So this is the T Kettle “dupe” for DT’s Valerian Nights…
When I steeped this up my first sip really caught me off guard because the steeped tea is actually very fruity – both from the apple in the blend but greater than that. I swear it tasted like pineapple. Sweet, tropical pineapple flavouring style pineapple – like what you might find in a “Pina Colada” inspired tea blend. The result, because this tea DOES have a lot of coconut in it, was that it did indeed taste a bit like a Pina Colada. For that reason alone, it’s a terrible flavour match – Valerian Nights is a very sweet caramel/coconut kind of taste and not at all fruity.
…however, I do like pineapple a lot so this bright and sweet Pina Colada adjacent type of profile was actually pretty tasty to me.
I just had some Valerian Nights. Definitely not fruity, very coconut/caramel/chamomile. I don’t know that pineapple would work for me with this combo, but maybe I’d just had too many bad pina colada-esque blends that use hibiscus.