Sweet Almond Green

This is one of the last samples from my DT advent calendar – yes I know it’s been 2 and a half months, but I’ve been seeing other teas in the meantime. ;)

I’m a huge marzipan fan and I loved the smell of the tea, like freshly made marzipan paste or the almond cookies my mom always asks me to make. Flavour-wise it’s a bit disappointing, there’s definitely the sweet almond flavour present but the vegetale flavour of the green tea clashes with it. I don’t know if it might be better with a different base, like a green oolong maybe?

I love green tea and have lots of “plain” varieties of it from when I visited China. Instantly when I smelled this tea I thought it smelled so delicious I couldn’t wait to try it, it smells very sweet and is pretty with the blue flowers in it. I first tried it at the 4 minute mark and then let it steep longer, as I wanted a stronger flavour. (I like strong tea)

I do really enjoy this tea, it is very nice but kind of plain. You can taste hints of almond and marzipan kind of flavours. I think it would compliment food very well but it is not that fun on it’s own as a “treat” like some other teas. My favourite thing about it is that it is sweet without the added calories of sugar.

For me it is a nicer version of regular green tea.

I absolutely adore this tea. It’s gorgeous and wonderful. Really beautiful almond/marzipan flavor.

I didn’t have high hopes for this one. To me it smelled like medicine right off the bat.

On first sip, I’m definitely getting that “medicine” taste too. I’m finding the green tea base very grassy and the marigold quite astringent. Maybe the nuts are supposed to offset this, but it’s not doing much for me since I’m not a big fan of nuts in tea.

UGH. Okay, a few more sips and I’ve managed to pinpoint exactly which medicine this one reminds me of. It’s stirring up a very unpleasant memory of less healthy times. This likely won’t be an issue for other people, but I’m finding it incredibly hard to ignore.

Yeah, not for me. I think I’ll stick to straight green teas or those with a bit of jasmine. That seems to be my niche these days.

I find this tea to be rather soothing. The blend smells like the almond cookies that appear at my house during the winter holidays. The brew has a nice sweetness without the awful after-taste of artificial sweetener. This is definitely my favourite from David’s 2015 Winter Collection.

I received this as a sample on my online order. I opened it and fell in love instantly. Smells like candied cherries. The taste isn’t as great as the smell but is still really good. Tastes like sweet cherry goodness.

I’m on the fence with this one. The first time I tried it was iced in store after smelling the samples. It smelled amazing, like marzipan and everything good about almond extract. However for some reason, the taste threw me off. It kind of puckered my cheeks (if that makes sense), and tasted artificial, though there are natural almond flavors listed. So I’m not sure about that. I’ve had it hot as well, which seemed better, but still left me with a weird aftertaste. So I think I will try it one more time (to finish my tin, maybe with milk/sweetener to see what happens).

Ok I just had this again and it was significantly better. I kept it to about 3 min and 15 seconds, then added half a tsp of sugar. I find it works best if I aerate it around my teeth a little the way they taught us in wine class… a smooth gentle kind of sip that catches on your breath and glides through the mouth. I’m doing a terrible job of explaining, I know! sorry :/
Bah. Seems this is merely a finicky tea. Keeping the rating as is since I have no idea if I can get this consistently. That said, it would get a bump up to about 78. As intoxicating as it is, there is also that slight lingering/burning artificial taste.

Will have to try more leaf next time. Pleasant.
At the recommended amount, first steep is strongly amaretto in smell, nice buttery mildly green taste and a hint of almond.
Second steep is purely a light green tea.

Another Christmas backlog:

This was another sample included in the set that my hubby gave me for Christmas. Opening the tin, it smells intensely of almonds, like amaretto. But when I brew it, the green tea comes off way too heavy, and I only smell almond, but not taste it. This brew didn’t work for me, unfortunately.