New tea alert!
This one is sort of DAVIDsTEA’s Canada Day shout out for the year! Plus, this year is extra special as well because it’s the 150th year Canada has been around. We’re doing several neat things in store to celebrate, and this is part of that. In fact, the whole blend is inspired by things that are red and white to sort of show that Canadian pride: coconut, watermelon, rhubarb, rose, white tea – you get the picture.
Our whole staff was pretty excited for this tea prior to its launch, but I’ll admit I’ve been putting off my review of it here on Steepster because, well, I just don’t like anything about it…
I wanted to! So badly! However, there’s something seriously off about it to me. When I smell the tea leaf in the tin itself, it actually physically makes my nose burn. I’ve also had it both hot and iced now and no matter how I seem to steep it all I get out of the brew is lots and lots of coconut and this super aritificial/chemical taste that I only seem to be able to associate with the smell/taste of nail polish remover and nail polish itself. I mean, anyone who’s ever painted their nails will know the almost burning sensation of acetone and that’s just entirely what this reminds me of!?
And one you mentally make the nail polish associate you just don’t come back from that.
Seriously though! I’m so disappointed because I wanted to love this one A LOT! I mean, coconut AND rhubarb! That just sounds like the best combination to me. Plus, honestly, it’s actually been surprisingly popular in stores! The day we launched it it was a TOTD and we actually cleared three brews of it which is A LOT for our store to do in one day. So, people are into it.
I’m just not one of those people.
Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts regarding the teas, and not the company’s.
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I bought Tea the North on the weekend. I had smelt the contents of the large canister in store and it had a scent that I liked. I bought the prepackaged decorative tin and was excited to try the tea. I opened it yesterday and the package smelt a little odd but I thought it was maybe the plastic bag that it had been stored in. The tea tasted alright, not one of my favourites that I have bought in the past, but it was drinkable. I opened the tin to show my oldest and my husband and I choked. Literally, the smell that came from that tin took my breath away, and not in a good way. I asked my husband to smell the tea and shot me a look like I was trying to do him in. My oldest as well was not found of the smell. Odd thing is, when brewed it doesn’t smell like nail polish remover and it tastes alright. I have made two cups of ice tea out of it in hopes the smell will go away, but I cannot get past the smell. Nail polish remover is overpowering and turns my stomach. I am with you, I cannot do it. The smell has tainted my taste buds.
What I do not get, or understand, is why the canister in store did not smell like the contents of my tin. If it smelt like that the day I bought it, it would have stayed on the shelf.
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I bought Tea the North on the weekend. I had smelt the contents of the large canister in store and it had a scent that I liked. I bought the prepackaged decorative tin and was excited to try the tea. I opened it yesterday and the package smelt a little odd but I thought it was maybe the plastic bag that it had been stored in. The tea tasted alright, not one of my favourites that I have bought in the past, but it was drinkable. I opened the tin to show my oldest and my husband and I choked. Literally, the smell that came from that tin took my breath away, and not in a good way. I asked my husband to smell the tea and shot me a look like I was trying to do him in. My oldest as well was not found of the smell. Odd thing is, when brewed it doesn’t smell like nail polish remover and it tastes alright. I have made two cups of ice tea out of it in hopes the smell will go away, but I cannot get past the smell. Nail polish remover is overpowering and turns my stomach. I am with you, I cannot do it. The smell has tainted my taste buds.
What I do not get, or understand, is why the canister in store did not smell like the contents of my tin. If it smelt like that the day I bought it, it would have stayed on the shelf.
Hey Catnap,
I’m following you now on Steepster; do you mind following me back so I can send you a private PM?