Tea type
Rooibos Tea
Ingredients
Not available
Flavors
Cinnamon, Lime, Rooibos, Alcohol, Bergamot, Lemon, Nutmeg, Pepper, Smoked, Spices, Sweet, Tart, Wood, Caramel, Citrus
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Caffeine
Caffeine Free
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Edit tea info Last updated by Cameron B.
Average preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec 70 oz / 2069 ml

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  • “Adventaggedon Day 16 – Tea 1/6 I got home from work today and all I wanted to do was have a nap, which ended up being a four and a half hour nap – so now I don’t have much time to crank our my...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Bird & Blend Advent Day 16 (16-December 2020) The dry tea smells like…grapefruit? Yep, that’s grapefruit. Steeped, it smells like cinnamon and that trademark rooibos scent (that I’m not a fan...” Read full tasting note
  • “I’d been wanting to try this tea for a while, so thanks to tea-sipper for sharing! It definitely has that bit of a tang that you find in eggnog. The spices are mild, and it’s randomly rather sweet...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Yep, I bought some teas for B&B’s Christmas in July sale. But they had Jelly & Ice Cream! And a couple other lovely blends I wanted to stock up on! I never know when Jelly & Ice...” Read full tasting note
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From Bird & Blend Tea Co.

Eggnog, is historically famed across the pond as a creamy, Christmas cocktail-like, ‘egg milk punch’. BUT, like all of our teas, this rooibos blend is nothing but vegan goodness! If that wasn’t enough, this brew is naturally caffeine free!

Ingredients
Rooibos, cinnamon, sunflower petals, natural flavouring.

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Adventaggedon Day 16 – Tea 1/6

I got home from work today and all I wanted to do was have a nap, which ended up being a four and a half hour nap – so now I don’t have much time to crank our my advent notes for the day. So… short and sweet it is.

I wanted to like this tea, because I like eggnog, but it definitely doesn’t taste a damn thing like eggnog at all. It’s not even creamy! I would describe it as a sweet rooibos with a pleasant, but out of place, citrus/orange note. Like, it doesn’t taste bad but it was such a massive let down.

Advent Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CI4C7sbgyfh/

Courtney

Agreed. Lex and I felt the same.

Mastress Alita

I remember having this in a past advent and it was a citrus bomb back then, too. Guess I had hoped they had fixed up the recipe, but…

Dustin

Eggnog teas are damn near impossible to pull off!

tea-sipper

Sad to hear they’re still brewing it citrusy. meh

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Bird & Blend Advent Day 16 (16-December 2020)

The dry tea smells like…grapefruit? Yep, that’s grapefruit. Steeped, it smells like cinnamon and that trademark rooibos scent (that I’m not a fan of).

Lex has determined she does not like this one. To me, this tastes like rooibos with a hint of cinnamon, and nothing more. Sigh. It’s not bad, but it’s not eggnog, and I’d rather have a rooibos that doesn’t taste like rooibos at all haha!

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec 14 OZ / 414 ML

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2285 tasting notes

I’d been wanting to try this tea for a while, so thanks to tea-sipper for sharing! It definitely has that bit of a tang that you find in eggnog. The spices are mild, and it’s randomly rather sweet and almost fruity? It tastes better with milk, and I find myself wanting to add extra spices. Cinnamon/nutmeg… I just want some more spices. When I brewed up the last of the bag, there were a lot more spices in that cup. I guess the spices were lurking at the bottom! That cup was pretty delicious. This blend also makes quite the tasty second brew. I actually think I would purchase more of this if it comes back next Christmas.

tea-sipper

I’m glad this blend found the right home to land at!

AJRimmer

Me too – thank you!

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Yep, I bought some teas for B&B’s Christmas in July sale. But they had Jelly & Ice Cream! And a couple other lovely blends I wanted to stock up on! I never know when Jelly & Ice Cream will be discontinued for good! So I was sipping a couple B&B teas in the last few days. I really wanted to stock up on some 20gram sizes of other teas but their sale is a real pain when their website is down. Then I just end up grabbing sale stuff. They really need to know the demand of these sales!
Thanks Cameron B for sharing this one! I guess I really procrastinated on trying this one, because I know others were finding it a bit citrusy for some reason and eggnog is NOT citrusy. I’d recommend that those that didn’t like it originally try it again, as I’m not tasting noticeable screaming citrus here. At least nothing obvious. Maybe the tea has aged the citrus away… The problem is, it doesn’t really taste like eggnog either. Maybe hints of spices. But it definitely doesn’t have much in the way of egg or cream. The second cup tasted exactly the same as the first. Better than I expected, but I was expecting nothing great.
Steep #1 // 1 1/3 teaspoons for a full mug // 12 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 5 minute steep

