If you aren’t familiar, DAVIDsTea’s Glitter and Gold tea is a Chinese black tea blended with gold sugar balls, gold sugar crystals, lemon peel, cloves and vanilla. True to its namesake, Glitter and Gold does sparkle.
Admittedly, if you brew this tea normally you might not see the tea sparkle. I owned 50 grams of this tea about 3 or 4 years ago and only once or twice saw it sparkle, an only when I used a glass tea mug.
Not too long ago, I was gifted a couple servings of Glitter and Gold tea. One sleepy morning I decided to have a cup of Glitter and Gold tea, but awake enough to set up ideal sparkle conditions. My steeping of Glitter and Gold tea was with a small one serving 200ml glass tea pot, which I bought for gong fu steeping and pretty tea blog photos. This tea pot does not have an infuser, just a filter coil at the spout to stop the leaves from escaping. I didn’t expect my cell phone to film such impressive tea sparkle!
Looks like a field of stars!
In mug, leaves removed, the tea does sparkle until the sugar is fully dissolved or sinks to the bottom of the cup.
Spiffy! I think I will have to buy DAVIDsTea’s Glitter and Gold tea again. This tea would be an amazing tea presentation in a larger glass tea pot to serve at an afternoon tea!
