Douglas Fir Spring Tips

Tea type
Herbal Tea
Ingredients
Not available
Flavors
Pine, Evergreen, Fir, Citrusy, Drying, Forest Floor, Lemon, Wood, Citrus, Green Wood, Sour, Sweet, Vegetal, Nectar, Sap, Tart, Honey, Lemongrass
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Caffeine
Caffeine Free
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205 °F / 96 °C 6 min, 0 sec 10 oz / 303 ml

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  • “This will be my last logged tea before leaving florida tomorrow for my cross-country road trip and move to Seattle, Washington! Living in the Pacific Northwest has been my dream since visiting 2...” Read full tasting note
  • “Not only did I want to try this one because of the SEASON but because I’m divvying my stash and paying some forward and will send the rest of this to Azzrian I cold brewed this and it’s not too...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I chose this one for Afternoon Throat Soothing. If you are going to be sick around the holidays, why not drink pine needles!!!? :) It is doing the job admirably. I love the lemony gentle pine...” Read full tasting note
  • “Thank you to Jaime for sending me some of this tea in my Secret Santa package! This tisane smells like outside! Here in the Pacific Northwest we are surrounded by Douglas Fir trees, so I wasn’t...” Read full tasting note
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From Juniper Ridge

Made from 100% Douglas Fir spring tips that we harvest ourselves in the Pacific Northwest. Nothing else has been added to it, so you can experience the lovely light taste and lemony forest aroma of this distinctly Northwestern wild herb delicacy.

Ingredients: 100% sustainably wild harvested Douglas Fir needle tips.

https://juniperridge.com/shop/douglas-fir-spring-tip-tea/

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April Sipdown Challenge Prompt – an herbal tea for Herbalist Day!

I received a package from beerandbeancurd today! Many thanks!

It was already past our caffeine hours so I started with this one. The smell of the teabags in their pouch was astonishing. High citrus notes but wow, is this ever the scent of the most freshly Christmas tree and greenery ever. Sharp, exquisite pine-y aroma. It is immediately grounding.

The steeped beverage tastes the way it smells, but soft and gentle. When we poured it into our tiny white cups, it looked like a slightly cloudy soft green, and then – even though the leaves were in a fine filter bag – a cloud of soft sage green dust swirls and settles like clouds in the bottom of the cup.

Impressed with this one. I am drying the bags and saving them to stash here and there to enjoy their aroma for a little while longer.

Thank you, beerandbeancurd!

AJRimmer

I’m going to have to order some of this – sounds wonderful!

ashmanra

I have been sniffing the used tea bag and smiling throughout the day. It is on my desk! LOL

Martin Bednář

ashmanra, I confess I did it same for a few days. It doesn’t turned out moldy, so I was sniffing it for a few days for sure.

ashmanra

Yep, it is still on my desk! :D

beerandbeancurd

I love these tippies. I’m so glad you enjoyed!

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Ordered this because of so many lovely Steepster reviews. I don’t have much to add to what’s already mentioned in said reviews, except a nice long “me too” sigh. I love this, and I don’t really know that I need any other non-caffeinated tisane in my life, ever. The taste, to me, is total fir/evergreen/pine and all their beautiful nuance. I don’t love mint/menthol/camphor flavors, and I don’t get any of that here. Lovely for a rainy day, before bedtime, outside around the fire. Reminds me of camping and Michigan and the PNW — some of my favorite spaces and memories.

Flavors: Evergreen, Fir, Pine

Skysamurai

oooo! That sounds fascinating!

ashmanra

I just put a jar of rosemary water in the fridge to chill. I wonder if this would taste somewhat similar. If so, I would love it.

beerandbeancurd

Oh, I bet! I have big ol’ rosemary bushes, never thought of steeping them!

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There are cups of certain herbs that are especially relaxing for me and this is one of them. My muscles felt much softer and cup full of Vitamin C as I have read somewhere — that’s douglas fir tips tea.

Definitely relaxing, definitely tasty… just something I needed this evening.
Thank you derk for a whole box. That will last for a while.

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A new box of tea lavishness from derk arrived today, happy times! It’s too late to indulge in caffeinated tea, but I had to try this tisanne and it doesn’t disappoint.

Before steeping, I dropped the bag into a preheated glass teapot, and the aromas sent me directly to a fir tree forest. Nostalgic, a little sad for the lack of forest around here in Southern Ontario, but also full of beautiful memories.

Once infused, the tea has mostly a citric acidity as one would expect, but it’s got a good sweetness and woodiness supporting it. The balance is pretty good and it drinks well. The aftertaste has some nice vegetal notes and has an interesting throat drying quailty. As far as bagged teas and tisanes go, this is awesome.

Flavors: Citrus, Drying, Fir, Forest Floor, Green Wood, Sour, Sweet, Vegetal

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more 10 OZ / 300 ML

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Upon arriving at my coworker’s apartment, one of the first things I noticed was a collection of beautiful English-style tea cups on a shelf in the kitchen. Her roommate is a tea head! I was shown the stash in the closet and the selection screamed ‘Steepster Member!’ at me. So much loose leaf. She said I could drink anything I wanted, but I remained modest in my selection and only had one of her teas over the weekend. I picked this Douglas Fir Spring Tips because I’ve never seen it around.

We have Doug Fir here in California, but in most of the forests I’ve been in Northern California, Doug Fir is mixed with other tree species. This tea had a damp, dewey quality that reminded me of a moist Cascadian pure Doug Fir forest. It had a sweet fir aroma and tastes of fir, light earth and citrus and nectar sweetness. Wow, what a comforting and refreshing treat for a cold morning on the coast. I have to find this tea.

