DAVIDsTEA Tea Review (2026): Is It Worth It? Best & Worst Blends

Cream of Earl Grey is the blend we'd hand to a skeptic. It takes a classic bergamot-forward black tea and rounds it with natural cream and vanilla flavoring, plus organic marigold and cornflower petals for a floral lift. The result is the rare flavored Earl Grey that tastes balanced rather than perfumed — the citrus oil reads bright, the vanilla softens the tannins, and it holds up to milk if you take it that way.

It's also certified organic, which matters more for flavored black tea than people assume, since the leaf carries whatever it's grown with. Steep at near-boiling for 4-5 minutes; it's forgiving of a long steep where lesser Earl Greys turn bitter. Available on Amazon in sealed sachet tins, so you can get the genuine article without a store trip.

Forever Nuts is DAVIDsTEA's most famous caffeine-free blend, and it deserves the hype. Apple, almond, cinnamon, and beetroot combine into a cup that's naturally sweet with no added sugar — the beetroot lends both a gentle earthiness and the signature rosy-pink color (no dye). It drinks like warm apple pie and is one of the few herbals that's genuinely satisfying without honey.

It's traditionally enjoyed as an evening, wind-down cup precisely because it's caffeine-free and tastes like dessert. Note the almond: this blend contains nuts, so it's off-limits for nut allergies. Steep 5-7 minutes off the boil. Widely stocked on Amazon in sachet tins.

DAVIDsTEA's Organic Ceremonial Matcha is a pleasant surprise from a brand better known for flavored blends. Sourced from Nishio in Japan's Aichi prefecture — a region with a long matcha pedigree — it's stone-ground, vibrant green, and whisks to a smooth, faintly sweet cup with the velvety mouthfeel you want from ceremonial grade. It's USDA Organic, which is reassuring for a powder you consume whole.

Is it the equal of a $60 single-cultivar matcha from a specialty Japanese importer? No. But for daily drinking and lattes it's well above café-grade and competitively priced. Use water around 175°F (never boiling) and whisk. Sold on Amazon in several tin sizes.

If you love chai but not the caffeine, this is the DAVIDsTEA to buy. Built on a red rooibos base rather than black tea, the Organic Cinnamon Rooibos Chai layers organic apple and cinnamon for a warm, lightly sweet cup that needs no sugar. It's certified organic and caffeine-free, which makes it a rare chai you can drink after dinner without consequences.

It's milder and sweeter than a peppery masala chai, so spice-heads may want to add fresh ginger. It takes milk well for a latte. Among DAVIDsTEA's most heavily stocked sachet products on Amazon, available in tins from roughly 12 up to 75 sachets.

Cold 911 is DAVIDsTEA's go-to 'feeling-rough' herbal. A caffeine-free blend built around peppermint and eucalyptus, it brews intensely aromatic and cooling — the kind of cup that opens up a stuffy head and soothes a scratchy throat. It is traditionally used for, and marketed for, comfort during cold-and-flu season; to be clear, it is a tea, not a medicine, and makes no disease-treatment claims.

The eucalyptus is assertive, so a shorter 4-5 minute steep keeps it from turning medicinal. It's certified organic and caffeine-free, making it fine any time of day. Available on Amazon in sachet tins.

Birthday Cake is the blend that most divides our tasters. A caffeine-free rooibos base studded with actual sprinkles, it delivers a sweet, vanilla-frosting cup that genuinely tastes like birthday cake — the gimmick works. For people who want a fun, dessert-replacement tea, it's a delight and a great caffeine-free treat.

But it leans on flavoring (including artificial) to hit that frosting note, and it is not certified organic like several of the brand's other bestsellers. Over a full tin, the sweetness can fatigue. We rate it three stars: excellent at being what it is, but a narrower everyday pick than the Earl Grey or Forever Nuts. Available on Amazon.

If you're new to DAVIDsTEA, start here, not with a single tin. The Top Teas Sachet Wheel packs 36 sachets across six bestselling flavours — Morning Detox, Cream of Earl Grey, Cinnamon Rooibos, Buddha's Blend, Silk Dragon Jasmine, and Forever Nuts — letting you taste the range before betting on one blend.

It bundles two of our top picks (Cream of Earl Grey and Forever Nuts), which alone justify it, plus four more to map your own preferences. It also makes a strong gift. Available on Amazon as a ready-to-ship wheel.