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Bird & Blend Advent Day 2 (2-December 2020)

Today is spiced clementine! I actually added this one to my B&B cart yesterday in preparation for a December order (but wanted to see if it came up in the advent prior to placing an order). This tea smelled super tasty dry — orange-y with some spices and just generally comforting and delicious. Clementines are very much a holiday thing for me, not so much with spices, just on their own — my siblings and I always received some in our stockings, and sadly where we live now it’s not an option to get them, so I was excited to see this tea as a reminder of home.

Hot: Well, the orange seems to be washed out from the heat, sadly. There is some spiciness, but the ginger seems to be most present. Not overly ginger-y, but fairly spicy leading me to think it’s the ginger. I’m also getting a hint of clove at the end of the sip. I’m going to pop the remaining half a mug in the fridge to cool it for later. Lex tells me hers tastes like an orange if you were to “douse it in cloves” haha! So that at least matches the description quite perfectly!

Cold: This chilled in the fridge for the last ~3 hours. Now there is a bit of orange, but it’s very subtle and a closer to a regular orange, not necessarily a clementine. There is quite a bit of orange scent, which is nice. The clove is more prevalent and the ginger seems to have disappeared into the background.