Mom's Apple Pie - David's Tea

Where to buy:  David’s Tea

Description:  IT'S LIKE GOING HOME

This tea will bring you right back to your childhood. Thanks to the spicy aroma of cinnamon, the sweet smell of apples baking in the oven and the fresh green tea blend. Don’t remember that last part? Okay, so we added the green tea. It’s a great way to bring all the nostalgic flavour of mom’s dessert right to your mug. So wherever you go, you’ve got the warm memories…but not the calories. Mom would approve.

Ingredients:  Green tea (China), apple pieces, cinnamon, artificial flavouring

My Review:

Mom’s Apple Pie is part of The Fall Collection at David’s Tea and my sister recently came home with a pouch of this delicious smelling tea. Since I love apple pie, I asked her if I could use some and she very reluctantly agreed.

Once the pouch was opened I was immediately hit with the scent of apple and cinnamon. This tea is a green tea with chunks of dried apple that make a very pretty blend.

The recommended brewing is 1.5 tsp. of Mom’s Apple Pie, water heated to 82 degrees Celsius (or 185 degrees Fahrenheit), steeped for 3-4 minutes. I brewed a regular sized cup of tea for 3 minutes and added a little brown sugar.

When brewed, the smell of apple and cinnamon really permeated my kitchen and I couldn't wait to try it. The apple scent really came through while steeping and was not dominated by the cinnamon. When I took a sip I could definitely taste the apple and cinnamon with a slight butter-like taste that reminded me of apple pie crust. The brown sugar that I added I think made it taste even more like authentic apple pie. Although this tea has relatively simple ingredients, I think it lives up to it's claim of tasting like apple pie.

All in all, this tea wasn't bad. I think it could be a little stronger in the flavor department, but I didn't want to steep this tea much longer than the recommended time because I was afraid of the green tea becoming bitter. I found that I had to constantly remind myself that this was a tea and not real apple pie because I expected the flavors to have much more depth and richness. This is a tea that I would like to try again, but my sister is a little too hesitant to give up much more so I might just have to buy my own.