Dollar Tea Club

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I wanted an easy sipdown this morning so I reached into my Sipdown Box of single servings and pulled out the first tea I touched. This was that tea.

It is sweet but also a bit astringent. It is nothing special so while it was tolerable while I had it, this was a welcome good bye.

This smelled really good while steeping and then my sister turned the timer off and I oversteeped it. The first sip was cake-y and great. However as the tea cools, the tannins are coming out and this is less awesome. It has potential but (1) it is finicky with steeping and (2) is best when hot.

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Thank you VariaTEA for the share! I’m excited to try these teas from Dollar Tea Club; I’ve heard such mixed things about the quality but the concept and price are certainly intriguing! This was interesting because it neither tastes spiced in any way or of bourbon at all – unless the bourbon is more meant to be bourbon vanilla!? Because what this did taste like was a sweet and creamy rooibos. Not bad tasting at all but a little bit unremarkable, and not matching to the name…

Thanks for sharing, though!

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This did not seem promising when I opened it and it lacked the actual gum balls that Necessiteas’ bubble gum tea had. It also smelled a bit off. I just did not think it would achieve the same bubble gum flavour I enjoyed in the Necessiteas blend.

Steeped this had the classic hibby redness and a whole lot of hibby flavour. Hibiscus and waxiness. I am not digging this all that much. Hopefully Roswell Strange can make the last serving of this work for her.

This is a sweet rooibos. Not bad but nothing special either.

This is a lovely fruity tea with notes of stone fruit and tropical papaya. I can’t say I taste the lime leaf but I do think it still makes a great iced cup. The black tea is slightly malty so the tea was thicker than many fruity black teas I’ve consumed lately. Unfortunately it wasn’t very smooth because there is also an acidity and a lot of tannins. It benefits from a touch of sweetener to bring out the fruit notes.

I got my dollar tea club teas in the mail yesterday and want to try and review them in the next few days.

This one has a ridiculous name.There is nothing about blossom in here unless they are referring to all the flower petals they added to bulk this up (adds no flavour, though). There is nothing floral at all.
I also don’t like almond so I can’t say I enjoyed this “almond tart” rooibos. I don’t get pastry or tart, just marzipan/sweet almond and some typical rooibos minerally notes. If this has been called almond rooibos or marzipan rooibos I’d have given it a pass because at least I knew what flavour it was supposed to be. Since they named this paris blossom, I can only assume they were going for something to do with France or a floral profile.

From SkySamurai! Thanks so much. At first I was thinking “Eww, licorice is not my thing at all.” BUT this is a pleasant enough flavor for me. It’s licorice but it’s sweet and unique. Definitely not a flavor I’ve had before in a tea, so it’s interesting. Though it’s also impossible for me to describe.
Steep #1 // 1 teaspoons for a full mug // 10 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 4 minute steep
2019 sipdowns: 48 (Lupicia – Mango oolong)

Thanks so much again for that lovely package of teas, SkySamurai! I’ve actually somehow never heard of this company before. I’m not sure if this was reblended differently or something because the description sounds mostly different from the resulting flavor. My blend is a silky coiled green tea with cornflowers and cute shamrock sprinkles. The flavor is mostly bergamot. The description for the tea mentions bergamot but also chocolate, coffee and vanilla. I don’t think I want chocolate and coffee in a bergamot blend (other than that awesome chocolate bergamot Lupicia tea I love so much). So I’m glad I’m mostly tasting bergamot, but it isn’t the tastiest of bergamots, but also not the worst. The green tea would probably have been delicious without the added flavors — I couldn’t really tell through the bergamot. With the right bergamot, this could be a great blend, but this wasn’t bad. Just leave the other flavors out of the bergamot, please.
Steep #1 // 1 teaspoon for a full mug // 30 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // 25 minutes after boiling // 2-3 minute steep

Better cold. Tried it hot the first time and did not like it. Still not a huge fan even with it being cold.

This tea is amazing! It’s one of the few teas that both my husband and I really, really enjoy. I was put off by a twig falling out of my scoop, but the taste makes up for the odd appearance. You can definitely taste the marshmallows, chocolate, and a little bit of smokey campfire. The campfire is so delicate in there – it doesn’t overpower the other flavors as I’ve found in other teas. It’s just really really good. Tasted 01.2019

Smells nice and orange-y with a hint of chocolate. The smell is super promising, but the taste doesn’t meet expectations.

Steeped 3.5 minutes (recommended steep time is 2-3 minutes). I was worried that I made it too strong (I really don’t like strong teas) so I diluted it with some more water and hoped for the best that it hadn’t turned bitter. It tasted like wood, maybe a campfire? A bit smokey? I asked my husband to try it as well – he brewed it for a shorter time period and had the same conclusion r/t the taste. Tasted 12-2018.

Tasted like rooibos with some lightly fruity flavors. Definitely expected more fruity flavors due to the sheer number of fruits included. Just OK for me. Tasted 11.2018.

The sheer number of ingredients made me wary, but they complemented each other nicely without being too strong or confusing with competing flavors. The peppermint might have stood out the strongest. Overall the tea was soothing and would be great with an upset stomach. [Also contains mullein]. Tried 12.2018

The lemongrass ingredient made me wary, but the pineapple and lemon balanced it really nicely. There was no overwhelming lemongrass smell or taste. Tried 12.2018

I really, really enjoy this tea! I love green teas that are floral and fruity and this really hits the spot. Probably one of two teas from Dollar Tea Club out of all the teas I’ve tasted so far that I would actually repurchase.

Pineapple comes through really strongly and is v. sweet, strawberry tends to be more of a base and more acidic in flavour. c:

I don’t really know if I can recommend this tea or not. Because of the chunky pieces of fruit, the sample I got was really small, so I didn’t really get a taste for it. I had to bulk it out with some hibiscus tea to make a pot of iced tea. :c

I was really pleasantly surprised by this tea. I usually don’t like tea with chocolate in it but this one was really nice and soft. The oolong gave it a lovely depth but the white tea kept it light at the same time.

It is a really sweet tea but I’d love to have it again.

There was just way too much going on with this tea, I didn’t like it. One minute it was sweet, the next it was minty, then it was citrus. I poured it out. Blegh.

I’ll start by saying it’s a pretty looking herbal tea, with different natural hues of green, brown-y yellows and dots of contrasting pale purple. But, I dreaded tasting it. I’m quite particular about herbal tea and I’m not a massive fan of liquorice. However, owing to the name, I actually saved this for my time of the month. On occasion (thankful not always), I get pain so bad that has me doubling over. When I tried this tea, the pain was enough to turn my apprehensiveness, into a sense of longing and hope. As expected, liquorice is prominent, but in a way that it combines gently with the cloves and floral flavour. The result is a relaxing wellness feeling. The flavours aren’t my thing and I wasn’t sure if had any effect on my pain, so it’s not something I would make a regularity. It was enjoyable enough though, and worth a try!

This is a classic winter blend!

This is a hibiscus first tea, with quick notes that changes into a finish of lemon and light raspberry. The finish is dry, with a mouth-watering, tangy sourness that I loved! The fore notes are fairly plain; it’s all about the end of the cup!

I liked this tea! It smelled delicious — as a lot of fruity or herbal teas do, but it actually delivered on the flavour. A lot of the time, with herbal teas, there’s a lot of scent and sugar, but not a lot of flavour and this one had a really nice citrus-y, apple-y flavour.

I enjoyed it as a hot tea but would also love to try it cold, as I think it would make an excellent iced tea. c:

I got this as part of a monthly tea subscription from Dollar Tea Club and I didn’t really like it. Initially, I thought I was going to love it because it had such a spicy palette — it almost felt like a chai. But it had a liquorice-y aftertaste that I just wasn’t into. I’m not a big fan of liquorice at all in general so I wasn’t expecting to LOVE this tea, but I was hoping to like it.

Oh well! I think my wife might like it all the same.