Tea Party

So – as I mentioned yesterday, in an attempt to give up coffee, I have started to try getting in to tea.

One of my coworkers told me about this fantastic tea place in Edmonton and I had to check it out myself when I was in the city last weekend.

David’s Tea is a Canadian company that started in Montreal a few years ago. They have expanded all over the country, and luckily (for me) there are two locations in Edmonton.

Since I am fairly new to tea drinking (besides a few teas here and there, as well as the Tazo collection from Starbucks) – I certainly hadn’t had much experience with loose tea, which is what David’s is all about.

So I made my way into the store, and was pleasantly surprised – the layout was clean and simple to the left was a wall with sweeteners such as organic honey and agave syrup, as well as different tea pots, cups and pitchers. I had heard a little bit about it from my coworker but I was NOT prepared for what I saw when I looked at the right wall, approximately 100 canisters of loose tea lined the wall.

The salesgirl was INCREDIBLE – asked me what kind of tea I was interested in trying, why kind of flavours I liked, etc. I explained to her that I was trying to cut out caffeine and that I wasn’t certain what kind of tea I liked best. I tried the two teas of the day and told her which one I liked best. She gave me about 5 different canisters to smell, and that’s about all I could handle!!

I picked three of the five flavors she showed me Forever Nuts (which reminded me of autumn), Goji Pop (fresh and fruity smelling) and Pink Flamingo (this smells INCREDIBLE in the bag!! Just like pink grapefruit) – Ironically, every tea I picked turns pink when steeped

I drank both the Forever Nuts and the Goji Pop warm and I iced the Pink Flamingo – it was DELICIOUS!!

It’s amazing how delicious these teas were, and I think I paid about $15 for 3 bags (1 of each flavour) which is a bit “steep” (haha!) but it last a LONG time, especially because you only use about 1.5 to 2 tsp at a time.

The other cool part about this place is that you can either buy a tea ball (which I already had something similar to at home) or you can buy disposable fillable tea bags to make your own (which would be great if you were travelling).

Personally, I decided to buy this mug – the Timolino – which is pretty awesome in my opinion, it’s a stainless steel “To Go” mug with a detachable infuser – I got it in the smokey blue color, and I was shocked when I filled it the other morning and an hour later it STILL burned my tongue!

Sorry to have such a long post about products, but I was just beyond impressed by this store, and I think any tea aficionado (or wannabe ;P) should check this place out (if there is one in your town).

Any big tea drinkers out there?? What are your thoughts on loose tea??

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