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DAVIDsTEA
Category: Food Coffee & Tea Coffee & Tea [Edit]
4859 Sherbrooke St WWestmount, QC H3Z
(514) 489-0404
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
One review for DAVIDsTEA
1 review in English
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Review from Conner M.
Westmount, QC
10/20/2011
Like any other store that's selling a gourmet-something-or-other, when you get good service here, it's REALLY good--expert advice from someone who really knows their stuff about tea. When you get middling service, you don't get that wealth of information. I once worked in a wine shop, and I was the dull employee who didn't have extensive information about each bottle in the store--but there was always someone there who could, and I wouldn't hesitate to fetch the expert.
Anyway, when Davids Tea has an expert in residence, I'm always happy with my purchase. When there's nobody there who really knows their stuff, then I just get what the expert recommended last time.
I think that most of their blends are kind of nasty, filled with candy and goji berries and dried fruit. It's like they are trying to sell me potpourri instead of tea. They always have samples of these blends, and no matter how many times I try their chocolate mint tea (???), I cannot bring myself to enjoy it.
But that's just a taste issue--I enjoy less flavour-y teas, so I buy simple oolongs like their Ty Kwan Yin, English Breakfast, Lapsang Suchong.
I also like that when you buy a tin-full of tea, the airtight tin comes free, and you can get a fifty-cent rebate if you bring it back to get it filled again.
Their tea accessories tend to lean towards the modern, which I like but might not be for someone who's looking for an old-fashioned teapot instead of something that looks more Scandinavian.
So: when the expert's in the house, it's a good place to get some suggestions from an employee who knows their stuff. When they're not there...I mostly play it safe.
