So I was going to wish my friend I haven’t talked to in a while a happy birthday but it turned out she was dead. I didn’t die when I was 28. Neither did you. (I guess we got lucky.) So happy belated birthday, and happy Valentine’s Day. The tea? Oh, it tastes the same …
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David’s Tea
Mamma Mia – David’s Tea
The more I sample David’s Tea products, the weirder their overall profile seems to me; they’re very much like Teavana in that way. It’s basically a concept/execution issue, as the ideas are often excellent, but the end results can range from unfathomably poor, I mean really, truly what were you thinking poor, to quite tasty. But for …
Vanilla Orchid – David’s Tea
This is a very light, bright oolong – I tend to favour riper, fruitier ones as they always seem to infuse the flavoured tea with depth and dimension. Accordingly, this comes off a little flat to me. This is my second time trying it – the first time around I brewed at 90C, with a …
Buttered Rum – David’s Tea
Oh, here we go. Last time around, I made this with boiling water and steeped for 4 minutes. This attempt, 90C and 5 minutes. The scent of the tea is completely different this time – yesterday I wondered why everyone was talking about coconut, when the body was all malt… but now it’s like getting into the …
Buttered Rum – David’s Tea
This poor tea. I got it in the mail today from my friend C, who is a very lovely and brilliant man, but with a fairly limited understanding of the reign of sheer violence and horror that is inter-European shipping. So like the nice, innocent Canadian he is, he put two David’s Tea (yes, I …