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Chocolate Rocket Tea Review

26 October, 2013 by Giselle Rochford Leave a Comment

Chocolate Rocket Tea

The Tea: This evening I finally tried the last tea from the David’s Tea starter kit: Chocolate Rocket Tea. It’s a Brazilian mate with cocoa, almonds, roasted chicory root and raspberries. The Preparation: Use 1.5 tsp per cup and steep for 4 – 5 minutes in 94C water. The Experience: The weather in Waterloo is

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Japanese Sencha Tea Review

22 October, 2013 by Giselle Rochford 4 Comments

Japanese Sencha Tea

The Tea: This afternoon I decided to try the Japanese Sencha tea from David’s Tea. It sounds pretty fancy, but it’s pretty much just green tea, from Japan. The Preparation: Use 1 tsp per cup and steep for 2-3 minutes in 74°C water. The Benefits: Japanese Sencha tea contains catechin which is said to lower

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Mango Madness Tea Review

21 October, 2013 by Giselle Rochford 4 Comments

mango madness tea

The Tea: This afternoon I had a cup of David’s Tea’s Mango Madness tea. This white tea contains apple pieces, orange peel, orange slices, pineapple, mango, freeze dried tangerine and strawberry pieces, marigold blossoms and safflower petals. Phew try saying that in one breath 😆 The Preparation: Use 2 tsp per cup and steep for 5 –

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Cream of Earl Grey Tea Review

19 October, 2013 by Giselle Rochford 4 Comments

cream of earl grey

The Tea: This morning I tried a cup of the Cream of Earl Grey tea from the David’s Tea starter kit. It’s a combination of black tea, cornflowers, natural vanilla and bergamot flavouring. The Preparation: Use 1.5 tsp per cup and steep for 3-5 mins in 98C water. The Smell: I must say that I

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Cinnamon Heart Tea Review

18 October, 2013 by Giselle Rochford 4 Comments

Cinnamon Heart Tea

The Tea: This morning I had a cup of Cinnamon Heart Tea from David’s Tea. It’s a combination of cooked pu’erh tea, Chinese black tea, lemon, cloves and cinnamon. I was a little sluggish and this one has medium caffeine, so I just went for it as soon as I got to work, and it

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Forever Nuts Tea Review

17 October, 2013 by Giselle Rochford 2 Comments

Forever Nuts Tea

The Tea: This afternoon I had a cup of David’s Tea’s Forever Nuts Tea. It’s got a cool ingredient list, just apples, almonds, cinnamon and beetroot. The almond/beetroot kind of threw me, mostly because I’ve probably only had beets once or twice in my life. But I saw it and thought, what the hell YOLO

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Coco Chai Rooibos Tea Review

16 October, 2013 by Giselle Rochford 6 Comments

Coco Chai Rooibos

The Tea: Tonight I had a cup of Coco Chai Rooibos, another tea from David’s Tea’s starter kit. It’s a combination of rooibos, cinnamon, cardamum, ginger, cloves, pink peppercorns and coconut (heavy on the coconut). The preparation: Use 1.5 tsp of tea per cup and steep in 98C water for 4-7 minutes. I left mine

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The Skinny Tea Review

15 October, 2013 by Giselle Rochford 9 Comments

The Skinny

The Tea: Today’s tea came with the starter kit I picked up from David’s Tea over the weekend. The Skinny was recommended by a reader when I first started this series, so I was pretty excited to try it once I saw it was part of this collection. It’s an organic tea containing Chinese oolong

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Pumpkin Chai Tea Review

14 October, 2013 by Giselle Rochford 7 Comments

Hey There! I’m finally back after a weekend of radio silence. I was plagued by headaches on and off all weekend and decided to take a break from the computer for a bit 🙁 But I’m back again, feeling better and ready to tell y’all about a new tea 😀 The Tea: I finally made

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Raspberry Blackcurrant Tea Review

10 October, 2013 by Giselle Rochford 9 Comments

Raspberry Blackcurrant Tea

The Tea: Today’s tea is a Raspberry Blackcurrant tea from Higgins & Burke. I grabbed one from the kitchen at work today because I hadn’t tried it before. Per the website, H&B’s Raspberry Blackcurrant tea contains Hibiscus, rosehips, chicory, natural flavours, lemongrass, licorice root and has America, Asian and African origins The Preparation: Use 1

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Pistachio Cream Tea Review

9 October, 2013 by Giselle Rochford 4 Comments

Pistachio Cream Tea

The Tea: Today’s tea was another one donated by a friend: Pistachio Cream Tea from David’s Tea. According to the website, it’s a combination of Mulberry leaf, pistachios, chamomile, natural cream, and flavouring. It sounded like a strange combination, but I was excited to try it. The Preparation: Use 1.5 tsp of pistachio cream tea

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Orange Spice Tea Review

8 October, 2013 by Giselle Rochford 20 Comments

The Rant Did you know that tea at Second Cup costs $2! At first I didn’t think much of how much I was paying at the time, but as I was walking home I got to thinking…I just paid $2 for a tea bag. All the sizes cost the same so it’s not like I’m

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