Fall Delight

This has the same pumpkin flavoring that I dislike, but with milk, the spices make it taste okay enough. The fake fruitiness isn’t great, so this advent sample has been plenty. Without that one flavoring, the spices would have made this a pretty nice chai.

Advent Day 12, From the Depths of the Grab Bag.

“Smells something fruity-floral. Maybe nutmeg. sniffs steam Cinnamon, some kind of warm spice, maybe apple – apple cider. sip OH laughing Oh, okay. sips Maybe some star anise in there. cackles like a witch, she knows there’s no star anise It’s alright. It’s a little flat. It’s not one of my favorites. Maybe some vanilla in there. Alright, what is it. I’d say it’s a 40. I wouldn’t recommend it.”

I found out she doesn’t like clove, which has been in several of these teas.

This reminds me of everything that’s good about Thanksgiving dinner: leads with the pumpkin; then I catch the black tea and spices; with cranberry sauce for dessert. Even better with feet up, two candles burning (one French toast; one vanilla), and a fresh peanut butter cookie that hubby pulled out of the oven a few minutes ago. A good twist on pumpkin spice.

CuppaGeek ADVENT CALENDAR, December 12

A nice tea indeed, but overall somehow forgettable. It was spicy, but mellow; do I noticed pumpkin there? I think so, but again, quite weakly.

Yep, it was autumn/Fall feeling; but somehow in the middle of the road. Something is lacking; maybe more of pumpkin flavour? Maybe more of autumn fruit profile as apples, maybe cranberries, maybe plums, pears, whatever?

For a little moment I noticed maple syrup, I think mostly in the aroma of dry blend. It’s not bad, but I had higher expectations.

CuppaGeek Advent Calendar – Day 8

It’s funny Sil said she expected apple because if I am being honest, I had to double check that there wasn’t apply in this because I was getting a lot of what I thought was a tart apple flavor. I guess the tart is the cranberry. I think something about the mix of spices and fruitiness read apple cider to me and tricked my brain a bit. It’s nice. It’s Fall. It’s maybe a bit middle of the road for me though.

Cuppageek Advent Day 6

I had this with brekkie today. It went really well with waffles and turkey summer sausage, which I only made because I wanted to give my dog a treat. Ha ha!

It is a nicely brisk tea and I mostly taste black tea and cloves. That made it cut through the maple syrup nicely but I really didn’t get the cranberry and vanilla flavors, probably overpowered by the sweet breakfast and salty sausage.

A great tea to go with my morning meal today, but not a favorite profile so not on my wishlist.

Advent Calendar Day 1 (for me)

A little excited today because i have TWO advents, but only one of them is tea. Husband drew this one out of the calendar today for my tea advent and it was a pretty tasty tea. I fully expected apples in this tea based on the name but instead if was a fruity, pumpkin spiced blend. Thoroughly enjoyed as a first day tea!

(Other advent today is a jam advent from “Bonne Maman” Todays jam was pear and mirabelle plum). Nugget was a fan.