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Very citronella. I can’t seem to get past the cleaning product aspect of it, especially when it is just freshly steeped.

Then, it begins to smell great. But lemony of the lemongrass variety.

The rooibos calms down the citronella scent and taste as it cools a bit. Cooling a few minutes allows the flavours to mesh. The citronella mellows into lemon. The rooibos provides a bit of substance. The ginger begins to pop.

A pleasant evening tea. Next time I steep it, I’ll pour in the water, steep, and walk away until the lemony beauty begins. This is a tea that does far better after a bit of sitting.

The second steeping is quite good. Still lemony, but it is still the lemongrass lemony, not real lemon lemony.

Apple. Cinnamon. Hibiscus. And the slightest bit of coconut.

Sweet, but not too sweet. Tangy, but not too much.

It reminds me of hot apple cider with spices. Very autumnal. If it weren’t pitch dark out there—thanks daylight savings time—I’d consider going out to rake up some leaves, just to come back to a hot mug of this.

This beautiful blend is savoury, buttery, and grounding and so right for a difficult week.

I had this for the first time the other day with a rather short steep. Today, I steeped it a bit longer and find I am enjoying it even more. I am looking forward to the second steeping because this tea is disappearing quickly.

My second steeping gave up a solid coconut cumin taste without the other nuances of the first. Enjoyable nonetheless.

All in all, this is a lovely comforting cup of tea which I would like to have on hand more often.

Juicy. Fruity. Mango. Pineapple. Sweet. Tart. Fresh. Delicious.

Huge pieces of fruit. Why does it have to be so expensive? I bought a pre-packaged amount as they were on their way to discontinuing this tea and because the tea is all huge pieces of fruit, maybe, maybe, maybe I’ll get another cup or two from this packet.

That said, if this tea came back, I would probably pick some up from time to time because it really is good. David’s really needs good fresh-tasting herbals that taste like real something. This one does.

I noticed that the imitation flavours started coming up as the tea got cooler. Boo. My rating does not reflect that falseness coming up though.

A mild tisane with gentle strains of well-balanced apple, cinnamon, and a bit of tartness from the cranberries and rosehips. Lovely. It could do with longer steeping to give it more body.

This tea arrived as a selection from my TOTM box with Tea Sparrow. A great choice. I had been craving something fresh and real tasting following my earlier experience today with the false and bitter flavours of Fantasy Island.

I don’t know.

I’ve had this tea before and I remember it being lovely, so my rating reflects that too. Today, there’s a sort of a bitter aftertaste going on here. What is that?

Based on today’s cup, I would not buy again. Did I not brew long enough? Has the coconut gone off? Is there something else going on here that I am unaware of?

I am going to recommend this tea only based on memory of it being good. Hope I am not mistaken.

This tea gets the job done. For that, 100%. I’ve been staying up far too late, so I am drinking this in hopes of getting to bed at a decent time and starting my body on that new rhythm. Valerian, yay!

Based on one of the tea blogs, I think it was Marzipan who reviewed it, I signed up for a month subscription trial of Wicked Tea. Marzipan had given the company a pretty good rating based on her experience with her two months of tea. It is a Canadian company, so the dollar value is good without being killed by conversion and shipping. It is a local company and I like to support small and local. The teas looked like a good and interesting variety. The pouches appeared to be a reasonable size, far more than a sample, and I love the see-through window on one side of the zip pouch so that you can see the leaf. From the looks of things, they looked like they were doing a great job and were giving things their best shot and I like to support that too. And finally, the first month is advertised to be free, but you pay for shipping.

I am a bit confused about this last part because I received my Wicked Tea subscription envelope of teas and aside from the teas, I received an invoice billing for twenty some odd dollars for Free Monthly Trial. I sent them an email inquiring about this a few days ago because, well, confusing, but I have received no response from them yet.

Perhaps it is a free trial IF you then subscribe. If that is the case, then it should be clearly stated. Otherwise, it is misleading. Because I feel somewhat misled.

Anyway, I am still making my way through the teas which are good and good value. That said, I have not yet decided whether I am enchanted enough to commit to another month or three.

Ok, to the tea now.

The dry leaf has long golden shreds of pumpkin in among the Sri Lankan black tea.

I really like this tea. Really. Initially I put off trying it because I thought that it was going to be one of those overloaded with cinnamon spice market strong and ugly black teas that seem to be prevalent this season, but no.

The cinnamon is gentle and nicely settled amongst the other pumpkin pie spice. A mellow addition to the pumpkin flavour.

I drink my tea straight up, so there is only tea in my cup.

I would like perhaps a bit of caramel in this tea or perhaps a bit of cream. Both would be a improvement, but it is already pretty good. I am pleasantly surprised.

I think this is making its way into being one of my favourite pumpkin teas that I have tried so far this season.

Is there white tea in this tea?

David’s has this thing where the flavoured white teas contain like a teaspoon of white tea in a bucket of fruit mix. And yet the cost of the blend is elevated as if the tea is not just trail mix or a variation thereof but actually white tea. Right then. I just had to get that off my chest.

That said, this was one of my favourites of their spring or summer 2015 line.

I like the light rose vanilla thing going on here. A good balance of flavours which doesn’t taste much of perfume. There is also a bit of bitter undercurrent, which I suppose is meant to provide substance to these light layers. Is it chicory? Dandelion? Plus cinnamon? I need to review the ingredients list again. A familiar taste in David’s teas which I often find repugnant, but here it is fine.

Mind you, I steeped this very briefly a few minutes after boiling.

Because I enjoyed this so much initially, I’ve been saving the small bit that I have left because I think it is no longer available. I am enjoying this cup and will enjoy the next, but the tea is just not as glorious as it was in memory. I had initially been kicking myself that I hadn’t bought another bit of this tea, but I think I’ll get over it.

So. I am truly not a fan of mint, generally. I do not seek out mint. Ever. That said, this tea arrived in one of my tea subscription packets and well, what to do.

Having said all that, this tea is just awesome. Each sip has two distinct levels of flavour: the initial chocolate mint hit, like the square chocolates, followed by a mint vanilla with the slightest bit of chocolate trailing behind. The rooibos adds a fullness of flavour to it all.

A lovely cup. I will enjoy this tea until it is all gone.