DAVIDsTEA’s Sticky Rice Oolong | Tea Review

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DAVIDsTEA Sticky Rice Oolong spoon

Sticky rice is a nostalgic food for me! I remember getting sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaves at dim sum as a child. Therefore, I knew that I had to pick this up right away!

Description: “This sweet and creamy oolong is blended with Nuo Mi Xiang – a tender Chinese herb that tastes and smells just like sticky rice.”

Instructions: 1-2 Perfect Spoonfuls of tea | 475 ml (16 oz) of 90/195water for hot tea or 295 ml (10 oz) for iced | Steep for 4-5 minutes

DAVIDsTEA Sticky Rice Oolong dry dish

Review: While the tea has now become an online-exclusive only, when I first encountered this tea, it was actually in shops! When I smelled the tightly rolled oolongs, it had the distinct sweet rice smell that I would encounter after opening steamed sweet sticky rice in the lotus leaf. I was so excited to taste it!

After steeping it for 4 minutes, the wet reddish-brown leaves had mostly unfurled and smelled sweet and savoury just like sticky rice! There was also a floral and grassy undertone. It smelled very promising.

DAVIDsTEA Sticky Rice Oolong wet dish

The liquor smelled sweet and reminded me of rice and mushrooms. It was a clear reddish-orange. The taste was much more grassy, with earthy tones and mild herbal and there was a faint “sticky rice” undertones that lingered.

I tried steeping the tea for more because I wanted to see if I could get a stronger the “sticky rice” taste that I had smelled from the dry tea, but it still had a predominantly medical and herbal taste.

Overall, while I loved how the tea smelled, which brought me right back to eating dim sum on a Saturday morning with my family, the taste did not match up to the smell (2.5/5 rating).

  • Type: Oolong tea
  • Origin: Taiwan
  • Caffeine: Low caffeine
  • Ingredients: Oolong tea, sticky rice leaves (Nuo Mi Xiang)
  • Other: Kosher
  • Company: DAVIDsTEA

The question of the post: Have you had sticky rice before?

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6 comments

philrushworthzhentea March 7, 2019 - 7:31 am

I’ve had the ones with the pork at the center! So delicious!

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teainspoons March 7, 2019 - 10:38 pm

Yes, I know the one! With the salted egg? Yummy!

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TeaIsAWishBlog March 10, 2019 - 5:24 am

Sticky Rice oolong sounds amazing! I’m crazy on oolong at the moment so I’m always on the luck out for new blends and things with it in

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teainspoons March 11, 2019 - 12:09 pm

Yeah! This was a neat one because it is made with the herb.

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