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Dessert by Deb’s Frosted Winter Apple

Frosted Winter Apple by Dessert by Deb
Green Tea / Flavoured
$16.00 for 75g

Frosted Winter Apple is an exclusive blend for Dessert by Deb subscription subscribers and is available for purchase by subscribers only at this time.

First Impressions

Frosted Winter Apple was a subscriber exclusive from the 2020 January/February Dessert by Deb subscriber box. This tea came in a foil pouch with a colourful label on the front. The tea has a lovely aroma – it smells like coconut and apples. It does have a nice sweetness to it, which is inviting and reminds me that all of the teas from Dessert by Deb are really sweets/dessert focused.

This blended green tea consists of: green tea, coconut, apple, elderberries, rosehips, and palm sugar. It’s a gorgeous tea, I love the look of it with the green tea blended with the coconut, and it smells lovely. I don’t smell the green tea, elderberries, or rosehips. It looks lovely.

Preparation

Dessert by Deb recommends steeping Frosted Winter Apple in 200°F (93°C) water for 4 to 6 minutes. I opted to do an initial steep for 5 minutes.

First Taste

Frosted Winter Apple steeps to a pale peachy orange. There’s a bit of an oil slick across the top that I attribute to the oils from the coconut. There’s a sweet, slightly fruity aroma to it. On first taste, I really notice the coconut. There’s some fruity notes that I believe are from the apple – which make it quite pleasant. Frosted Winter Apple has a nice amount of sweetness to it. It’s pleasant to the taste buds, but the green tea base doesn’t shine through very much for me.

A Second Cup?

I attempted to resteep Frosted Winter Apple and fond that it didn’t do too well. There was a lack of coconut and apple in the follow up cup.

My Overall Impression

I liked Dessert by Deb’s Frosted Winter Apple. I found the coconut to be very pleasant and worked well wit the sweet, fruity notes. I did wish that the green tea shined through a bit more, and perhaps had more apple flavour versus coconut since apple is the ingredient that pops up in the name. It’s a pleasant dessert tea though, I found it to be nicely sweetened with the fruit and the palm sugar.

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Lemon Lily’s Chocolaty Mint

Chocolaty Mint by Lemon Lily
Rooibos/ Flavoured
$10.00 for 50g

I received Chocolaty Mint from Lemon Lily via the Dessert by Deb tea subscription box that I subscribe to in the January/February 2020 box.

First Impressions

Chocolaty Mint comes in a clear plastic resealable pouch. There’s no information on the label regarding the steeping instructions, so I did have to go onto the Lemon Lily website to find out that. The blend is clearly visible through the packaging, which is nice.

Basically my first impression of Chocolaty Mint when I opened it is that it smells like candy. It smells like mint chocolate and reminds me so much After Eight chocolate. I can’t smell the rooibos, which is a huge plus for me since I’m not a rooibos fan. Chocolaty Mint consists of the following certified organic ingredients: rooibos, peppermint, honeybush, cocoa peel, Giddy YoYo cacao nibs, and Giddy YoYo dark chocolate.

Preparation

Lemon Lily recommends steeping Chocolaty Mint in 200°F (93°C) water for 4 to 6 minutes. My initial steep was for 5 minutes.

First Taste

Chocolaty Mint steeps to a nice golden orange. There’s primarily a mint aroma to it, the chocolate isn’t very forthcoming in terms of aroma which is bit disappointing considering how strong it was in the dry leaf. For the taste, I can mostly taste the mint. I don’t really taste the chocolate, which is disappointing – but I also don’t taste the rooibos, which is not disappointing.

A Second Cup?

I attempted to resteep Chocolaty Mint but it didn’t get any better in terms of the chocolate flavour – I did get a lot of mint though!

My Overall Impression

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I both didn’t like and liked Lemon Lily’s Chocolaty Mint. I think as a mint chocolate tea, it’s not meeting my expectations. Considering how strong the chocolate aroma is and how many chocolate-related ingredients are in the blend, I’m disappointed that the chocolate isn’t stronger. However, if I were to treat this as a mint tisane, it’s pretty decent. I like mint tisanes and found them pleasant and comforting, so I enjoyed Chocolaty Mint for that aspect.

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Dessert by Deb’s Cherry Berry Coffee Cake

Cherry Berry Coffee Cake by Dessert by Deb
Black Tea / Flavoured
$16.00 for 75g

Cherry Berry Coffee Cake is an exclusive blend for Dessert by Deb subscription subscribers and is available for purchase by subscribers only at this time.

First Impressions

Cherry Berry Coffee Cake would probably not have been my first pick if I had a choice in tea blends because, if you’ve been reading for a while, I’m just not a fan of coffee and this blend has coffee listed as an ingredient! Cherry Berry Coffee Cake comes in a sealed, resealable foil pouch with a familiar coloured label on the front. This is an exclusive blend for subscribers, so keep that in mind if you decide that you want to purchase some!

The tea itself looks really pretty. It smells like cherries and black forest cake. I don’t really smell the coffee at all, which is quite nice! Cherry Berry Coffee Cake contains: black tea, cherries, elderberries, currants, raisins, hibiscus, cinnamon, maple, brown sugar, palm sugar, espresso beans, and safflower.

Preparation

Dessert by Deb recommends steeping Cherry Berry Coffee Cake in 200°F (93°C) water for 4 to 6 minutes. I opted to do an initial steep for 5 minutes.

First Taste

Cherry Berry Coffee Cake steeps to a lovely golden orange – which was a surprise for me. Usually when a blend contains hibiscus, I see something much more pink or berry red. The aroma of the blend is of cherries and chocolate, surprisingly. The taste is of cherries and chocolate as well, which continues to remind me of black forest cake. I do not smell or taste the coffee, which is nice since I’m not a big coffee fan at all. It’s quite sweet on its own, I think due to the maple, brown sugar, and palm sugar.

A Second Cup?

I attempted to resteep Cherry Berry Coffee Cake with an additional 30 seconds to the steep time and found that the flavour just wasn’t quite there. The cherry flavour wasn’t as strong as I would have liked.

My Overall Impression

I loved Dessert by Deb’s Cherry Berry Coffee Cake. I was quite apprehensive at first because I’m just not a fan of coffee, but I was pleasantly surprised at how lovely this blend tasted – and how much it reminded me of a dessert that I enjoy! If you’re a fan of black forest cake, I definitely think this would be a nice choice. Cherry Berry Coffee Cake is definitely a dessert tea that I could think would go well at the end of a meal or with an afternoon tea cake tier that’s more heavy on the desserts.

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