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Ou! I like this one quiet a bit. It smells like berries and cream. After steeping this tea, it smells like coconut with a hint of berry.

Most of Deb’s other green teas, except for Pumpkin Pie Tart and Deep Dish Apple Pie, have a prominent classic vegetal green tea taste. However, with this one, I can hardly taste the green tea. Instead, what I taste more is berries, hibiscus, and coconut.

With that being said, I am not sure if I get a strawberry flavour from this per se. It actually reminds me more of blueberries!

I am not sure if I will repurchase this one because Deb has some other yummy tea blends that I love. However, I am glad I got to try it! :)

I’m going to bump up my rating! I think the last time I had this tea; I scotched it with boiling water, and now I know that is a big no-no when making green tea. I recently got a temperature controlled water kettle for the holidays, which I am very excited about! So, I was looking forward to making this at the recommended green tea temperature, and it did wonders for this tea!

The first time I tasted this tea, it tasted oily, almost like coconut oil. But now, thanks to the correct water temperature, it tastes mostly like matcha – earthy, green, vegetal – and also subtly of coconut.

However, I am not sure I would describe this as a matcha cream puff per se, only because I think it needs more maple or sweet notes to elevate it to a matcha cream puff. But I still appreciate the energy this tea is giving me, and I look forward to trying this as a latte.

I think it smells more like a cream puff than tastes like a cream puff. But glad I got to try it properly now that I have a temperature controlled kettle! :)

Wow, this is a good tea. Like other people, I love Deb’s earl grey blends! Whatever bergamot she is using is working; it really makes itself known. I think this would make a good latte, but it has lemon peel in it, so it might cause the milk to curdle! :(

But this is everything I would want in a more floral-forward EG. It smells like bergamot with a hint of citrus from the lemon grass and lemon peel. The smell also lingers in the cup after steeping.

I think I might have over leafed this one just a tad bit, I will under leaf it next time, lol! But it tasted a tad bit bitter (but this might be my fault); however, the floral and citrus notes came together beautifully! This was not tart at all either, but it had a nice, subtle citrus note which helped balance everything out.

I might reorder this. It was delicious. :)

Going to bump up my review a bit because I do like this one and I think Deb did a good job replicating the taste of a maple, strawberry jam! It is a great dessert tea to have after dinner. I get the dry, earthy red rooibos taste, but it is subtle.

This is essentially mint chocolate chip cookie, but with a black tea base. However, I think I prefer her rooibos based version of this tea (this is surprising because I dislike rooibos). But with her other variation of this tea, the rooibos is in the background, and you get a pleasant mint/chocolate taste.

But with this one, the black tea overpowers the delicate mint notes. I even tried this one as a latte, but it was not the most pleasant. However, Deb’s other teas from the Holiday Cookie Collection have all been outstanding.

Deb has some beautiful EG blends, but this one is not my favourite. It has a strange, earthy smell that I cannot put my finger on. I think it is coming from the lavender? The dry leaf of this smells fine, but once steeped, it smells a bit like musty?

However, the taste itself is nice. The bergamot is noticeable, and this tea makes a good latte! :)

It is not my favourite EG (I prefer spiced earl grey muffin or earl’s sugar cookie over this one). It was just okay. Not one I would repurchase.

Hot this tastes meh, but I guess that it is because it is not meant to be had as a hot tea. However when I cold brewed this for a few hours in my tea pot, it tastes exactly like an unsweetened rainbow punch. I was a bit nervous it would be tart because of the hibiscus, but I think the hibiscus is just there to give it a bright, fruit punch colour. I do not taste the green tea base at all with this one (hot or cold). It mostly tastes like an unsweetened fruit punch.

I think I might be the minority here too, but I really enjoyed this one. However, I do love love love ginger, so that might be why I liked it.

I had this one black too; however, I think this is the type of tea that works best if you add milk and sugar. With those elements, it really tastes like a ginger custard. The turmeric also makes it look eerily similar to a custard when you add milk. But I am not sure if it tastes like a crème brûlée since I think it would need some kind of roasted or burnt sugar element to it.

I had this one a few days ago, but I remember liking it. It looks so festive – I love the pink cornflowers Deb added.

The red rooibos base is apparent, but not too much since there are lots of other notes like maple, berries, and so forth to counteract the earthy taste of the rooibos. I am not sure if this tastes like a cookie, but it is a nice refreshing berry tea. I am not sure if it is one that I need in my life, but I enjoyed being able to try it.

I had this one as a latte, and wow, I am quite impressed with this tea. I did not expect it to taste how it does. However, it truly tastes strangely like cookie butter. Not in terms of texture, but while drinking this, it made me think about the thick texture of peanut butter. I think both the caramel and toasted coconut were smart additions to this tea, and I will repurchase it again.