The Secret Weapon

Greetings tea lovers!

It has a been a long while since any of us have posted. It is summer time and while we do still drink tea, most tea parties and active degustations have been put on hold (naturally, of course :P). Today was a rather rainy and chilly day - definitely conducive to tea drinking! So after the Bubble Battle around Mont-Royal metro, we made our way to David's Tea for premium chillage and general tasting of new teas. They have some new teas for their summer collection. We didn't try any though. We were all enchanted to try some of the other flavors.

I will only cover the tea I had as I did not try the others. But, Captain Wildchild and Silvermaple had 3 wishes, another friend had Rooibos de Provence and Paw had one whose name I do not recall (wow my memory stinks today).

I have "The Secret Weapon", a white tea, described as follows by DT:

Kick-start your immune system

This blend just might give you the edge you need to stay healthy. It’s a white Bai Mu Dan, so it’s naturally high in immunity-enhancing antioxidants. Plus it contains licorice and goji berries, a Chinese wonderfood reputed to have 500 times more vitamin C than oranges. The best part? The almonds and cocoa nibs. They don’t fight colds, but they make this an amazingly tasty weapon of choice. 

When I smelled it, it was like awesome almond happiness with a hint of sweetness. I love almonds and I was sleepy. So I thought, hey, why not? Let's boost my immunity and have some yay. The smell is probably the best part of it. It was less nutty and definitely less sweet that I was expected. So, it was like a white tea with a hint of generally nondescript flavor. It lacked umph. Today, I am not impressed. But ah well. Not all teas can be winners. I give this one a 2/5.

As a side note, as the premium fall season full of crunchy leaves is approaching, tea parties should start up again! Next theme TBD. Woot woot.