Melon Drop

They had this as a sample in store which I loved. When I made it at home however it wasn’t AS good but I still enjoyed it. Granted I rarely follow the recommended water temperature or tea amount cuz well, aint no nobody got time for that. It was slightly bitter when I made it which I actually kind of liked because as good as the store sample is it does have a slightly artificial taste. The artificial flavour comes through much more when its iced though. Overall I’d still recommend it. Especially with the weather warming up.

As a hot drink, very good. Very fruity and nice aftertaste too. As a cold drink, even better. It really brings out the melon and fruiter aspects of the tea when iced. Really nice summer tea.

When the spring teas were first released, I picked up a small bit of the Melon Drop to try out. Unfortunately, I brewed it hot and wasn’t impressed with the tea. It had a very mild flavour. I actually gave away the rest of the tea to a friend. The next time I went in to David’s Tea, however, a worker there mentioned that it was AMAZING as an iced tea. So, I wanted to give it another try. I didn’t pick up any more to try that day, but hoped to get some at a later date. Unfortunately, by the time I got around to buying some, it was already gone. In fact, a woman had come in moments before to get a cup to go and they used up the very last bit of tea on that cup to go. Fortunately, they still had the tea in the tea maker. So, the guy working there gave me a tiny iced sample…..and IT WAS AMAZING! Very refreshing! Wish I had picked up some earlier.

As a hot tea, I give it a 20/100….totally unremarkable, completely forgettable.

As an iced tea, I give it an 85/100…..so good! highly recommended!

Yumm, I drank it hot, and steeped it a long time. It tastes like cantaloup or melon candy.

I cold brewed this. It’s melony. Not bad, but not my favourite. Mostly because I don’t love melon flavour.

Had this one on the weekend. It was absolutely unbelievably amazing. It has such great melon flavour and is a nice sweet tea. I really want more of this one, but I don’t want to spend the money right now… I guess I’ll just think about it for a bit.

But if you like melons, which I usually don’t, you’ll love this tea. And I think that’s the other reason that I really love this one. As someone that doesn’t normally like melons, I was VERY pleasantly surprised by how much I did love it.

I finally caved and picked up a sample of some of the new teas from DAVIDs.

This is a really nice tisane. It’s intensely sweet and melony tasting. I could see it being too sweet for some people – probably one of the sweetest tisanes I’ve had (short of ones containing sweeteners or licorice root.)

This makes me pretty happy, and I’ll probably pick up more before it’s gone. I don’t find it as amazing as Lupicia’s melon flavoured teas, but it’s accessible and enjoyable.

While I love this tea either hot or cold, I would have to say that it does taste best when cold steeped.

I went into Davids today to see if I could score a free cup of tea from their Easter egg hunt. There was one stuck right on the sign at the front of store, which sort of bummed me out. I expected a challenge!

As soon as I was handed my tea I sniffed it. It was kind of weird smelling, but as it steeped it turned into a beautiful yummy candy scent.

Tasting….JUST like honey dew melon. I can’t wait to go back and grab a bag of this.

Another heavy tea.
I read about this one on the website and loved the sounds of all these delicious fruits in it, so when I dropped by a store for some refills, I got 25g of some of the Spring teas. I decided to brew this one before heading in for an 8hr shift at work. When it was cool enough to drink in my Timolino, I was surprised. I noticed that the tea brewed a very light colour, so I didn’t know what to expect.
I took my first sip and seemed very pleased, it tastes like a Starburst…or a Skittle. I’ll have to come back to this, but it does taste like a chewy fruit candy. Probably my fav so far.

Update: I defiantly need to stock up on this tea, hopefully about 250g should suffice. Please get more stock DAVIDsTea! This is delicious as a teapop.