Blueberry Jam (Organic) - David's Tea

Where to buy:  David’s Tea

Description:  WE'RE JAMMIN'

Blueberries might just be the greatest fruit around – after all, they’re the star ingredient of North America’s favourite muffin. And hundreds of years before moms were making them into jams, jellies and cakes, blueberries were called “star berries” and revered for their healing powers. Another little known fact about blueberries is that they make for one great cup of tea – when you blend them with black tea, elderberries, cornflowers and stevia, it’s the perfect companion to your morning toast. (MK Kosher)

Ingredients:  Fair Trade Certified black tea, blueberries, elderberries, pink cornflower petals, stevia. With organic and natural flavouring

My Review:

This is one of my sister’s favorite teas, so naturally I decided to try it (don’t worry, I got permission first!).

When I opened this tea, the first thing I noticed was that this tea was FULL of blueberries. There were so many blueberries on the top that I could hardly see the tea underneath. This tea has a very strong blueberry scent and I was hopeful that this smell would also transfer to the taste.

The recommended brewing is 1.25 tsp. of Blueberry Jam tea, water heated to 98 degrees Celsius (or 208degrees Fahrenheit), steeped for 4-7 minutes. I brewed my standard large cup with 2.5 teaspoons of tea for 7 minutes and added a little buckwheat honey and some milk.

Once brewed, this tea smells even more of blueberry and the blueberry taste comes through strongly. Even though this tea already has stevia in it, I didn't find that this tea was sweet enough so I had to add honey. Regardless of the lack of sweetness, this tea actually does taste like blueberry jam, but the homemade farmer’s market blueberry jam and not the high fructose corn syrup supermarket kind of blueberry jam. The only weird thing about this tea is that if you add milk it turns a greyish taupe shade.

This tea is quite aromatic and pleasant. I’m not a huge fan of teas with fruit in them, but I love blueberries and I love this tea! I’ll definitely be having another cup (if my sister will let me use more of her tea!).