Goji Pop

It is so so so hard to rate this herbal, because it is in essence two teas:

The first is super bitter and too much and not at all pleasant. Rating = 10

The second is amazing and light and fruity and delicious! Rating = 85

What makes the difference? It is the equivalent drinking cheap perfume when it’s hot. Ice it, however, and you fall in love. It is like some supreme juice made of only the plumpest and juiciest and freshest of fruits. It is summer is a tall glass with slices of lemon. It is the basis of any good pitcher of sangria. And this coming from the gal who previously hated iced teas with a passion. Yum!

Only problem? This can become surprisingly expensive due to the large amount needed to make a good iced tea and how heavy this tea is. 60g of it allowed me to make 1 hot tea, one picher of sangria, and one pitcher of iced tea. Ouch.

ammmmmazing! smells like a fruit roll-up!
the taste is sweet and light with juuust a little hit of that tart hibiscus in the background, just enough to create a tangy fruit flavour.
i want to make little bags of potpourri with this dry tea and leave them all over my house it smells so good!

This is the first tea i bought and i loved it.

It’s a Wonderful iced tea and it’s very good too as a hot tea. It’s a fruity tea with a little sour taste (sour but damn good). This tea is my new “juice”. I’m a big Pepsi drinker but since i discovered aromatised teas, i’m not drinking much colas.

The only negative point i can say (and i’m not sure if it’s in my head or what) is that i think that when you have that tea for a long time in your cup, it tasted weird and the “texture” is different. (Note: with my Contigo Cup, AKA the best cup i never had, my tea can stay hot for at least 4 hours).

So I decided to try this tea today after my workout…iced… It smells like a strawberry lemonade with a hint of something else… not sure what that is but it smells really good.

After brewing it was a pale pinkish color really pretty! The smell was still strawberry lemonade to me… The first taste was a bit tart and tasted to me just like it smelled. But there is still that something else I would guess it is the Goji berry because I have never had it. This tea is good I don’t know if I would buy another bag but it is good and fruity! It will hit the spot on a hot day.

The balance of all the ingredients is just perfect. The first thing that comes to mind when tasting is melon, but surrounded by a rich taste of…. hmmm… other tasty stuff! It’s a little tart, which is a big plus for me. There is also a natural sweetness to it, maybe because of the apple chunks, though the sweetness is also perfectly balanced. The best about it might be the aftertaste. After swallowing a sip, the flavour left in my mouth seems to change every minute, revealing a new dimension of its yumminness. Then, if I wait too long before the next sip, I can feel my taste buds screaming “More! More! More!”. I don’t know how many cups of this I could drink in a row, but probably many. Many many.

I hope DAVIDsTEA plans on keeping this one in stores for the summer, because it will be absolutely perfect for iced tea!

I had never tried some iced tea before (I mean, aside from one we buy in cans lol) and even though it’s freaking cold outside, I decided it was time to try it! So I went with Goji Pop because I had been told by one of my friends it was amazing cold. I was a bit worried because I like it so much hot I couldn’t help but think it would taste watered down once cold… not at all! I let it cold steeped all night and it’s amazing with breakfast this morning ! :) It’s really sweet and very fruity. Nice!

Not sure how to feel about this one; it’s something I could see drank chilled in the summer rather than warm in the winter, like I’m enjoying it now. Like other reviewers have said, it’s a subtle melon taste with not much else to it; basic, simple and ultimately inoffensive.

I had my first taste of this tea this morning on my way to work. There are so many flavors swimming over my tongue that I’m not sure which to concentrate on, but let’s say my mouth is immensly happy!

As I drank it hot, I got a nice sweet taste of berries, apples and melons. There was a hint of tartness to it in the background – but as I didn’t let mine steep to long, I think it kept the level of tartness down a bit.

As I was drinking it at work as well, it ended up cooling off – but that didn’t hinder the flavor at all! In fact I think this will work very well as a nice, refreshing iced tea in the summer! Yum – can’t wait to try!

My one and only complaint? That I didn’t try this one sooner!

Ok let me start off by saying I purchased the iced tea pack of this and only made a pitcher iced, not hot. I’m also not a fan of all things melon – except for the real thing. So all that being said, this tea was just under “meh” for me. I couldn’t taste the goji at all, and I enjoy eating them dried in a trail mix and in soups. Not one I would buy again because of the overpowering cool melon taste. Melon lovers, buy this in bulk for the iced goodness! ;)

I used my flash chill iced tea pitcher to make a batch of this a couple of days ago, and I’m just finishing up the last of it now.

I didn’t particularly enjoy the smell of the dry mixture, but I’m glad that I gave it a chance anyway. It’s really good iced. It’s fruity, sweet, and a little bit tart. It reminds me of some frozen fruit drink that I used to like as a kid, though I can’t put my finger on what exactly that drink was. I just know that it was also pinkish in color and delicious.

When I drink this, it’s the melon that I pick up on the most. I was a bit worried that the hibiscus (blech) might make it too tart if over-steeped, but 6 minutes seemed to be just fine.

All in all, a really delicious summer tea.