Kittenna

I tried to get their Christmas sampler, and even paid for it… but apparently their website messed up and it was already out of stock :(

tea-sipper

Sorry about that. B&B’s sale are a MESS when it’s first up. It was ridiculous. The pages were working slowly and the coupon code wasn’t working. They really need to realize the demand for their sales! I missed the Figgy Pud before the 50grams sold out… I was really looking forward to stocking up on that one. I do LOVE that they had free shipping for everyone though!

Mastress Alita

I was on vacation when the e-mail first came out, so I didn’t even bother to click. I knew everything would be sold out by the time I saw it.

Kittenna

I was on vacation too, haha. With crap cell service. It literally took me 30 minutes just to get things in my cart that I wanted. I’m guessing some of the poor loading was due to the sale, though – I thought it was just me!

tea-sipper

No,the slowness happens every time the sale hits, Kittenna!

Mastress Alita – they still have some teas available, and at least you’d get free shipping even if you ordered a couple things?

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I ordered a holiday set because of this tea, before I heard about people’s experiences with it. Okay, 2.5 grams in the bag, 4 minutes at boiling.

It smells like cinnamon and rooibos. Not a bad smell.

And it tastes like… cinnamon and rooibos. There’s a lime note others have mentioned. But it’s really faint. Setting that aside though, this really isn’t nog-like at all, aside from the cinnamon. Egg nog has nutmeg, and often cloves, and is creamy. This is quite disappointing.

To get it down, I mixed in some Silk Nog and heated it back up. Mmm, that blends nicely. I could use this to stretch out my leftover nog from the holidays. But as an “egg nog” flavor by itself? Nope.

Flavors: Cinnamon, Lime, Rooibos

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
Mastress Alita

That citrus note is just so mind-boggling…

Cameron B.

Agreed, this is such a weird one from B&B…

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Well, this was disappointing. I actually joined tea club specifically for this since it wasn’t available any other way at the time, and was very excited about trying an eggnog flavor.

This is no eggnog flavor. Sniffing it in the package, it smells very strongly like a floor cleaner, just vague chemical citrus scented thing. In the cup, it tastes like cinnamon rooibos with that kitchen cleaner citrus lightly lingering underneath. Actually, I think Cameron B. is right — it has bergamot in it. Buh. Okay, well, since I AM fond of eggnog (in moderation, because it’s kind of So Much) and this is nothing like eggnog, and I’m not so fond of straight rooibos, and almost never like bergamot, this is definitely not my cup of tea. If I concentrate only on the cinnamon, it’s okay, but Cinnamon Bergamot Rooibos is just never something I would knowingly order. I’ll try again with milk to see if that works better … but maybe not for a while. I need to get over the initial bag-sniff queasiness, which is really messing with my head.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 30 sec 2 tsp 300 OZ / 8872 ML
tea-sipper

Citrus definitely doesn’t go in eggnog… maybe B&B’s blends were somehow scent contaminated by something else while they were making it? This blend doesn’t sound like it will be good for anyone if it has citrus.

Mastress Alita

I really think they put citrus flavoring in it… Cameron and I also tasted citrus. And yes, it’s repugnant. I have no idea what they were thinking with this one!

tea-sipper

WHY even call it eggnog then? odd. B&B better not start getting lazy with their blends… they are my tea heroes.

Mastress Alita

I have no idea… I’ve never had eggnog so I was really confused when I tasted a lime note. I couldn’t believe it actually tasted like that, but I didn’t have anything to compare it too. It just seemed too weird! I thought I was crazy until others confirmed they got a citrus taste too!

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Bird & Blend Tea Advent Calendar – Day 18

I confess, I actually tried this blend briefly last night (I have a 20g pouch from the tea club) just to make sure I didn’t love it. It was for sale today only, so I didn’t want to miss out and then be sad. Spoiler alert: I did not love it.

