkles! Yet another tea that I look at and think it’d look cute in a little bowl.

Le sigh. I’m disappointed to learn that this is a limited time tea. I quite like it! I find it nice in the afternoon, refreshing, a little sweet, fruity, and tart, but still tasting like tea rather than the “why don’t I just drink watered-down fruit juice instead” feeling I get from some fruity herbals.

It’s nice and sweet, I wouldn’t say I get a particularly vanilla flavour from it though. Just sweet. I like it, it’s quick and easy to prepare on the run because I don’t need to add any sweetener and it’s pretty much impossible to get clumping (I’m assuming because of the coconut nectar blend?), but I probably won’t get any more of this once it runs out. Mostly because I need to use more of it than straight matcha per cup and find that it’s running out very very quickly, whereas straight matcha lasts forever using the little spoon.

It might be nice to try if you haven’t tried matcha before and are curious though! Bit more user friendly I think :)

… Side note, I had this at my parents’ place, and my mom declared that it tasted like strained peas. As I haven’t had that since I was little, I really couldn’t tell ya. ┐(ツ)┌

On a whim, I got a cup of this while picking up some of my stand-bys. It smelt very… peppery? I had my friend sniff it and they agreed, it smelt strangely of green pepper. Fortunately I didn’t get much of that in the taste, instead it came across as a bit malty, smokey, and a little sweet. It really didn’t taste like any green tea I’ve ever had before. Initially I didn’t care for it, but as it cooled a little bit, it started growing on me, and I really can’t peg what it is that I was liking about it.

It feels pretty complex compared to other teas I’ve drank, and, as a result, hard to describe. I’d definitely like to pick up a proper sample down the road though.