I got a pretty large Trader Nick’s order in a few days ago. I was running low on their Circle of Life blend that I adore and wanted to buy more, and since they’re a bit annoying to order from here in Canada (shipping is high + duties) I figured I’d just go all out and get a TON of samples in order to make paying for shipping feel more worthwhile. Plus Disney inspo teas are fun!
This is the first one in the box that I brewed up. I, of course, had to do the sniff test with every sample I grabbed and there were A LOT that smelled appealing but the note of sweet, juicy and almost over ripe pineapple from this tea was just calling my name. It was very good brewed up! Not quite as intense as expected given the smell, but definitely a really strong representation of both that sweet pineapple and juicy strawberry flavour that it’s meant to taste like. I didn’t even mind the green tea base. It was quite smooth, and worked with the tropical sorta lean.
I will say that this is definitely not the flavour I would have expected for a Pocahontas inspired tea (especially Colours of The Wind). To be fair, I don’t necessarily have a better suggestion but pineapple/tropical flavours just feel like the wrong vibe to me.
And total side note, I think I realized while selecting teas for this order but I don’t think Trader Nick’s has any Mulan or Tarzan inspired blends!? And that just kind of made me a little sad – I think there’s a lot of fun things you could do with those two movies as inspiration…