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As with my last tasting note on this tea, I’m not sure what more I can say about this tea other than it’s a peppermint tea. I like peppermint. I like this tea. It’s all fine and tasty, and a nice caffeine-free option to mix it up.

DAVIDsTEA Around the World Advent, Day 4

I wrote a tasting note somewhere and then misplaced it, and my brain is currently not retaining a whole lot of information, so here we are. All I can really recall is I’ve had some bad experiences with cacao teas, so I went in here with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. It felt well-balanced and easy to drink. I don’t know that I’d seek it out, but I would be happy to have it again.

sipsby Bagged Advent, Day 3

The hazelnut and cinnamon are working together here, and I’m definitely picking up a coffee cake from this tea. There is serious hazelnut flavor – it’s lingering at the back of my tongue between sips, and it’s absolutely the dominant scent. If this shows up on the website, I may need more!

Plum Deluxe Advent, Day 3

The orange I was missing in my tea yesterday showed up this morning in this blend. I steeped it twice after reading on the website it was recommended, which isn’t typical for me. I noticed mostly green tea with orange at first, and on the second steep got more hibiscus and orange (especially as it cooled). This is tasty, but not something I’d put on a must-have list.

BrutaliTeas Advent, Day 3

If you want nuanced flavor profiles for this tea, there are more than 150 tasting notes to check out; most of them are much more descriptive than I can be.

At 3.5 minutes steeped, this is a smooth black tea that is only a little bitter on the edges. I drank about half the cup with nothing added, mostly reflecting on how it would make a fabulous iced tea. Something in the scent was giving me the slightest of citrus vibes, but I am not sure whether to trust my nose most of the time.

I finally conceded that I was not going to be able to describe it much past this, and added just a little bit of pumpkin honey. It took those bitter edges off and just made it more pleasant for me as I finished the cup.

DAVIDsTEA Around the World Advent, Day 3

Finished last night with this tea, and what a sweet reward it was.

Lemon in tea goes medicinal so quickly, which is a shame because lemon is a lovely tea flavor. This tea, by contrast, was like drinking a lemon pastry or lemon drop. It felt like a bright lemon candy in a cup – which I suppose is what they were going for! My partner disagreed and said it felt like drinking a cough drop (I want whatever cough drops he’s finding now).

As an aside, would you believe that my box actually has printed on the label Lemon SherbeRt?

Bird & Blend Caffeine-Free Advent, Day 2

I wasn’t going to try this tonight after all the other chocolate teas, but curiosity got the best of me and I went for it. One more bag with caffeine at 8pm can’t backfire too badly, right? :)

There was a scent going on that I just couldn’t place. It seemed more like a caramel than a chocolate, but the taste didn’t seem like caramel to me. Having no point of reference for a digestive, it wasn’t like I could make a strong comparison. But after my partner (who, on smell and taste, also said caramel) was told the name of the tea, he suggested that it probably was more like a chocolate graham cracker.

It’s spot-on, honestly, and now I don’t even know how I was getting caramel. Weird how the power of suggestion works! And now I want a chocolate graham cracker, but I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to just enjoy the second bag of tea.

Bird & Blend Caffeine Advent, Day 2

Today was full of chocolate and disappointing fruit. What a weird pairing.

It’s fun to sift it and watch some of the green clumps give way to cocoa. The color is entirely unappetizing, with or without milk. I drank about a third of this on its own, but when I did add milk, it really mellowed out the bitter grassiness and became a warm and oddly refreshing hot chocolate (without quite the intensity of a true hot cocoa).

Not a buy for me, but I’m pickier about matcha than many other teas.

Bird & Blend Matcha Advent, Day 2

I know we haven’t been at it long, but this is easily the worst tea I’ve had this advent season, and it’s not even close.

I get no cranberry, no orange at all – just hot water that once whispered to some chamomile. I tried, but I couldn’t finish it.

sipsby bagged advent, day 2

I enjoyed this tea. The scent and flavor are both like a dark chocolate raspberry candy (my partner said tootsie pop, and he is evidently not alone!). It’s not enough to overpower the tea, and it’s still there in every sip. I am a big fan of chocolate and raspberry together, and even with the raspberry leaning a little more candy-like here, it works for me.

BrutaliTeas Advent, Day 2