Teavana 1lb Tea Tin

I usually just buy tea bags, but this time I loved the tea from Teavana and decided to splurge. I bought the canister on recommendation by the clerk. First time it was hard to open, but did get it open. Second time it took me about 20 minutes. I have tendonitis and this is not the tin for me to use, my wrists were hurting so bad I ended up in braces the rest of the day! I did do the hug method, have always done that... not working. I transferred tea to a different container so I dont get hurt the next time I want to relax with a cuppa tea!

The salesgirl sold me some citrus tea and then sold me a tin that is apparently not mean to be used with citrus tea, as I have discovered from reading other reviews. Disappointing, since I've been wanting a good tin to keep my tea fresh. I'm fairly certain orange blossom goes under the citrus category. The salesgirl added this one on, and I bought it on a whim on her recommendation, so I don't know why she didn't offer me one suitable for my tea. I'll be returning it.

Today I went to make a cup of Citrus Lavender Sage, but unfortunately I could not get the tin open at all. I tried various suggestions (including the hug the tin method, and using a rubber jar opener) with no luck. When I bought this tea I made over $100 worth in my purchase, so I don't understand why the woman at the store didn't put my tea in a proper CITRUS TEA TIN. I mean, come on... CITRUS is right there in the name of the tea. Did she really think I wasn't going to want to spend the whopping 50 cents extra for the correct tin?
This tin works as long as you don't have a tea with any kind of citrus in it. I was able to open a tin with another tea just fine. Today I will be calling the Teavana store I purchased from and speaking to a manager.

I literally could not open this tea for an entire YEAR!!! I havent touched the tea in a while, and finally got to looking at the reviews today and one of them said to hug it. I thought it was a silly idea but figure why not it wont open anyways. So i hugged it twice and voila!! it OPENED! omg finally took forever.

I too have noticed that if the canister is near full, it's relatively easy to pop the top off when it's all the way closed.

As your tea stash gets lower, it seems like the suction on the top gets worse and it's very difficult (nigh impossible) to get that top off.

I have learned to keep the lid about 1/2 - 3/4 "on" at that point so I can get my fingernails under the lip to remove it.

Would be nice to have a "tab" or a pulley of some sort - that way I could keep the lid all the way closed.

Otherwise, the tin keeps the tea very fresh and I *love* the scent of my mixed teas every time I remove the lid.

Bought this tin the other day and it does exactly what it says, it keeps your tea airtight and fresh.

I bought the canister the first time I went to Teavana. Since I don't drink tea on a daily basis, I wanted the tea to last long. It has a good suction in it, but this makes it very difficult to open. With the way the top is (no handle) all it will do is mainly turn. I read a previous comment that said they hug the canister and it helped me open it! I had two guys try and open it and no luck. The only problem with hugging the canister, it dented the container =(

I notice that a whole lot of people have trouble opening this tin.
Let me just say, I have extremely sweaty hands and have a lot of difficulty opening a lot of things. This tin... is not one of them. To quote some previous posts, "Be smarter than the tin."

All you need is the proper leverage. Personally, I rest the bottom of the tin on the edge of my kitchen table/counter and, hey presto: it pops right open.
My mother got this tin with her Java Vana mate tea and (Since she didn't like the tea) I am now drinking it. I'm trying to empty the tin so I can rinse it out and use it to store some of the German rock sugar.

So i am so happy teavana is in my life i love it, i was using the loose tea from [@]but this is way better. I went in and the lady showed me how tight and pressured in the tea and you can keep it fresh forup to a year i have my shape up tea and everytime i open it i love how it locks in all the aromas. LOVE IT

I have tried and tried to open this tin and it won't budge. Have tried a knife, jar opener gripper, etc. I read someone else say they will remember to keep the lid "partially" open so they can open it next time but, I have NEVER been able to open it. So sad since I'm sure there is an amazing tea inside for me to try!!!