Just as the coffee beans are green before roasting tea leaves are green at harvest. To achieve a variety of tastes, manufacturers ferment leaves, carefully controlling whether how long the leaves are exposed to air after picking. When fermentation is complete the tea stays green or yellowish brown. Longer fermentation darkens leaves to create ‘black tea’. Flavored teas are prepared by adding other plants to oolong, green, yellow or white tea.
Below is the list of different teas that the box contained. I have tried 3 of them and the jumpy monkey was the best. I am sure the other teas would be as good as they look from their descriptions.
Cinnamon Heart :
This tea does not really have cinnamon hearts in it but its a blend of Sri lankan cinnamon, spices, oranges. pu’reh and chinese black tea. This tea has no calories and no sugar rush.
Cream of earl grey:
There is a citrus burst of bergamot oil, beautiful blue cornflower petals in this earl grey tea. It also has a touch of creamy vanilla that adds to a rich flavour.
Jumpy Monkey:
This has freshly roasted pea berry coffee beans with Argentine mate, white chocolate, cloves, almonds and other roasted barks and roots. It boasts of a delicious satisfying taste.
I really loved the flavour and colour of this tea. You can definitely taste the chocolate and cloves.
North African mint:
This combines organic green tea and peppermint with organic cardamom, ginger, licorice root, fennel, clove and black pepper. It is said to be deliciously sweet with all the romance of the Maghreb.
Creme Brulee:
The aroma of this tea is said to be outrageously tempting. It is creamy, caramel, decadent and rich. This roobibos tea is caffeine free, making it the perfect drink for after dinner and before bed.
Saigon Chai:
It is a blend of Assam tea, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves and pink peppercorns. Saigon cinnamon is the special finest spice that makes this tea so special. This tea has the warmth of pure chai with a milder taste.
Organic Breakfast:
This is a rich, malty, dawn to dusk awakening blend of Yunnan, keemun, Assam and Uva teas. The nature of robust tea is to be robust. You feel awake after drinking this David’s organic breakfast tea.
Sweet Dreams:
It is delicious blend of chamomile, lemongrass, hibiscus, licorice, lemon, orange and rose petals. It has everything to drift you in a dream land and stay there all nightlong.
Dragon Pearls:
This is a hand rolled, jasmine scented pearls of green tea. When added to hot water, the pearls majestically unfurl, releasing their delicate scent and flavor.
If you have tried Jasmine green tea. Dragon pearls smelled just the same.
Vanilla Oolong:
It is a least oxidized pouchong tea leaves, which gives a lighter, fresher taste. It is totally addictive with its delicious orange and vanilla flavoured sweetness.
Japanese Sencha:
Sencha is Japan’s most popular drink. It’s refreshing, revitalizing and utterly delicious. It is organic steamed japanese green tea from Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
I have tried this before. It has a nice buttery and sweet flavour. It does taste like grass but not as bitter as the ginseng tea.
White Tiger:
This organic white peony tea is a powerful blast of antioxidants with whole blue berries and pomegranate seeds. Its areal fighter and scare away any bad mood.
Source: Davids Tea
Update for Tea drinkers, March 28, 2017
Being a huge tea drinker, I always thought all teas are gluten free but they are not. Thankfully, I never had any issues so far. I avoid drinking store bought flavored teas and flavor my teas myself by adding ginger or homemade tea masala.
Thanks Emilia for letting me know that Davids Tea are not gluten free.
Lizzy Do
I usually drink plain old black tea…but the creme brulee is truly tempting!!!
Torviewtoronto
post looks wonderful
happy holidays to you and family
Christine's Pantry
That’s a nice gift. Love the different teas.
Ann
How lovely and I’m glad you’re enjoying them! Honey Bunny enjoys Earl Grey tea. I LOVE the ritual of tea, but I’ve never been a fan of the taste….which is to bad, because it’s just lovely.
Nava.K
Oohhhh!!! We too simply adore tea Bal and we do have some of the different types of tea as stated in your post. Nothing beats that glass of Chai tea after a meal or for evening pleasure. Great sharing you have done.
Tina
My mom is a tea fanatic and she would have gone crazy over this! That is a wonderful gift, no doubt you are enjoying some as I am typing this. I have made a note-perhaps my mom will get this for mothers day. Thanks for sharing.
Balvinder ( Neetu)
I know, these teas are so good that I am enjoying every sip of it. ‘Creme brulee’ is the only dessert I order when I go to a restaurant. I tried creme brulee tea today. When I brewed it definitely smell like vanilla and caramelized topping.The taste was amazing.
Cucina49
Thanks for walking through all these different types of teas–I would be overwhelmed by the choices. The cinnamon heart looks particularly good.
Malli
Absolutely lovely post and such flavorful teas!! Love it
Only Fish Recipes
wow…so many flavors….thanks for sharing this post 🙂
Julie
lovely post and thanx for the info !!
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Nami | Just One Cookbook
I drink tea throughout a day and I would love to have this for myself! It’s a wonderful way to learn different kinds of tea.
Kiri W.
Great post! This summer I spent an hour or so at a tea store in China, trying to pick the perfect one for my dad. It was such an amazing place! I also love how versatile tea can be in cooking. 🙂
Asmita
Wow, I hd no idea there were so many different kinds of teas. What a lovely post Balvinder.
Nupur
very useful post.. Thanks for sharing 🙂
UK Rasoi
Emilia
You should know that Davids Tea does not in fact guarantee their teas to be gluten free. They do not test their teas and note the possibility of cross-contamination at their facilities
Balvinder
Is that right? I usually drink black and natural green tea with no flavors added. This was a gift and thankfully I haven’t add any issues.
I’ll add a caution note to the post today!
Thanks!
Emilia
I’m happy to hear it hasn’t caused you any issues! I think I did react to their Earl Grey. I was so sad to learn about this issue. Their straight teas are more likely to be uncontaminated, but I have no confidence in any of their flavoured ones.
This is the full response I got from Davids Tea:
“Our teas do not contain gluten, however it’s a possibility that they may have come into contact with wheat/barley/rye or other source of gluten as they do not come from gluten-free facilities. There is always a risk of cross-contamination with all our teas.”
I since switched to Traditional Medicinals and Pukka teas, which made some more confident gluten-free guarantees :).
Wishing you all the best!
Balvinder
Thank you for letting me and the readers know that Traditional Medicinal and Pukka teas are certified gluten Free. Have a good day!
Emilia
Sorry, to be clear – I believe only Pukka are certified GF; Traditional Medicinals take precautions to avoid cross contamination. Have a wonderful day!