Loja do Chá

I know, I’m drinking Christmas tea in February
In my defense, I bought this in early December, however, at the time I was drinking the Japanese cherry green tea I finished yesterday, and I sipdown one loose-leaf tea at a time (and the bag this was in might not be the best, so now I have it in my airtight tea container)
The bag did not have any brewing instructions, so this is very much a trial run! I did 3min with water at about 95C, as some black teas come out a bit too earthy at the 5min mark and this is the tea I brought to work, so I need it to be drinkable; it’s easier to drink understeeped tea than oversteeped, in my opinion

Preamble aside, the tea itself!
Honestly, it is really Christmas-y, heavy on the cinnamon, but I can see this as a infusion used year-round.
However, I think it could have done with the full 5min, it felt a bit underdeveloped
Still, this is a fun tea :D
(also really cute, I’ll add a pic once I get home, forgot to take it before I left)

I love limited editions, they give me an excuse to, at least for some time, deviate from the typical tea I drink — it’s an excuse to branch out from my “regular” choices :)

final brew from my stash, glad i got a full thermos to take to work :)
(and the shop is open again, meaning I can go get some more now! yay!)

sad that it’s almost over and the shop is closed for maintenance :(
happy because this means I’ll be trying their holiday blend soon :D

my stash of this tea is almost over, and the shop is closed :(
will definitely go on the wishlist once it’s over, and I’ll stalk the shop’s instagram so i can go and get more of this tea the MOMENT they re-open

the one green tea my sister enjoys! (she only drinks black tea…)
smells like candy but is not overtly sweet
I know, for sure, that this tea will enter my usual tea rotation
(bought this at an Aveiro location with this name, hope it’s not a duplicate!)