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There’s not a lot going on in this tea, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The tea is smooth to a fault, with sweet honey and mineral notes. The colour of the liquor completely surprised me, even knowing it’s a white pu’erh. I thought I’d drink this one alongside DAVIDsTEA’s Royal White Peony, another straight white tea, just so I could taste the differences between a traditional white tea and a white pu’erh (I don’t drink straight whites frequently so I forgot what mouthfeel was like), but that was completely unnecessary. This is completely unlike anything else I’ve tried. It’s so smooth and refreshing that I may just have to pick up more.

I may have oversteeped this one a tad, but I like it a lot nonetheless. I think if I had steeped it a little less long I’d be tasting more light vegetal notes. I’m tasting edamame and hay, with a very smooth finish. I do taste some more dusty (?) notes on the back of my tongue, maybe I left this tea in my cupboard too long (but I doubt it). I’m going to try rinsing the leaves before preparing this one next time.

I typically gravitate towards jasmine green teas, but I always keep a little bit of Dragonwell on hand for when I want something a little grassier and nuttier. I’m not surprised that I like this one due to it being a Chinese tea. DAVIDsTEA’s Dragonwell is extraordinarily easy to drink and less delicate in steeping times and temperatures than other green teas I’ve tried, making it an easy favourite.

I taste a crisp but mellow green tea flavour that’s fairly smooth for a green tea. There’s a significant nuttiness to the tea, accompanied by a little woodiness. This tea has a beautiful depth of flavour that I would not expect from a straight green tea. A staple in my tea cupboard.

This tea is buttery, smooth, lemony, and light. I can hardly taste the oolong tea base, which is a good thing for me because oolong is among my least favourite types of tea. This tea is extremely easy-to-drink and inoffensive, making it easy to see why DAVIDsTEA decided to bring it back as a TOTM. This is a blend I regularly fall back on when I’m not sure of what to drink; you truly can’t go wrong with this one.

I’m honestly shocked at this tea’s popularity when compared to DAVIDsTEA’s other blends. The yogurt bits throw me off when combined with hibiscus, similar to Blueberry Muffin from their Fall 2016 collection. Hibiscus makes up most of the flavour, the strawberry barely comes through and there’s a tartness to the tea that could be the rhubarb, but I still think all I can taste is freaking hibiscus.

This tea is basically a watered-down hibiscus herbal blend. Very light creaminess from the yogurt, but I don’t understand the appeal of “creamy” flavours in tart herbal teas.

This strongly reminds me of DAVIDsTEA’s Lemon Pound Cake tea, it has very similar vanilla notes with a slight lemon flavour. I find that the vanilla notes are most predominant, followed by a light citrus, and finally the pineapple. I’m very glad that I cannot taste the pineapple in this blend. It’s a lovely light dessert tea!

I really wish I could taste more lemon than ginger in this tea, but unfortunately the ginger is way too overpowering. I’ve found I’m extremely sensitive to ginger in my blends which will make my rating of this blend extremely biased. This is definitely a tea that would appeal more for someone looking for an earthier citrus blend. The yaupon is very interesting though and I’d love to see DAVIDsTEA continue to experiment with these new and innovative leaves in such a mainstream market!

I am by no means a straight tea connoisseur, and that may be the reason why my experience with this tea was seemingly very different from the other reviews I’ve read. I find many straight black teas to be quite harsh, but this one was something very new to me. The tea was full-bodied and malty, with grain, cocoa, and honey notes. There was very little astringency to this tea, which as you all know, I appreciate! I tend to reach for this tea when I want a full-bodied, rich, comforting cup of tea, especially on cooler mornings (much like today). Overall, this is a straight black tea I’d feel comfortable recommending to straight tea newbies and lovers alike!

This is the sweetest tea I own without added sweetener due to the immense amount of cane sugar and white chocolate chips in the blend. A true dessert tea.

I only tend to reach for this one when I’m in the mood for something sweet, fruity, and smooth. This is a very one-dimensional tea, I find that I mostly just taste cream, raspberry, and a slight rooibos aftertaste. However, there is nothing to complain about there, because it does creamy raspberry incredibly well. This tea plays well with milk and also works well both hot and iced.

The jasmine green tea base was such a smart move on DAVIDsTEA’s part. I think if a traditional Japanese or Chinese green tea was used, much like many of their other green tea blends, the creamy and buttery flavours would be competing with the grassy and vegetal notes of the tea. However, the jasmine and creaminess complement each other perfectly. The tea is not overly sweet, it combines beautifully with soy milk, it does not require sugar or sweetener, it does not oversteep easily… it’s everything I could ask for in a blend. This is one I would not hesitate to recommend to anyone; it’s absolutely wonderful in every way. Even the name is beautifully fitting.