Sleigh Ride

Ingredients:Apple, hibiscus blossoms, pineapple, papaya, beetroot, cinnamon, raisins, coconut, roasted almonds, popped rice, artificial flavouring


In the Christmas season, time to break out the festive teas!

Sleigh ride is a tea that has made a come-back for at least the last three years. So, it's reasurring that you don't have to worry about falling in love with this one -if you like it- and never being able to get your hot little hands on it ever again - as seems to be the way of DavidsTea.

I was expecting a sort of watered-down cider flavour, but with a six minute steep, I was pleasantly surprised.
While cider-like, it is incredibly full of flavour.

Apple is the most outstanding flavour of them all, the next being cinnamon. I would liken it very strongly to a hot apple cider - more so than DavidsTea's actually "apple cider" named tea!

Definitely the best (besides White Chocolate Frost) Christmas tea that I have tried from DavidsTea.


I recommend everyone have some of this tea in their home for the holidays.


Happy Steeping,

~K

Sleigh Ride

Okay so, let me preface by saying I wasn't feeling the best today, so this review is probably going to read as more short and sweet than anything else.








This tea tends to lean itself to the weaker side, so I had to double strength it at 2 tbsp for one pot of tea.
It smells fruity and a little creamy, and very pretty to look at.

I steeped it for like...10 minutes or something.

It looks how kanpe tea tastes.
Honestly, I thought that's what it would taste like.

In the end, it's more bland than anything, and kanpe tastes better and frankly tastes more Christmas-y.

Sleigh Ride LOOKS more festive, that's for sure though.

Good tea, won't buy again because bland.

Now excuse me while I go nap because I am not feeling up to snuff.

-Laura

Santa's Secret

Santa's Secret from DavidsTea

 Ingredients : Chinese black tea, peppermint leaves, candy cane sprinkles, natural and artificial flavouring

I'll be honest, I am in no mood for writing... Myself and my family just suffered the loss of a dear pet of mine and my heart is still too broken to put much of it in to anything.

Besides that, I haven't much to say about this tea.

Yes, the little candy canes are an adorable touch to this "Christmas" tea, but it is basically a black, less creamy version of White Chocolate Frost - which I highly prefer. Peppermint, sugar and black tea... It's simple, and quite frankly, lacks the subtle elegance that I loved so much with WCF. Has a lingering taste of candy canes.

It would make an excellent stocking stuffer for a tea lover, though. Very cute.
Oh, and DT has informed my that this tea is only around until mid December (what the fuck is up with that?) so you best get your Christmas shopping done ASAP.

Happy Steeping and all that

~K

Spiced Fig

I literally nearly forgot to type this up. It's 7:50 pm on Monday the 25th, and I'm starting now. Today has been a weird day.

At least Spiced Fig has no caffeine!

It smells amazing. Exactly like spiced figs! So, basically a very traditional Christmas smell, which I do not mind. It's uplifting and makes me feel happy.






As the picture shows, I used 1 tbsp per pot. I steeped it until the pot ran out. I honestly felt no need to set a time limit on it, since the longer it steeped the better it got.

It's quite a sweet tea, yet light at the same time. Fruity and clovey. I'm not 100% sure how to describe it...



This is taking a long time to write because I keep getting distracted!

I'm not going to restock this tea after this bag runs out. 1) It has nuts and when I move in with Zach it's going to basically be a nut-free house and this tea has almonds, and 2) even steeping it for 40 minutes it's not as strong as I'd like it to be.

If you like/love light and fruity teas, this tea you will ADORE, if you like stronger teas, you'll like this tea, but it won't have enough punch for you.

Lots of love,
L

Updates!

As I'm sure everyone who has gone into any store, online or off, has realized is that we need to brace ourselves....

Because Christmas is coming!

Laura's backyard

And with Christmas comes the winter tea reviews. Which we are very, very excited for. We wanted to do the same thing we did for fall, and wait for the first day of winter. But that is December 21st, so that doesn't give as much time as we'd like to review teas before Christmas!
So we decided to start doing reviews after...

November 21, 2013!

**IF ANYONE HAS ANY WINTER SEASON TEAS FROM THEIR CULTURES AND/OR RELIGIONS, LET US KNOW ABOUT THEM AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO!**