Tea of the Week-24 Days of Tea Edition-Part 3

Merry Christmas! I thought a fitting Christmas post would be the final reviews of David's Tea's 24 Days of tea. Today I will be reviewing teas 17-24. Here we go!

Day 17-Organic Peppermint Armor

Before this tea I thought I wasn't a big fan of peppermint but there is something about this peppermint tea that I really enjoy. Maybe its that it's just peppermint. Yup, that's the only ingredient. It's really nice.

Day 18-Organic Silk Dragon Jasmine

I am not a big fan of this tea to be honest. But I do think that it tastes better than it smells. It is a Chinese green tea from Jiangxi and Fujian Provinces. It is scented with jasmine. To me it tasted really perfume-y.

Day 19-Organic Cream of Earl Grey

I was really looking forward to this one, and I have to say I was a little disappointed. I think the problem was I was expecting earl grey tea. I'll have to try it again with some sweetener and milk.

Day 20-Apple Custard

I loved this tea. It's nice and apple-y and light. I am definitely going to be buying more with some of the Christmas money I got! Apple Custard has apples, golden raisins, coriander and chamomile in it. I'm a big fan and I would highly recommend this tea.

Day 21-Lime Gelato

I was a big fan of Lime Gelato as well. It's citrus-y  and sweet and I think I will buy more of it sometime in the future. It has apple, sencha green tea, pineapple, lemongrass and lime flavoring.

Day 22-Sleigh Ride

I had sleigh ride last year and it was so good. I'm really glad they included sleigh ride in the 24 days of tea. I like the comforting spices in it.

Day 23-Eggnog

Ever since the Holiday tea's came out at David's tea I've been wanting to taste eggnog tea. When I first tried this tea I was a little disappointed, since it didn't taste exactly like eggnog. What this tea does taste like is the spices in the eggnog. If you add a little milk to this tea it is absolutely delicious!

Day 24-Santa's Secret

Santa's Secret was my favorite tea from last year. It was a great way to end off the 24 days of tea. It's a minty black tea with little mini candy canes!

I loved this Advent Calendar. There were a lot of surprises. And I loved getting to try all these awesome tea's! Which one would you want to try if you had the chance? Leave a comment!!

Tea of the Week-24 Days of Tea Edition-Part 2

I completely lost track of how many days had gone by and I forgot to write about the second 8 teas that I tried in David's Teas 24 Days of Tea. If you missed part one you can find it here.

Day 9-Genmaicha

I was nervous to try this one. I went to twitter and didn't see many good reviews about it. It's a green tea with toasted and popped rice. But I was surprised when I tried it because I really liked it. It tasted kind of similar to Movie Night (probably because of the popped rice/corn mixed with green tea). I found this one pretty tasty for such simple ingredients.

Day 10-Bubbie's Baklava

Bubble's Baklava is one of my favourites out of this group of eight. Its a oolong tea with roasted chicory root, pineapple, papaya, cinnamon, walnuts, apple, ginger, roasted almonds, cardamom, rose pepper, pistachios and rose blossom. I found this one really flavourful and comforting.

Day 11-Organic Mother's Little Helper

I can totally see having this tea at night to wind down. It's a super relaxing herbal tea, similar in taste to Organic Sweet Dreams. But the peppermint gives it a really nice flavor. I think I might get this tea once I run out of Organic Sweet Dreams.

Day 12-Crème Caramel Rooibos

This tea is as delicious as it sounds! It's Rooibos tea with caramel pieces. I will probably buy more of this one when it comes time for me to stock up my tea collection again. It's nice and sweet but not too sweet. Highly recommended.

Day 13-Read My Lips

I tried this tea as part of the Sweetheart's collection back in February and I wasn't a big fan back then. But something must have changed because I really like this one! It's a black tea with peppermint, chocolate, pink peppercorns and little sprinkles in the shape of lips! I love the minty chocolate-y flavour. This tea will definitely be a contender next time I stock up on tea

Day 14-Sugar Plum Forest

I was not a huge fan of this tea. It has a very strong cinnamon flavour. But the kind of cinnamon flavour you find in those cinnamon hearts for Valentine's Day. Which I'm really not a big fan of. This tea was nice, but not for me.

Day 15-Buddha's Blend

This tea is part white tea, part green tea and has jasmine pearls and white hibiscus blossoms. I haven't had much luck with white tea's in the past but this one was pretty good. I think I still prefer herbal and black tea's though.

