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“Backlog Between this and the Wild Black Yunnan, this sealed it for me that I wasn’t a fan of David’s actual teas (as in, pure teas, whether bought to be enjoyed as such or as the base for flavored...” Read full tasting note
“This was the last tea, in my black tea a day experiment last week. I did take this to work on Friday, and Saturday, and today. I still don’t know what to say about it. It’s really finicky with...” Read full tasting note
“I finally decided to try this after receiving it as a sample with one of my DT orders and reading not so great reviews about it. I steeped it according to directions, 1 teaspoon in 8 ounces of...” Read full tasting note
“I used 1.25 tablespoons of dry leaf for 375ml of water. Far too bitter. This tea likely has to infuse for a shorter amount of time and could maybe use less leaf. Withholding my rating for now.” Read full tasting note
A perfect assam
From the little Banaspaty estate in the Karbi Anglong district of India, this impressive Assam has a naturally sweet and malty body, a full red colour and a complexity that can handle a nice splash of milk. Perfect for breakfast or afternoon tea. (MK Kosher)
Ingredients: Fine black tea from the Banaspaty Estate in Assam, India.
Price: $8.50 per 50g
DavidsTea is a Canadian specialty tea and tea accessory retailer based in Montreal, Quebec. It is the largest Canadian-based specialty tea boutique in the country, with its first store having opened in 2008.
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Yes, I’m still working towards project tea wall even though it’s been a while since I wrote a review for a Project Tea Wall blend. I just don’t have many teas left, and most of them are things I’m not super excited for so this last stretch has been slow going…
I had this one as a latte last night during the merch flip for the Valentine’s Collection. It wasn’t anything surprising: I’ve got lots of experience with Assam teas and this was pretty characteristic of the region. Even as a latte is was very bold/full bodied, and it had beautiful malt notes to it and a nice natural sweetness.
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.
This one has a pretty inky and malty flavor. It’s not bad. Not something I would buy either. Kinda expected it to taste like wood though xD So glad it didn’t!
I think I’d like this if it were more malty, but it’s not! Oh well.
Glad it was only a sample!
Flavors: Malt
huh.
I bought a small tin of this on a whim after Christmas because it was like $3.00. I figured worst case scenario it would be a good strong tea to have at work in the mornings with milk. It is, bold, strong… but not overly GOOD.
I think I may have become a bit of a tea snob, somehow, without actually really knowing what I’m talking about most of the time as far as tea is concerned.
But I’ve been so spoiled by Assams from Butiki and A&D and other companies, that something like this falls short of the mark, for me.
I first notice how broken up the leaves are. After drinking Butiki and WP lately, I’ve become accustomed to seeing long, lusciously unbroken leaves. Not this. And not to say that broken up tiny tea leaves can’t be good, i mean check out Crimson Horizon, i love that one! But this just tastes like if you were to open up a crappy generic black tea bag from a hotel lobby or something and dump it in your cup.
Is it gross? No! Just bitter, way too bitter for me. SLIGHTLY raisiny. I will definitely drink it all, with my usually sploosh of 10% cream, and I don’t feel like I wasted my $3 considering how much I got. And a reusable tin as well! But I won’t mourn it when it’s gone, and it’s going to be a generic black tea space filler when I just want to make something strong and bold, quick and easy without fussing around at work.
Overall, I would rate this tea a big, fat “MEH.”
Signed – The Uneducated Tea Snob
i have yet to find an unflavoured black tea from david’s that i like. blech
Yeah, which kind of implies that their tea bases are so cruddy the only way they will taste moderately good would be with the addition of artificial flavouring… which I’m not even overly keen on anymore.
I have Nepal Black, and when I started I bought 100g online for the free tin. It’s over two years old now and I still have about 30g in the tin. It’s just not special at all, even though it does have nice full leaves etc.
I know what you mean about being spoiled by Butiki and other brands. My love for David’s has definitely dwindled. There was one black I liked ok, but I agree that their straight blacks are meh.
I still enjoy their flavored teas. Santa’s Secret is a keeper for me, and I like Cranberry Pear and Glitter & Gold. But I’ve been drinking the Whispering Pines and What-Cha teas for straight blacks, and I really like them.
Yeah, they have a few flavoured blends I enjoy, like Fantasy island, cream earl grey, vanilla orchid, coconut oolong, I used to love Santa’s Secret, it was my number one all time fave but I think I’ve gotten over it :)
Their Wild Black Yunnan is pretty good. Not the best Yunnan I’ve had but I still quite enjoy it.
Occasionally they bring in a decent special issue black but I agree with you on this one. When I got a sample of it from one of the local stores it simple tasted flat and stale like it had been improperly stored. The CTC I get from one of the Indian grocers for under 5$a pound, is about a thousand times better than this one was to me.