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more 8 OZ / 236 ML
Bluegreen

You drank what?! Mind blown.

derk

Supple fir tips. So good.

Mastress Alita

Oh man, I would totally drink that.

derk

Ima go searching for it in the city before I move to avoid shipping costs. If I find it, do you want me to pick you up a tin of bags?

derk

That goes for Bluegreen, too.

Mastress Alita

I am on a tea hiatus at the moment, part of a quite strict New Year’s Resolution that I’ve already put into effect. If you get some, and at some time in the future when my collection no longer makes me feel terrible about myself and my ordering/trading embargo has been lifted, I would happily take a single teabag to try it. :-)

derk

Noted :)

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This tea is a rather old sample, so a fresh one might taste different. I’m mostly getting a sour citrusy flavor here. I don’t taste any pine at all, which is a big disappointment. I don’t know that I’m interested in a fresher sample since I’m not sure I want a citrusy pine tea.

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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Belated Merry Christmas Steepster! I finally regained my sense of taste and smell on Christmas day which was awesome, but I am still fighting a hacking horrible cough as of today gahh. I ordered myself a tin of this and the white sage tea with my bfs present, and after reading about pine needle tea being helpful for colds, I thought I’d try it tonight at the lake :) very fitting setting.

The smell is so much pine trees I thought I was in the forest! Wow! Sap and bark and trees..all the smells of camping. I steeped the tea bag (wish it was loose lol) for about 3 mins. The taste is nice and fresh, pure piney goodness, a hint of sweetness and citrus. Hopefully it helps this silly cough to go away! Overall, so far pleased about the flavor and hoping it helps!

Sil

oh neat!

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Thank you to Nichole for sending me a few bags of this to try! It had been on my wishlist for some time so I’m pretty excited to be able to try it now.

This smells incredible, very fresh but also woodsy. I’m definitely picking up on some citrus and pine. I was expecting long, green needles but it looks like everything has been ground to a powder inside the bags. I steeped this for a full 10 minutes and when I pulled the bag from the water I was left with a golden liquid, almost honey-colored, but also a pretty thick film on the surface. My husband tried this and said it tasted like pickles (???) but I think it’s pretty nice. I can still smell the citrus and pine and the taste is very light, almost a little watered. While it isn’t as amazing as I thought it might be, I am still enjoying it. I’m sure would be a hit ice-cold so I think I’ll try that next.

Flavors: Citrus, Pine

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more 8 OZ / 236 ML
Liquid Proust

Flavors: Pickle

Shae

Yes! We need that one added to the list for sure! I’ve actually had a tea once before that tasted like pickles so I get where he’s coming from. :)

teatortoise

Pine needle is supposed to be very good for you and the immune system. I read that the water should be under boiling to avoid destroying the beneficial ingredients, while longer steep time brings them out more.

I’ve never had Douglas fir, but the local pine tree needles are tasty. I imagine that the vinegar taste is probably the pine acidity, perhaps when coupled with a dill-like fir flavor, reminisces of pickle…

Shae

teatortoise, I will try this next time at a lower temperature. How long of a steep time would you suggest? I’ll have to tell my husband about your explanation for the pickle flavor. He’ll appreciate the reasoning. :)

teatortoise

Just a guess, though!
For pine needles I steep for about ten to fifteen minutes, for more taste and nutrients/vitamins/substances etc. Just lightly simmering it. Depends how broken it is, and a little longer if it is fresh—which it isn’t here.

Shae

Do you simmer over a steady heat for the full 15 minutes or do you only start with barely simmering water and let it rest off the heat? I started with boiling water and let it steep for ten minutes off the heat so maybe that’s where I went wrong here.

teatortoise

I let it get pretty hot first, but below boiling, because it only takes a second of boiling to do away with the good stuff. Then I simmer it low for about ten minutes.

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I got both of Juniper Ridge’s teas for Christmas from my roommates. I love the idea of wildcrafted tea. I chose this tea shortly after unwrapping it. Hey, it was Christmas! Although they are in teabags, I don’t mind much. Loose would have been cooler, but I digress.
I was nervous about this tea. It smelled exactly like the little douglas fir that was our Christmas tree. I kind of like the smell of sweet pine, perhaps the tea would be better?
Well, I did not get too much piney flavor as I thought. Which is good. The stronger tastes that I noted were honey and lemongrass. The pine was sweet and not at all like those tree-shaped air fresheners. I could sense the sun and the wind whipping through the fir trees. It was a light and airy and not heavy and overtly pungent. Hey, I may keep drinking this one!

Flavors: Fir, Honey, Lemongrass, Pine

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 6 min, 0 sec 16 OZ / 473 ML
TeaBrat

I’ve been curious about these myself. Nice roommates!

TheLastDodo

Do you want to try them? I can definitely send a few bags your way!

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Tasting this tea immediately reminded me of the scent from the juniper trees my parents would always buy as part of the Christmas tradition of decorating a ‘Christmas tree.’ While the taste of the tea is fairly mild and the aroma is unique, it does have one unpleasurable side effect: headaches. Never once have I prepared this tea and come away without a mild headache coupled with moderate unease – the kind you get when you’re sensitive to anti-histamines. If you can sample this tea without any ill effects, I’d say more power to you. For me, I can’t handle this particular brew.

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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