Spruce tips taste like nothing?

Got some spruce tips, but they basically have no flavor. Am I picking at the wrong time? Or maybe it's just a bland tree?

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I find that the flavor varies on the age of the tips (assuming you are picking new, soft growth). Older tips, not quite "hard" yet, are different than very young and small tips. Perhaps it is too soon? Where I am at, spruce trees are still under snow.
- Update: that was it! I tried a tip that was more developed and it had much more flavor. Kind of citrusy. Very good.
  
  Good to hear! I'm glad you like it.
- That could be. I can try them again soon and see how they taste.
COVID? I find the taste really strong
- Nope. Everything else tastes just fine.

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