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Bird & Blend Advent Day 23 (23-December 2020)

Yaaas, coffee beans! I have determined that I love coffee in tea, and I love B&B’s rooibos blends. So this is the both of best worlds!

Lexa made our tea this morning because I was up through the night sick, and she found me on the couch this morning. Bleh. But the tea is perfect!

The coffee bean is so nice, and I’m getting the orange mostly in the scent. The cacao nibs and shells I could see complimenting the coffee bean here. Overall, I really enjoy and I’ll be re-steeping the sachets for sure. I think I’d order Fairytale of NY ultimately because I don’t know that I need more than one coffee-tea and that was the first one I fell in love with.

I can’t get over how taken I am with this tea. It’s like an earl grey cream, but not overly vanilla-y, yet the bergamot is so mellowed and this cuppa is just perfect. There was even a full rosebud in the leaves today. :)

I have been emailing back and forth with this tea company because I need to have more of this in my life, but they online cart seems to have a glitch and won’t let me check out. I now have one cup remaining from VariaTEA and I am trying to remain calm about it!

I treated myself to this cuppa to power through this paper. I am trying to have it written by tomorrow, then spend Christmas Eve editing and hopefully submitting prior to Christmas!

Thanks for introducing me to this tea that I can’t stop thinking about VariaTEA!

Bird & Blend Advent Day 22 (22-December 2020)

Ehh. This just feel like a tea I’d drink if I was feeling under the weather. Eucalyptus has that effect. I also don’t care for spearmint at all, the sweetness it has just does not add to this tea either. The end.

I’m having a wee celebratory cuppa tonight as I ordered more of this tea! I love the delicate flavouring that DF has in all their teas. The raspberry here is just like fresh raspberries, which brings back lovely memories of home. We used to pick fresh raspberries off the bushes in the summer and the berries would be hot from the sun and just perfection to eat right there. This tea reminds me of that and what better tea to enjoy than one that brings up joyful memories?

Lexa loved our B&B advent adventure so much this month that she asked if I could find an advent still available for her birthday month, since her birthday falls late in the month. Lo and behold, DF still had their advent available! So I placed an order for two of those and then this delicious tea and two new teas. Yay! Plus, Jessi went in on the order with me, so I’ll get to try the ones she’s ordered as well. :)

A wee sample from VariaTEA! Thanks!

I know I’ve had this many years ago, but I’ve since forgotten it. Today, this is giving me all the fuzzy peach vibes and I’m here for it.

Today was my last day of work until 5-January — woot! I still have one paper left for school, but at least I won’t be juggling work and school. :)

I got this as a sample in my Tea Hippie order and it’s pretty tasty. A simple black base with hints of vanilla and spearmint. I have come to the conclusion that I don’t think I like a lot of vanilla in tea. Even with the spearmint here, it seems to be upsetting my stomach.

Ultimately, I’d take New Moon’s Mint Cocoa over this one. :)

Bird & Blend Advent Day 21 (21-December 2020)

Panettone! I’ve always wanted to try panettone, but being vegan doesn’t make it easy haha! Maybe one day I’ll go through the effort of making one myself.

This one smelled buttery (with the finest hint of grapefruit) in the sachet. The scent transformed to full buttery-ness when steeped.

Now that’s cooling and a drinkable temperature, there buttery mixed with a hint of lime? Almost like the old school DT Lime Gelato, which I haven’t had in maybe 6 years. With each sip I take, it’s reminding me more and more of Lime Gelato! I mean, the creaminess is delicious, and I always enjoyed Lime Gelato, but the flavour of those multi-coloured marshmallows in a warm cream does not seem overly holiday-tea like haha!

Edit: Lex is Italian on one side of her family, and now she and her mom are on the speaker phone discussing exactly what panettone tastes like from years of eating it. It’s hilarious to listen to, but the consensus is that this tea tastes nothing like panettone haha!

Sipdown of this awesome share from VariaTEA!

This was an awesome tea to try and I would consider adding this to an order, whenever I do one from CS. There’s both depth, yet a lightness to this tea and just subtle notes of maltiness and breadiness.

Another note on another tea from VariaTEA: I can’t stop thinking about HC Andersen. I keep reaching for it, then have to put it back because I have maybe 2 cups worth left, but also the website won’t let me order more and I don’t know what to do!

Bird & Blend Advent Day 20 (20-December 2020)

Lexa requested this as a latte this morning, so I did a super lazy one and added simple (coconut) syrup and frothed almond milk. Still too gingery for me, when all I want is the “bread” and “chai” parts. That is all.

Lex is really enjoying this one. She says it has a nice flavour and she likes the ginger. Yay!

I had two re-steeps of B&B’s Peppermint Cream this morning, but was nodding off in front of my computer while pulling papers on blanket bogs to write my own paper, so I thought I maybe needed something a bit stronger.

I figured this was the perfect blend to motivate me to be a bit more productive. I really enjoy the flavour of this one — it’s like a deep flavour, almost syrup-y (minus any sweetness) and it really makes me think of the perfect tea to drink at home on a grey, rainy day.

Thank you VariaTEA for sharing so much of this!