#decaf tea
Prep: 212° water, 5 minutes steep, plain
Verdict: ★★★★☆ 4/5 Very Good!
Ah, peppermint. My first tea love. Adagio’s peppermint captures all the refreshing minty goodness for a truly thirst-quenching cup.
The first sip is smooth and fresh, with a strong minty aftertaste that delightfully tingles your whole mouth and lips. The mint flavor has a plush taste, a roundness more reminiscent of a refreshing dessert mint (as opposed to the harshness of squirting toothpaste directly onto your tongue).
Even as it tingles and freshens, the taste is still warm and balanced. Sometimes mint teas can tip over into a bitter, sharp taste, but this peppermint absolutely hits the mark. The mint has the bright, zingy freshness that characterizes everything there is to love about peppermint, but the overall taste is still round and smooth. With a plush taste followed by smooth mint tingles, this is a sweet, refreshing cup and a fine example of peppermint tea.
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Midsummer Night’s Dream from David’s Tea
Prep: 212° water, 5 minutes steep, honey
Verdict: ★★★★★ 5/5 Favorite!
Midsummer Night’s Dream is my all-time favorite, most beloved, 5-star rated, totally obsessed with, BEST ICED TEA EVER! But did you know: I’ve never tried it hot until now. It’s so light and summery that I worried the harmonious nuance of the floral and fruity tastes would be lost on a cup of hot tea, but my fears were unfounded. Both the hot tea version and the iced are a perfect 5/5. While it is even better iced (maybe a 6 out of 5 really), as a cup of hot tea it is still an amazing, soothing cup with such a perfect balance of tastes.
This tea is a symphony of sensation, with sweet fruit flavor, airy floral notes, and a lingering mint that cools and soothes. Combining apple and gooseberry with spearmint and rose petals, the balance between these tastes is impeccable. No flavor overshadows, with the fruit, floral, and mint blending seamlessly as the sip moves from bright fruit first to the most soothing floral mint finish.
This already magnificent tea still has higher heights to reach as Iced Tea Perfection, but I’m so pleased it’s just as delectable hot. I’m sipping so slowly to really savor each and every drop. The nuance of this tea’s flavor continues to absolutely blow me away.
It’s sweet, it’s light, it’s refreshing. It tastes like a cool evening breeze on a summer night, carrying the scent of fresh-bloomed flowers and all the day’s warmth in its gentle gust.
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Lavender Buttercream from David’s Tea
Prep: 212°, 4 ½ minutes steeping, honey
Verdict: ★★★★☆ 4/5 Very Good!
This is delectably sweet! Like licking the frosting off a cupcake, the taste is bright without crossing into cloying or overkill. The buttercream flavor is absolutely spot-on, a smooth replication of its namesake. Normally, I like a little sweet treat with my tea, but this is a dessert all on its own!
The caffeine-free rooibos is enhanced by vanilla flavoring and lavender. I prefer to add a little honey to make those bright, sweet flavors really shine. If you’ve got a sweet-tooth and love a desserty treat, this is one a winner! A lot of teas that purport to mimic different desserts are often more abstract, but I really can’t get over how much this one reminds me of the taste of frosting.
I would describe this as more buttercream than lavender, though both tastes are present. But the lavender is much more subtle than the bright cupcake frosting taste. That said, the lavender is most present in the aftertaste, with those earthy-smooth lavender notes lingering behind that more vivid sweetness.
Overall, if you love sweet, this tea is downright delectable!
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