Advent Calendar 2024 – Day 12
Yay, a literary tea today! I somehow still haven’t tried S&V’s literary sampler, even though I’ve been wanting to for literally years now ha ha. Somehow it always ends up falling out of my cart in favor of other things! Ah well. I did sign up for their subscription box ($16 for 4 one-ounce packages, what?!) so maybe I’ll see some in there!
I was surprised to see that this has rolled green oolong in it. When a tea is a black/oolong blend, I generally expect the oxidized strip type, plus it’s not obvious in the photo because of how dark the oolong looks. Dry scent was completely heavenly. And I’m really enjoying the steeped cuppa too! It’s definitely mostly black tea, but I do get a bit of that oolong (assuming TGY) leafiness, minerality, and texture as well. The black currant is perfect – mellow but still very identifiable.
Very nice cuppa! Especially like the more mild black currant flavor.
The jam of the day was Apricot-Peach Spread. Apricot is probably my favorite conventional jam flavor, so of course I loved it ha ha. Nothing particularly special about it, but was happy to see a bit ol’ chunk of apricot in my jar. Would have loved more tartness and less sugar, but I tend to prefer the “more fruit/intense” types of jam anyway so no surprise there.
Flavors: Black Currant, Brisk, Green, Jam, Malty, Mineral, Silky, Sweet, Syrupy, Tannic
Wish I would’ve had a cup in hand while watching “The Man Who Invented Christmas” this weekend!