Vahdam Advent Calendar – Day 24
Well this seems an odd choice for the last day… Also I don’t see any green tea here, just big, beautiful mint leaves with chamomile, lemongrass, and citrus peel. I’m still steeping it as a green tea, just in case.
Yeahhhh, I don’t taste green tea either. The chamomile is the strongest flavor here, and it’s very soft and honey-sweet. The mint is second, and adds a soothing cool freshness. I also get little pops of gentle citrus from the orange peel and lemongrass.
As a chamomile fan, I like this one. It has a very soothing herbal flavor with a nice mellow sweetness. But I’m not sure why they even bothered with the green tea, since I can neither see it nor taste it…?
Overall, this was a very interesting advent calendar experience. I ordered this with the idea of going outside my comfort zone, as I haven’t had a ton of experience with masala chai and I knew this would have a lot of spiced blends. The format is really cute, with the unique little mini-tins inside numbered boxes. The art on the front of the box is gorgeous as well. However, I admit that I felt the distribution of teas was very unbalanced… There were far too many turmeric tisanes, and a lot of them were close together as well. I didn’t mind the several masala chai teas, as I expected them going in. But I really would have liked to see more straight teas included, especially more Assam teas. Maybe an Indian white tea would have been fun as well? And the price was quite high, at $80 – though there was a lot more tea included than other advents (470 grams!). Overall, wouldn’t recommend unless you really like turmeric…
(today’s advent teas: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJMA9FugSnn/)
Flavors: Citrus, Floral, Herbaceous, Honey, Lemongrass, Mint, Orange, Smooth, Sweet, Thick
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It seems like a good fun trying “out of comfort zone” teas, but getting that much turmeric and chais won’t hit the mark for me. I can completely see your disappointment pulling out another turmeric or chai.
Checking their website and well I don’t see much teas I would really like to try. That’s indeed a shame for me.
It seems like a good fun trying “out of comfort zone” teas, but getting that much turmeric and chais won’t hit the mark for me. I can completely see your disappointment pulling out another turmeric or chai.
Checking their website and well I don’t see much teas I would really like to try. That’s indeed a shame for me.