Non-David's Tea Advent Calendars? Share your tea!
Anyone else doing another tea advent calendar? Since I could not get my hands on David’s tea, I bought Teanzo’s advent calendar. I know other companies like TeaForte is doing one as well.
Teanzo’s first day was Winter Earl Grey. It reminded me a lot of Red Leaf Tea’s Puer Earl Grey
I have the Dammann Frères calendar! The first day was L’Oriental – a fruit-flavored sencha. I tasted more sencha than fruit. :P
Mmmmm, sounds awesome! I tend to shy away from flavored Japanese teas. Usually the flavors added to the tea drown out the base. Depends on the fruit…
http://steepster.com/teas/dammann-freres/10936-loriental
The flavors listed on the ingredients are passion fruit, peach, strawberry, and pineapple.
I think that this is a Chinese Sencha base, not a Japanese Sencha base. By the appearance of the leaf in the photo, it looks more like a Chinese Sencha and also, Chinese Sencha tends to be the “popular” green tea to flavor. Just like Ceylon black tea is the “popular” black tea to flavor.
I ordered the 52 Teas one but it’s not here yet. :(
Me too, but I wasn’t expecting mine super quickly once I’m in Canada. At least it’s only 12 days, so as long as I get it by the 12th, I’ll be happy.
This year there are no dates on the teas so it gives a little more freedom, though I want it to be perfect and am thinking of starting on 14th so that I get one on Christmas day.
This year I’m doing the Teanzo Tea calendar too. I do a countdown every year for a few years now, ever since we started the SororiTea Sisters blog, I think! Anyway … the first couple of years, I did the 52Teas 12 Days of Christmas but since I’m a subscriber, I figured I didn’t need samplers of the teas that I’ve already tried throughout the year. Then I did the Della Terra Teas one for a couple of years and this year I decided I wanted to try a different one so I went with Teanzo.
I’ll be counting down the days on the SororiTea Sisters Blog: http://SororiTeaSisters.com
I made several advent tea calendars this year for friends and family. They turned out so well! I couldn’t afford to buy them all the pre made type. It also helped me thin my tea cupboard! I will be doing it again next year for them. Mine looked just like these.
http://www.posttea.co/products/christmas-tea-advent-calendar
I purchased the David’s tea paper filters with the drawstring and every commented on how well those worked. I also listed where the tea came from so they could order more if they liked that particular tea.
do you have photos? this is a brilliant idea!! How did you number them for each day?
Extremely cute, and I can see it being simple (but perhaps tedious) to make! And you could use cute holiday scrapbooking paper! :D
Dammann Frères, Day 2 is Flocons d’Épices! It’s an orange gingerbread black tea. Quite yummy!
http://steepster.com/teas/dammann-freres/42090-flocons-depices
Teanzo’s Day 2 is a Jasmine Green. I think this advent calendar will definitely cover the basics. I am holding myself back from peeking at the days ahead, but I hope to see some of their original blends!
Dammann Frères, Day 3 is Tourbillon! This is a black tea with a ton of different flavors including orange blossom, fruit, and chestnut. Personally, I thought the orange blossom took over a bit and I wanted more of the other flavors.
Day three of Teanzo: Safari. It’s a fruity Rooibos that is has lemon and raspberry flavors. I wish I had tried it iced, I think it would have been more lemonade-y.
As I mentioned on your tasting note of this tea – I didn’t get a raspberry note. I got citrus. I liked the combination of the citrus and the nutty flavors of the rooibos, though.
I did get some honey-roasted peanut in there. I was just to excited about the lemonade aspect to remember. Now that I think about it, that is a really weird combination…
I ordered a tea forte calendar for my Mom this year and got one for myself as well. I try to call her each night so she can discuss the tea and which ones she liked. So far her favorite is the Caramel Nougat, but I think that’s because it’s been the only black tea so far.
I almost go that calendar as well. I can’t remember why not, but it may have had something to do with their selections of flavors. Regardless, I want to know how it’s going!
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