Our, sort of, ‘joint’ Thanksgiving & Comfort (ie. Cold&Flu) collection launched today; there are several cute mug designs in this collection – including soup mugs, a ton of core teas being featured for the season, and some new samplers/kits and things. However, the most interesting thing for me is always the new tea – and this is the new one for this collection!
Based on the name, I expected this to me pretty sweet but also mints/potentially eucalyptus tinged – sort of like a cough drop? Something that would be soothing on the throat or good for congestion, like Throat Rescue and Cold 911 but maybe a little more pleasant tasting!?
In practice, I definitely do think this tastes way more pleasant that either of the two aforementioned blends, and I was sort of correct in what the ingredients/profile would be. I mean, it definitely has mint in it but it’s also pretty floral and has a surprisingly strong amount of orange in it as well. The orange is the strongest flavour, in my opinion, though – and it’s actually a really pleasantly sweet and natural orange. I mean, we’re talking really juicy here. As a partially related tangent, there’s this whole weird “thing” on Reddit about eating oranges in the shower – it’s fascinating and I recommend both looking it up and actually trying it. My point here, though, is that the sweet burst/pop or orange flavour reminded me of the intense sensation of eating an orange in the shower…
https://www.reddit.com/r/ShowerOrange/
Apart from a truly magnificent flavour of orange, the finish is a little honey like in its sweetness and there’s a VERY mild tint of mint to everything, that I think accents the sweetness of the orange and adds this extra layer of refreshment to the flavour. I definitely, based on this first cup, wouldn’t describe it as a “minty tea” though. More fruity, for sure.
I’m not currently sick, but I will try to remember next time I have a cold to pull this one out in place of my standard triple strength Cold 911 to see if it does anything for me in terms of in the moment “feel better”-ness. I am glad, though, that there’s a “cold and flu” sort of tea in our line up that I actually like enough to drink when I’m not sick, though!
Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts regarding the teas, and not the company’s.
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I was creepin’ on the DT website earlier (-too antsy for Halloween items-) and saw the Matcha Miso, is this also a new flavour? is it….have you tried it yet?
and thanks for that reddit link, there truly is a subreddit for everything!
We’ve had the Matcha Miso since January – but it’s being refeatured this month as part of the “Cozy Collection” (a mix of cold&flu, soup tea, and Thanksgiving items). All of the soup teas are sold in prepackaged amounts; either a larger individual bag or a kit that cups with a mug and single serve samples of all three flavours. Personally, I really enjoy the Matcha Miso (I own it) and Tomato Turmeric – the Spicy Rasam is a little too spicy for me personally, but I’m a wuss. I should have reviews up on Steepster for all the different flavours though :)
I saw the new collection, LOVE the cobalt latte mug but no idea what on Earth I would use it for! QQ
A coworker ended up buying one for her morning cereal! It is gorgeous though (reminds me of rabbit fur glaze, but a little more iridescent) – makes me want a matcha bowl in the same style! I haven’t grabbed on yet; but it’s so pretty that I might have and get one for non tea related purposes.
Sort of unrelated, but I saw in an email DT isn ot doping custom sachet boxes? Will that be available online or just in store, and will they offer all of the flavours in sachets?
I’m not sure if they’ll be integrated online or not; and not all stores are getting the BYO Sachet Box unit in store either – I think something like 1/2 all stores are getting the unit? I know the store I’m at has had it for a while though; it’s basically 20 Sachets for $15 and you can mix and matcha which ones you choose. It’s not the full line up of all of our teas; but the range is bigger than the sachets that come in the prepackaged box format. I want to say that we’re currently carrying about 25 different teas in the sachets? But off the top of my head I’m not exactly sure how many options we have. There are ones we’re carrying all the time in that format, though, and we’ll be getting a rotation of new ones with each seasonal collection too – like right now we have the S’mores Chai and Pumpkin Chai in individual sachets. Hope that helped!
Thanks for the info!
I was creepin’ on the DT website earlier (-too antsy for Halloween items-) and saw the Matcha Miso, is this also a new flavour? is it….have you tried it yet?
and thanks for that reddit link, there truly is a subreddit for everything!
We’ve had the Matcha Miso since January – but it’s being refeatured this month as part of the “Cozy Collection” (a mix of cold&flu, soup tea, and Thanksgiving items). All of the soup teas are sold in prepackaged amounts; either a larger individual bag or a kit that cups with a mug and single serve samples of all three flavours. Personally, I really enjoy the Matcha Miso (I own it) and Tomato Turmeric – the Spicy Rasam is a little too spicy for me personally, but I’m a wuss. I should have reviews up on Steepster for all the different flavours though :)
I saw the new collection, LOVE the cobalt latte mug but no idea what on Earth I would use it for! QQ
A coworker ended up buying one for her morning cereal! It is gorgeous though (reminds me of rabbit fur glaze, but a little more iridescent) – makes me want a matcha bowl in the same style! I haven’t grabbed on yet; but it’s so pretty that I might have and get one for non tea related purposes.
Sort of unrelated, but I saw in an email DT isn ot doping custom sachet boxes? Will that be available online or just in store, and will they offer all of the flavours in sachets?
I’m not sure if they’ll be integrated online or not; and not all stores are getting the BYO Sachet Box unit in store either – I think something like 1/2 all stores are getting the unit? I know the store I’m at has had it for a while though; it’s basically 20 Sachets for $15 and you can mix and matcha which ones you choose. It’s not the full line up of all of our teas; but the range is bigger than the sachets that come in the prepackaged box format. I want to say that we’re currently carrying about 25 different teas in the sachets? But off the top of my head I’m not exactly sure how many options we have. There are ones we’re carrying all the time in that format, though, and we’ll be getting a rotation of new ones with each seasonal collection too – like right now we have the S’mores Chai and Pumpkin Chai in individual sachets. Hope that helped!
Thanks for the info!