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DAVIDsTEA Matcha Advent Calendar – Day 1

ADVENT DAY!!! I was literally bouncing and jumping for joy and my family thought I was nuts but I was so excited. And I was also ignoring all of social media and steepster for fear of spoilers since my days end late and start late thanks to my weird hours dictated by school and baby.

Anyways, today has felt very hectic. I made this hours ago as a hot latte by tossing 3 perfect matcha spoons (maybe 1/2 the package) into 8 oz of milk while it frothed. I would have done 16 oz but my sister’s machine only holds 8. I had a few sips while it was hot and I really liked it. Like between the spices and sweetness, it was almost spot on for pumpkin pie for me. But, like I said, its been hectic so I am finishing the cup cold now. A little bit of the matcha has settled which is making the last few sips very sweet but umami flavored as well. Not loving that but perhaps that’s my fault for leaving it for so long. Overall, a pretty good start to the day.

Thought about the last latte and needed another. So. Good. Also very tempted to go downstairs and open my advents since technically it is Dec 1 but I am resisting the urge and will open them when I wake up. Hopefully my other advent arrives by then.

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This is the last of my teas from last year’s full advent calendars. So this feels sorta like an achievement.

As far as bergamot teas go, this isn’t too bad. The bergamot is mild enough and the lime offsets it nicely. It makes for a bright citrus flavor on a smooth base tea. It also has a depth to it that makes it feel like a winter tea despite the citrus flavors.

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I really didn’t like this one. The jammy and rich berry note had so much promise but the umami and herb quality to this was waaaayyy too much for my tastes. The last little bit of this went into my swap box and will likely be sent off to my tea twin, Roswell Strange, when I eventually send her a package.

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I figure with a bijillion advents starting in just a couple days, I should finish the couple of teas still lingering around from last year’s advent. Last year I did the Dammann advent and the customized Bird and Blend. However, I only did the Dammann one for the first half of December while I was still in London and then did the Bird and Blend for the second half of December after I came home. The Dammann was just too big to travel with without destroying so I pulled the rest of the teas from the calendar when I returned to school in January. That’s why there are still a couple lingering around my stash.

I have worked my way through most except for this tea and one other from the Dammann calendar, which I will have tomorrow. This is a green blueberry tea, I think and its nice enough. I am actually drinking it cold because my sister distracted me with discussions of Chanukah gifts. Specifically my Chanukah gifts because I think I want books. I own a kindle but I love cracking open a new book. Unfortunately reading for fun during school isn’t a thing because I feel guilty since if I am reading, it should be my textbooks.

Anyways, back to the tea. It’s fruity and that fruitiness teeters between blueberry and just fruity. It also has a base that at times is smooth and at other times pops up as a little drying.

This as an eggnog latte is so. Good. SO GOOD!

It cuts through the oolong flavor so it’s just creamy salted caramel and eggnog richness. It’s a decadent latte and it’s awesome.

Made this as a tea lemonade and its pretty good. Lemonade is definitely the strongest flavor but with a nice undertone of passionfruit.

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I’ve had this tea but I didn’t remember this tea. It blends with so many other fruity blends by DAVIDs in my mind. It’s sweet and generically fruity but also has that touch of waxiness that a lot of DAVIDsTEA blends have. Fine but nothing special which could explain why I don’t remember it well. I only got it again because it came in a sample pack with other teas I wanted to try. That’s likely the only reason I would get it again in the future.

Used my sister to help me randomly pick a tea. I was really warm in the house for some reason so I wanted something iced. And when I think iced and cooling, I think fruity. So it worked out pretty well that my sister’s numbers ended up randomly selecting this tea.

My bag of this had a bunch of gummies. I noticed at least one green, one red, and one orange one in the mix for this tea alone. I made it in a teabag given the gummies can be annoying to get off filters. I was worried that would throw off the flavor a bit but this tea still has awesome jammy strawberry notes. Plus, a touch of gummy bear sweetness.

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I had such high hopes for this one but I am not loving it. I think its the hojicha since this is overwhelmingly grassy. Cinnamon, sweet maple, grass. So its not working for me at all…which is probably for the best since I can’t love and own everything.