Day 16-Main Squeeze

I believe this is one of the only Mate teas in the 24 days of tea. It has a lot of caffeine and smells amazing. Very fruity. I think I might get more of this one in the future. I'm a big fan.

There you go! Day 8 through 16! Which one of these teas would you want to try? Let me know in the comments!

Currently (11-20-14)

Dancing... In the car to Taylor Swift. I'm still LOVING her new album. I don't know if I will ever get sick of it.

Cooking... from the cookbook Mennonite Girls Can Cook! So far everything I've tried in this cookbook has been a winner! Andrew really likes the meatloaf (and I do too!) and my favourite recipe is probably the cheese scones. If you are looking for a good cookbook, this one is really great.

Losing... A pair of tights I bought for this weekend. I bought them to wear under my dress, but I can't remember where I put them. I guess this means one of my jobs on Saturday will be to tear apart my room until I find them, since I'm going to Andrew's work Christmas party with him on Saturday. We also have another Christmas dinner, Christmas Eve service and a wedding to dress up for. SO I decided that I required a new dress. And those tights. And shoes. 

Clearing... Out space on my VM at work. It's being really slow lately, usually that's mainly a lack of space, so I've been trying to go through it and delete the unnecessary files. For some reason though this problem keeps coming back... Oh well, I'm sure I'll figure it out soon.

Sharing... Snacks with my work! We had our Christmas open house yesterday and I made two different types of goodies to share. They went over pretty well, but I probably could have just brought one thing. We had so much food!

Linking up with Harvesting Kale and Ot & Et. 
Next weeks themes: loving, reading, choosing, designing, wondering

Tea of the Week-24 Days of Tea Edition-Part 1

This weeks tea of the week is actually 8 different teas! My mom gave me the 24 days of tea as a gift for advent. So each day I open up one of the flaps and get to try a new kind of tea I love it so much I thought I would share it with you by telling you my opinions of all the different teas I get to try! Let's dive right in.

Day 1-Forever Nuts

I've had forever nuts before (it was actually one of my first teas I ever featured in a tea of the week). I love this tea. I love the sweet almond-y flavor and I was super excited when I opened this tea up on day number one.

Day 2-Organic Vanilla Chai

This tea kind of reminded me of Maple Sugar. I really liked it. It has cinnamon, black tea, licorice root, ginger and vanilla. Andrew tried a bit of this one as well and he really enjoyed it (which is kind of a shock since he doesn't really like tea very much)

Day 3-Quangzhou Milk Oolong

I was really skeptical about this tea. It doesn't have a super strong smell and in the past I haven't really been a fan of oolong tea. However, this one was really nice. It was comforting in the same kind of way as I find an earl grey or an English breakfast tea. Not any super flashy flavours, but still really nice.

Day 4-Pink Flamingo

I have been dying to try this tea, but for some reason I never got around to trying it out. I was so excited when I opened up this one. And I was really impressed. Pink Flamingo definitely lived up to my expectations. It's nice and tart, but not so tart that it needs sweetener. Definitely two thumbs up.

Day 5-Organic Detox

Those of you who know me know I am not a health nut. I generally avoid anything with the word detox in it. So I was scared to try this one. But it really wasn't that bad. It had nice flavours, but it's not something I would go out of my way to have.

Day 6-Coco Chai Rooibos

This one was delicious. It tasted kind of Christmas-y to me, it would be perfect with a little bit of milk added to it. In addition to Rooibos, it has cinnamon, ginger, coconut flakes, cloves, pink peppercorns and cardamom. I was very impressed and surprised by this tea. I didn't think I was going to like it as much as I did.

Day 7-English Breakfast

English Breakfast is my favourite kind of black tea. And I've always wanted to try David's Tea's blend of English breakfast but I never got around to buying any. I definitely think I will in the future though.

Day 8-Cocomint Cream

This one is definitely my favorite so far. I plan on buying more of this one for sure! It has apple, coconut, sweet blackberry leaves, peppermint, and spearmint. I was really surprised by how much I liked the coconut flavour in this tea. I would HIGHLY recommend you try this one if you can.

There you go. My review on the first eight teas from the 24 Days of Tea! I'm so excited for what the rest of this collection has in store.

Which tea out of these would you want to try? Leave a Comment!