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A sample bag of this was included with my last Harney and Sons order which came shortly before Christmas. Shame on me for not drinking it then!

But it isn’t surprising that I put it off. When I was a kid, everyone made “Russian Tea” at Christmas. I doubt the Russians have anything to do with it. It was instant black tea mixed with Tang and cinnamon, possibly some other spices. It was incredibly sweet.

Now I am a little put off by your typical orange/cinnamon/clove blends, especially since I don’t want to add sugar anymore, yet I associate these flavors with sweet, sweet tea.

Fortunately, Harney and Sons has added ALMOND to this blend. Almond makes most anything better! It is so warm and smooth, even cozy. I can easily drink this without sugar, although cinnamon teas are not a favorite and I don’t seek them out. As a cinnamony Christmas tea, this one is do-able.

The main reason for drinking tea tonight is that we are having an unusual cold weather event and snow, which is fairly rare here, and youngest wanted tea and a late night snack. Hubby is emergency personnel at the base so I won’t see him for a couple of days and we are keeping the woodstove going round the clock to save on the heating bill. We only got a half inch of snow, yet there are wrecks everywhere as the roads are slick. Fifteen minutes to our south has three inches, twenty minutes north has three inches, a little further still and it goes up, so we are really fortunate.

Please don’t laugh, Canadian friends! We know this would be like spring to you! But we are not used to it, and it took me three days to remember that temps in the teens mean it isnt a good idea to feed the chickens in your pj’s!