Day 26 – last and final – of Kelmishka’s advent calendar! I appreciate that this calendar started and ended on a Taiwanese oolong, one of my favorite tea styles. Including a Day 26 was also a very nice touch, as I’m finding this a great tea to unwind with post-holiday chaos. I brewed this up gong fu style. It’s nicely floral, creamy, and smooth.
There is a gyokuro from Day 7 that I need to circle back to sooner rather than later while it’s still fresh – I kept saving it for a special day when I could give it proper attention, but I can only have a few cups of caffeine per day and somehow the stars never aligned for a day when that could be my caffeine for the day and I could give it the focus it deserves. So this is not quite the last of this calendar.
Thank you Kelmishka for a lovely first advent calendar swap experience! I got to try a bunch of new-to-me teas that I wouldn’t have otherwise, and discovered a few new faves along the way, notably 52teas which I hadn’t revisited properly in a long time. Perennial Tea Room’s Orange Grapefruit was also a particular delight, from a company I had never heard of before! And it was really helpful to be able to compare a few different ginger teas, as we’re coincidentally revisiting the question of which one should be our household sick tea.
I’m glad you enjoyed the calendar! The Orange Grapefruit was a gift from my brother and sister-in-law when they were living in Seattle. They brought a couple bags of tea from Perennial Tea Room. :)