Plum Deluxe Advent Calendar – Day 17
Another banana bread honeybush? And the ingredients are suspiciously similar to the Adagio version I had a couple of days ago. Hmm…
Tastes very similar too. Although I think I remember liking the other one more. This is a little lighter overall, but it has a nice banana flavor. I do get a bit of cakey-ness at the end of the sip, but there’s also a little peppery hint from the honeybush that I don’t love.
(today’s advent teas: https://www.instagram.com/p/CI3UsUyAU_Z/)
Flavors: Banana, Cake, Cinnamon, Nuts, Pepper
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I’ve noticed identical look/ingredients in a few of their blends and the Adagio equivalents, but in their wording, Plum Deluxe claims to blend all their own teas. I haven’t bought the blends that seem identical, so I haven’t been able to taste them side by side. A little suspicious though.
I’ve thought the same myself and now being one that has a somewhat limited access to the wholesale tea world and source from some of the same places, it makes buying tea for myself a whole lot harder because I now know where a lot of it comes from.
Some of the ingredients were in a slightly different order, and I think they listed calendula versus marigold? So not sure it’s the same. But the fact that they both use banana and chestnut flavors seems too much a coincidence. :P
And calendula is just another way to say marigold…
OMG is it really?! I didn’t know that, ha ha. Thanks for dropping some knowledge!
Okay, I’m pretty positive that despite any claims of only “original blending” this is definitely wholesaled from Adagio, because I just found that Cherry/Kiwi/Coconut one from earlier in the advent on major wholesale source Dethlefsen & Balk.
That’s another one that seemed familiar to me! Excellent work, Steepster detectives.
We should start a TV series…
I’ve noticed identical look/ingredients in a few of their blends and the Adagio equivalents, but in their wording, Plum Deluxe claims to blend all their own teas. I haven’t bought the blends that seem identical, so I haven’t been able to taste them side by side. A little suspicious though.
I’ve thought the same myself and now being one that has a somewhat limited access to the wholesale tea world and source from some of the same places, it makes buying tea for myself a whole lot harder because I now know where a lot of it comes from.
Some of the ingredients were in a slightly different order, and I think they listed calendula versus marigold? So not sure it’s the same. But the fact that they both use banana and chestnut flavors seems too much a coincidence. :P
And calendula is just another way to say marigold…
OMG is it really?! I didn’t know that, ha ha. Thanks for dropping some knowledge!
Okay, I’m pretty positive that despite any claims of only “original blending” this is definitely wholesaled from Adagio, because I just found that Cherry/Kiwi/Coconut one from earlier in the advent on major wholesale source Dethlefsen & Balk.
That’s another one that seemed familiar to me! Excellent work, Steepster detectives.
We should start a TV series…