December 24, 2016 -- David's Tea's  "Santa's Secret"

Santa's Secret

Suggested serving

Amount: 1.25 tsp
Time:  4 - 7 min
Temperature: 96° C

Notes: Medium Caffeine. 

Ingredients: Organic : Black tea, peppermint, sprinkles (sugar, rice flour, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, corn starch, natural and artificial flavours, cellulose gum, red 40 Lake, mono and diglycerides, carrageenan, titanium dioxide.

Review: The aroma of the mint is nice, and the flavours of the mint and vanilla go well with the strength of the black tea. However, there is a slight articifial-ness permitting running through the brew.

Rating:   7.5/ 10

Mood music while sipping away: Kacey Musgraves — Present Without A Bow

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December 23, 2016 -- David's Tea's  "Organic Kashmiri Chai"

Organic Kashmiri Chai

Suggested serving

Amount: 1.25 tsp
Time:  4 - 7 min
Temperature: 96° C

Notes: Low Caffeine. 

Ingredients: Organic : Green tea, cinnamon, cardamom seeds, ginger, cardamom husk, clove buds, marigold flowers.

Review: The two most prominent spices are the cinnamon and cardamom, followed by the clove, and maybe a hint of ginger, but I get no nutmeg. The first two are quite powerful, constantly struggling to claim first place and the clove is at a distant third.

Rating:   8.0 / 10

Mood music while sipping away: Cat Power - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

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December 22, 2016 -- David's Tea's  "English Toffee"

English Toffee

Suggested serving

Amount: 1.25 tsp
Time:  4 - 7 min
Temperature: 96° C

Notes: Medium Caffeine. 

Ingredients: Pu'erh tea, cocoa beans, cocoa husk, caramel (condensed milk , sugar, glucose syrup, butterfat, sorbitol, mono and diglycerides), natural flavouring.

Review: The flavour of this tea is fairly subtle, and not nearly as strong as the smell of the tea steeping would indicate. I tried oversteeping but to no avail.

Rating:   7.0 / 10

Mood music while sipping away: Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

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December 21, 2016 -- David's Tea's  "Spiced Apple"

Spiced Apple

Suggested serving

Amount: 1.25 tsp
Time:  4 - 7 min
Temperature: 96° C

Notes: Caffeine free. 

Ingredients: Apple (apple, citric acid), figs, cinnamon, star anise, chicory, cardamom, cloves, black pepper, natural apple and spice flavouring.

Review: The flavour is predominantly cinnamon and cooked apple with lighter notes of other spices and brown sugar.

Rating:   7.0 / 10

Mood music while sipping away: The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick

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December 20, 2016 -- David's Tea's  "Cardamom French Toast"

Cardamom French Toast

Suggested serving

Amount: 1.25 tsp
Time:  4 - 7 min
Temperature: 96° C

Notes: Low Caffeine. 

Ingredients: Black tea, cinnamon, lemon peel, coriander seeds, cardamom, coconut sugar, cane sugar, natural and artificial flavouring.

Review: The tea leaves have a lovely aroma, which is not lost while steeping. The flaour, however, loses much of this promise and becomes muddled and muted. Still not bad.

Rating:   7.5 / 10

Mood music while sipping away: The Hives and Cindi Lauper - A Christmas Duel

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December 19, 2016 -- David's Tea's  "Organic Sweet Almond Green"

Organic Sweet Almond Green

Suggested serving

Amount: 1.25 tsp
Time:  3 - 5 min
Temperature: 85° C

Notes: Caffeine free. 

Ingredients: Green tea, almonds, marigold flowers, cornflower petals. With natural almond flavouring.

Review: Oh what a great sweet almond aroma the dry leaves have. The sweet flavour of almond with corresponding walnut, vanilla, marzipan notes against the grassy green tea seemed at first a strange marriage. But after a few more sips things became more blissful.

Rating:   8.0 / 10

Mood music while sipping away: Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus & Lucy

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December 18, 2016 -- David's Tea's  "Sleigh Ride"

Sleigh Ride

Suggested serving

Amount: 1.25 tsp
Time:  4 - 7 min
Temperature: 96° C

Notes: Caffeine free. 

Ingredients: Apple, hibiscus blossoms, pineapple (pineapple, sugar), papaya (papaya, sugar), beetroot, cinnamon, raisins, coconut, roasted almonds (almonds, sugar, glucose syrup, vegetable fat, caramelized sugar syrup), popped rice, natural and artificial flavouring.

Review: Sleigh Ride has a lovely, nutty, aroma. In terms of taste, it is slightly tart but I also find the apple cinnamon flavour to be a little muted.

Rating:   7.5 / 10

Mood music while sipping away: The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride

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