Honeycrisp Apple

Apple tea that turns into Green tea:

The first time I made this, I used one of the David’s Tea bags that came in the package set. Well, that was not the best thing because I over stuffed it and the fruit pieces expand so after a minute it was a big floating blob. 5 minutes of steeping and it was okay, and I only got a light green tea flavor for the second steeping but even that was barely.

This time I used an infuser (IngenuiTEA) and and stirred it once. (1st steeping) After about 3 minutes for the first steeping it was a pleasant apple tea. No note of the green tea so I almost consider this just a herbal with a tiny bit of tea and caffeine (Still, don’t drink this after 2 PM if you are caffeine sensitive as it still contains some green tea leaves.)
Second steeping (7 minutes): Underwhelming. The apple flavor is a back note if even there. It might just be in my mouth from the first steeping. I will still steep this a second time, if anything to get my money’s worth from it. I hesitate to reccomend this if you like a second cup from the same tea leaves, but the first cup is good and has a strong wonderful apple flavor. *My rating on the second steeping would be 60 and barely recommended it.

I’m not a lover of DAVIDs green tea bases so I tend to not get excited about green blends but today I decided to try this as an iced tea to go and I was actually impressed. This tastes just like a sweet Honeycrisp Apple to me. Well that and a touch of rose, which is weird because I didn’t think there was rose in this blend. There’s also a touch of the sweetener aftertaste as well but not enough that I’m bothered like I usually am. Though, the sweetener is enough to make me not want to stock. Still, it’s nice for every now and then.

Much much better iced. Yummy. Very refreshing, but still artificial. Will likely finish off this bag but not try to find more.

I don’t really like it hot, but cold was nice.

It smells great but I am not a fan of this one. My boyfriends likes it though so I will keep it around for him.

A wonderful apple tea not muddied up with other spices/flavors. This green tea is a fall special, but I love it just about any time!

A deliciously soft apple tea. I’m used to apple being almost always paired with a heavy spice like cinnamon, so seeing it shine on its own is a real treat. It’s sweet apple goodness all the way through, just lightly sweet enough to give it a hint of candy tones. Gentle, subdued, fresh apple tea with no other flavours to compete with!
Part of the DAVIDsTEA 2015 Fall collection.

If you’re looking for a LOT of apple and a little green tea, this is your tea. I received a sample of this first where the sweet wasn’t so strong, and was super excited about it, but when my 2 ounces showed up I had to look into whyyyyy it tasted overly- almost artificially- sweet. I think the blackberry leaf would be better left out and whomever is steeping this tea could sweeten it with their own sweetener of choice.

Apple flavoured candy is one of me faves. I’d say in the top three, after orange and cherry. Ok so top four, I think I do adore grape a little more. (sorry for the impromptu rhyming)
I know that sounds farish down the list but it really isn’t!
Anyhow this definitely tastes like sour apple candy with just a hint of apple peel thrown in. Heyyyyyy I bet it’d make an amazing cocktail!!! Yummm.
All of that said, there is an element of fakeness, which in this case I don’t mind so much.
Oh and minus points for barely being able to taste the tea! (83 down to 78)

This tea is disgusting and undrinkable. It tastes very artificially sweetened and fake, and this is coming from a girl who’s just fine sweetening her tea all on her own. It’s so sad, because it’s such, such a far cry from the delectable smell of the dry leaf, which smells like a fresh apple candle that you’d set out in your living room to make your place not smell like people really live in it. Actually, I do have the candle for this tea as well, but it’s because I spent an obscene amount of money there the other day and got it for free. I’ll enjoy the candle a lot more than the tea, that’s for sure.

Loved the jays game yesterday, although their loss was devastating. and then mr. keychange and I had such a hard time getting home. It was such a long and drawn out adventure that unfolded slowly and terribly, complete with greyhound being predictably unreliable and uber drivers refusing to take our guide dogs. We were supposed to get home around 8:00 but ended up spending over a hundred dollars on an uber ride and got home after 11:00. It is what it is, but man I do not know how any blind person lives in Toronto and doesn’t want to kill themselves/other people on a regular basis.

This tea sucks. I can’t wait until I get my 52 teas order in the mail.