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This is a pretty standard mint herbal tea. I enjoy mint tea cold, so it’s refreshing, though it could be a bit lighter/brighter. It’s a tiny bit murky, but not bad. It’s definitely one of the less exciting blends from the advent calendar.

I enjoyed this tea a lot more than I expected. I couldn’t really taste the white tea (there was a lot less of it than in the picture on the website). It mostly tasted like a light apple juice. I think the chamomile was a great choice and perfect pairing. I only tasted a hint of the cinnamon. It’s not special enough to order, but it’s definitely refreshing. I preferred this one hot – it was comforting and well-balanced. Once it cooled, I tasted more white tea, which I don’t personally prefer. I made a cold resteep of the leaves, which ended up with almost a caramel apple flavor.

From a TTB. This one doesn’t really stand out from other breakfast blends. I found it decently strong the first time I had it, but the second time, I found it a little thin and lacking. It wasn’t bad, but not exciting, just a plain unexceptional tea.

My boss brought me back this tea from a work trip, which was really sweet of her. The main flavor here is black pepper. It’s a pretty standard chai with balanced spices and a nice kick of heat. It doesn’t need much sugar since it’s already a little bit sweet. I’m enjoying it with milk, and the rooibos is a hearty enough base that I don’t mind there not being any real tea here. The resteep was basically as strong as the first. I think I would order this for myself.

This one gets terrible reviews, so I didn’t have high expectations. It tastes overwhelmingly like licorice root, which is a flavor I usually enjoy, but not as much in this context. The next flavor I taste is ginger. It has a lot of natural sweetness. It’s not a very hearty chai, more like an herbal bagged spiced tea. Its flavor is sort of weird and not entirely pleasant. I’ve tried mixing it with other teas, but it still shows up too strongly for my preference.

This flavor is really fresh and zingy. It’s tart, but not too tart. Everything combines into a perfect, desserty lemon flavor. I really enjoy this one cold. I would totally order this again.

This has a familiar flavor from another 52teas blend I remember enjoying, though I don’t remember which. I really don’t taste any cherry or fruitiness, but I get a nice sort of baked spice flavor. Really the strongest flavor I taste is the honeybush base, which I enjoy, but I wish the flavoring were stronger.

This flavor is quite mild. I feel like I taste licorice, green tea, and something that’s maybe like raw carrots. There’s nothing cakey or spiced enough for me. I love carrot cake teas, but this unfortunately isn’t the best.

Grabbed from a TTB. The black tea had decent depth, but I’m not a fan of the inclusion of puerh here because I don’t personally love that fishy profile, and the flavor is pretty strong. It’s not strong enough to make me stop drinking, but I certainly wouldn’t choose to have it again.

This is pretty typical of many apple spice tea bags. It’s a familiar flavor, but not an exciting one for me. There’s a bit of a weird flavor outside the apple, cinnamon and other spices. I drink this warm, sometimes with milk and sometimes without, but it’s sort of a strange one.