I bought this about a year ago and tried it a couple times. Originally, I thought this blend was too strong? I think? I tried it a while ago. But I think now with age, the tea has mellowed its flavors and it’s possibly more to my liking. It also looks really pretty with all that green and the accents of blue cornflowers and white snowflake sprinkles. The coconut shards also might look like snow, the most like any unmeltable ingredient can look like snow anyway. I also love the idea of pine needles here to give it that earthy, snow falling in a forest element. The spearmint adds a nice frosty cooling element as well. The spearmint is the main flavor here. The coconut isn’t present in the flavor which will be fine with me when the coconut goes off. I’m not sure what the eucalyptus does for the flavor as I’m not sure what it tastes like among all these other ingredients. The second steep was brewed about eight minutes but the flavor wasn’t overdone. A nice balanced flavor that was very enjoyable. Overall, a decent unique blend that I was happy to try, with multiple elements that say ‘snowy winter’. It brightens winter up a bit, I think, but I guess all my teas do that…. unless it’s a bad tea.
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoons // 10 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 8 minute steep
Flavors: Spearmint
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I voted for this one to come back this year because it sounded interesting. Unfortunately, it didn’t win… QQ
I found the eucalyptus to have a similar flavor to mint but a little more bitter; there was a strong menthol/cooling effect from it. Since they had paired this with coconut but the flavor of that was completely lost, I finished off my sample making it as a latte with coconut milk, and it actually paired really nicely that way (and it took away any bitterness from the eucalyptus, too). I don’t think I ever would’ve thought to pair coconut milk with spearmint/eucalyptus but it was an extremely tasty flavor combo.
I voted for this one to come back this year because it sounded interesting. Unfortunately, it didn’t win… QQ
I found the eucalyptus to have a similar flavor to mint but a little more bitter; there was a strong menthol/cooling effect from it. Since they had paired this with coconut but the flavor of that was completely lost, I finished off my sample making it as a latte with coconut milk, and it actually paired really nicely that way (and it took away any bitterness from the eucalyptus, too). I don’t think I ever would’ve thought to pair coconut milk with spearmint/eucalyptus but it was an extremely tasty flavor combo.