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DavidsTea’s Birthday Cake

Birthday Cake by DavidsTea
Rooibos Tea / Flavoured
$7.75 for 50g

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First Impressions

This is another tea that I purchased from DavidsTea in one of their ‘rainbow’ tins. It is 85g of Birthday Cake tea in a red tin, which worked out to be $15 per tin or 3 tins for $30. I find that this lid is a bit tougher to remove than the tin for my Cream of Earl Grey, also by DavidsTea. I had a lot of high hopes for this tea because of it’s name and I had read reviews about it before online. The tea comes in a sealed plastic bag that is resealable. There is a very in-your-face vanilla cake smell that reminds me of boxed cakes or grocery store sheet cakes. The smell almost has a bit of a pancake syrup or artificial maple syrup quality to it. The sprinkles are very pretty addition to the vanilla cake-scented tea.

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Birthday Cake has a lot of ingredients. It contains: red and green rooibos, honeybush, sprinkles, ice cream bits, natural and artificial flavouring. If you’re allergic to any colouring additives, this tea contains: Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Red 40 Lake, Red 3, Blue 1, Red 40.

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DavidsTea’s Organic Cream of Earl Grey

Organic Cream of Earl Grey by DavidsTea
Black Tea / Flavoured
$6.75 for 50g

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First Impressions

I bought Organic Cream of Earl Grey from DavidsTea in their prepackaged ‘rainbow’ tin ($15 for 80g, or 3 tins for $30). It’s a sturdy metal tin, the tea inside comes into a sealed plastic bag that can be resealed. Taking in a sniff of the tea, I can make out the bergamot oil – a very nice citrus smell, and the smell of vanilla. The ingredients listed are: black tea, cornflowers, marigolds, with “natural flavouring”. The flower petals are very obvious and easy to tell in the loose tea. It smells delicious.

DavidsTea claims that “Lovers of Earl Grey adore this creamy alternative to the original blend. We’ve added a touch of vanilla for an unexpectedly rich taste.” – bold claims when I adore Earl Grey.

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Things I liked about the packaging – the loose tea comes in a resealable bag and the lid fits on well. I’ve had this tin for a while, and it tastes the same now as it does when I first tired it a few months ago. With the bag and the tin, it helps keep the tea protected from air and light – I appreciate when tea comes in storage that works! The tea looks great and the smell is lovely. The scent of bergamot and vanilla is very inviting. Continue reading “DavidsTea’s Organic Cream of Earl Grey”

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Stassen’s Jasmine Green Tea

(Artificial Flavour) Jasmine Green Tea by Stassen
Green Tea / Flavoured
$5.99 for 150g

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First Impressions

The packaging is quite simple, the box is printed thin cardboard. The back of the box does give some steeping directions and Stassen suggests using “fresh boiling water” and infusing the tea for 3 minutes if you’re making a pot and 2 minutes if you’re making a cup. There are no recommendations on how many tea bags to use for a pot, so that part may be trial and error on the user’s end. Stassen’s teas are from Sri Lanka and it is a pure Ceylon tea. According to the ingredients, this tea is made of green tea and artificial jasmine flavour.

I appreciate a clean box design. The sachets are packaged 25 sachets in a clear, sealed plastic bag. Unfortunately, the plastic bags are not resealable so it is a bit harder to keep the tea fresher. The box is divided inside so each bag gets it’s own home. I would recommend storing the open bags in a plastic bag that can be zipped to prevent the tea from going stale and to prolong its shelf life.

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When opening the bag, I don’t get the instant floral scent in my nose from the jasmine flowers. It isn’t until I pull out a tea bag that I really begin to get a sense of the jasmine scent. While I do enjoy a good cup of jasmine green tea, it didn’t make me anticipate a really good cup of tea.
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