It's a, 'what are you used to', kind of tea
If you like milky, sweet, or tar like, tea, then pine needle tea will seem just wrong.
If you like a tea that tastes of tea, appreciate a white or blue tea, not tannin heavy, and can appreciate both the smell and the taste (faintly lemony, pine, not disinfectant) then you'll look forward to having it fresh
I get fed up of coffee, of tanniny tea, I like the herb ones I grow or will forage; pine's a very pleasant mugful of something hot and gently fragrant.
Pine in pairs...........the only toxic ones are Yew and Yellow Pine (Ponderosa pine, not native here). Lot of mince spouted about toxicity because folks hear that yellow pine is toxic and so all pines must be toxic
They're not. They are rich in both Vitamin C, and are a blessing in our cold dark fruit poor northern winters, and Vitamin A. Good agin the scurvy
I think there's an Australian one that's toxic too, but I've never come across it.
Never seen a Scots Pine with 6inch long needles, The Big Lebowski, up to about 3 maybe....where did you find them so long ? they'd do for basketry at that length
cheers,
Toddy