I am very conflicted when it comes to Tea the North.
I want to like it, I really do. For the most part, I really enjoyed the scent of the store canister and the sample drink I had there. I bought the decorative tin (mostly because I thought it looked cool) and made my way home happy with my purchase.
I did not open it right away, but waited a few days before preparing an iced brew to take to work with me. The scent coming from the pre-sealed bag was overpowering and very strong. I wasn’t even sure if I would continue with the tea as planned. I let my thirst take over and prepared the tea and was on my way. It has a very strong coconut flavour, which is alright but I was hoping for a more rhubarb flavour, or something more complementary in flavour.
When I returned home, I took out the container to see if the scent that was coming from the tea was due to the packaging, since the tea had not smelt that way in store. To my disappointment though it was still overpoweringly strong. I had my oldest smell the tea to see if it was just me and then my husband smelt it as well. I told him it reminded me of nail polish remover, which he commented that it was very acetone like.
I had another ice brew of the tea, with the same over power coconut taste. I had thought about trying it just hot, but the smell throws me off course every time I open the container.
Flavors: Coconut
