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“English Tea Shop Advent Calendar: Day 10 #1: If I were a Spice Girl, this is 100% the name I’d use! #2: …why is there a second Halloween-sounding blend in this advent? We already had Ghostly...” Read full tasting note
“I’m ready to scream, why is everything in this advent calendar so samey?! Generic, astringent green tea base, with the same blend of chai-style ‘holiday’ spices as all of the others, and again I...” Read full tasting note
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English Tea Shop Advent Calendar: Day 10
#1: If I were a Spice Girl, this is 100% the name I’d use!
#2: …why is there a second Halloween-sounding blend in this advent? We already had Ghostly Green!
#3: ………why are there so many teas in this calendar that are just iterations of the same ingredients?! I can’t tell this one apart from the other three or four similarly flavored blends. It’s also just a muddled mess. I don’t understand the point.
I’m ready to scream, why is everything in this advent calendar so samey?! Generic, astringent green tea base, with the same blend of chai-style ‘holiday’ spices as all of the others, and again I can’t taste any of them. I’m drinking this at the same time as an iced black coffee, and the coffee is genuinely more enjoyable. It certainly has more flavour.
It seems they’re just swapping one or two of the spices around without much thought and calling it a day for the majority of these teas. I’ve just counted from the ingredients breakdown on the back, and 7 of them sound extremely similar, which is not good considering they’re doubled up and there are only 13 ‘unique’ teas in the whole calendar, so that accounts for half of them! I don’t think I’ve tried them all yet, but so far there have only been one or two I’ve truly enjoyed, while the majority have been just this average blend of disappointing nothingness.
This rant is aimed more at the calendar than the tea itself, which is just the latest of these blurring together of samey teas, but it is probably the worst one yet. Maybe I’ll be in a better mood when I drink the second bag of this and able to give it a more constructive review, but for now I’ll just say that at least the box is pretty.
I’ve just remembered the garlic tea. Never mind, it’s the second worst.
Ugh, sorry on your rough start, .Today is December 1st here so I am still waiting to try both of my Advent calendar samples. Sorry on that with your blends :( Hopefully it improves
This is an old advent calendar from last year I’m trying to use up, so luckily I’m nearly finished with it! I hope you enjoy your calendars! (:
Spooky Spice would’ve been an epic Spice Girl…
Right?!?
I was so frustrated by this calendar for the exact same reasons!
Really frustrating! I also have a few teas that are repeated on subsequent days… come on!
I found that too, one of mine was the same two days running. I noticed you haven’t posted any recent notes on this calendar. Have you given up on it? (I wouldn’t blame you, just wondering)
I haven’t given up, I’ve just gotten way behind in writing my notes! :( Hoping to catch up today!
Good luck with catching up! I got about 4 days behind with reading notes and it took me all day to catch up D: