Coconut Grove

Name:   Coconut Grove


Brand: David's Tea


Primary Type: White


Dry Scent: Very coconutty. This reminds me of making cookies or, well, anything that involves baking with shaved coconut. There's a hint of "Hawaiian Tropic" here but it's not cloying, and the tea leaves mellow the coconut scent out a bit.


Steeping Time: 4-5 min


Steeped Flavour: How best to describe this...hmm...it's very tasty. It's like drinking "essence of macaroons*" and I didn't even have to add any sweetener to get there! The coconut is just naturally sweet and it blends so nicely with the delicate flavour of the white tea that it is blissfully pleasant to drink. I honestly cannot describe the flavour as anything else than macaroons! *(the plain kind, not chocolate macaroons. And yes, I know, there needs to be a real drink that is essence of macaroons)


Food/Drink Pairings: This is probably best served as a dessert tea. It would go well with everything from cookies to lemon snow to heavily spiced coffee cake and would probably be amazing reduced and poured over vanilla ice cream.


Rating out of Six Tails:
6/6


Buy/Don't Buy


Buy this one while you can, folks, if it sounds like your cup of tea ^_~. It was part of the summer line and might not be around much longer. I just had to review it while people still have a chance to pounce on it!