This is such an odd one. Other than being mildly spiced, it is nothing like eggnog (in my opinion). There’s a peppery note, I’m not sure whether it’s from the rooibos base or the flavoring. It also almost tastes smoked to me? And at the same time, it reminds me of bergamot? WTF? There’s a slight lemony tartness to it as well, especially at the end of the sip.

What a weird tea… I was actually excited to try this blend, but I have no idea what B&B was thinking here.

Flavors: Alcohol, Bergamot, Lemon, Nutmeg, Pepper, Smoked, Spices, Sweet, Tart, Wood

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
Mastress Alita

Okay, so I wasn’t going crazy when I tasted citrus! Man, I feel better now.

Cameron B.

Oh, definitely not heh. This is a “WTF?!” kind of tea. XD

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Holiday Tea-son! So, an eggnog tea in the advent calendar today… I… have never had eggnog. It’s just always kinda looked sort of repulsive to me. I love eating eggs, but something about drinking them never appealed to me, so I never bothered to try it, and the fact alcohol was usually involved meant I couldn’t anyway (migraine trigger). So I have absolutely no frame of reference for this one. I realize as an American I should, but I don’t. Nada. Zip. Zero. Zilch. In fact, when I smelled the dry leaf, it just smelled like lime to me for some reason? What is eggnog even supposed to smell like?

My brewed cup looks like a proper rooibos, and after it is brewed, it just smells like… cinnamon rooibos. I honestly don’t know what else I’m supposed to be getting, nor why it smelled so wildly different before I brewed it. Perhaps some sort of alcohol flavoring is in this? After taking a sip… I’m inclined to believe that must be the case, because I swear I taste lime! I’m getting a nice woody and caramel sweet base from the rooibos, with a cinnamon sweetness that is a strong flavor note but not heated or overbearing, and then this odd, brisk citrus lime flavor on the end of the sip.

It’s… a little weird to me. The flavors just don’t really mesh to me. This is probably meant to be taken as a latte, since the actual drink is thick and rich. But with only a single teabag, I don’t really have enough tea to do a proper latte. I did try adding just a small dash of milk to my cup, but it didn’t really help much… it’s that weird citrus flavor! It just throws the whole cup off for me. It that were missing, I’d be fine with this. I think this is a really nice rooibos base, and the cinnamon is on point, being nice and sweet and tasty instead of overly spicy or that annoying red hot candy flavor. Then that odd citrusy lime flavor — which if it is supposed to be some sort of alcohol flavoring really doesn’t taste like it to me, but then, I don’t drink alcohol, so what do I know? — comes in at the end and sort of mars the whole experience for me.

Is this what eggnog tastes like? If so, I don’t feel like I’ve been missing out on anything all these years.

Flavors: Caramel, Cinnamon, Citrus, Lime, Sweet, Wood

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 350 ML
derk

I’ve never had eggnog either. It always seemed to me like something that would curdle in my stomach.

Mastress Alita

Ya, I love eating eggs, but something about drinking eggs always seemed off-putting to me, I guess?

Nattie

I’m the total opposite, lol. Hate eggs, love eggnog.

Cameron B.

I’ve never had real eggnog, only the kind in the carton.

Nattie

I’ve only had home made eggnog, the carton kind isn’t sold over here. It might not even be the same thing for all I know.

Todd

I’ve made real eggnog, had it in the carton, and had non-dairy non-egg nogs made with coconut milk, almond milk, or soy milk. This is nothing like any of them.

Todd

(I don’t think I’ve ever had any nog with alcohol though.)

Mastress Alita

Well, maybe next holiday season I’ll get some of the cartoned kind and finally scratch the “never had eggnog” curiousity itch. :-P

Nattie

Does American eggnog not have alcohol in? The ones I’ve made have been very boozy. I did make a non-alcoholic version with rum flavouring once, though.

Mastress Alita

Most recipes call for alcohol, but I have chronic migraine and alcohol is a migraine trigger for me, so I can’t have it in any capacity. Ergo, I’ll just buy cartoned eggnog at the grocery store, which would not have alcohol in it. :-P

Nattie

Ahhh good to know! When I see people drinking eggnog from the carton on TV I always thought they were swigging alcohol XD

tea-sipper

My dad says eggnog should already be out of stores by now? Which seems crazy to me, because it seemed like it wasn’t even available for Christmas. But can anyone suggest which eggnog they like the best? I like the Hood eggnog, but I’ve hardly tried many of them.

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