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Day 12 of the Inoki Bathhouse advent calendar. This was pretty but I found the flavor a bit meh. Sort of a generic “Chinese green tea” flavor with maybe a hint of floral if I really look for it. I really liked the flowering rose, but this one just didn’t have that same vegetal-floral balance.

Day 11 of the Inoki advent calendar. This is a nice ginger – zingy with a hint of sweetness. It reminds me of Fever-Tree ginger beer, just without the sugar. It even resteeped well, which doesn’t always happen with ginger. Just needed a long brew time on the resteep.

Sipdown. I enjoyed this so much in the advent calendar a few years ago that I asked for a full size as a holiday gift. I was gifted a very generously sized 4oz bag. Alas, it seems like that’s just too large a quantity for me. It took me over a year to finish, and by the end of it I was just not as into it as I was at the beginning. Still tasty, but just sort of felt a bit mundane after a while.

Sipdown! This came to me in some past Tea Thoughts countdown box, but I’m not sure which one. I finished this yesterday during work and wasn’t able to take detailed notes at the time. However, I distinctly remember the rose being so strong that it rather drowns the base tea.

Finished off the last of this from the advent calendar today. This is easily one of my favorite 52teas advent blends. I’d be thrilled to find this in the 2025 calendar! The banana creamy goodness is super cozy and comforting.

Sipdown! I’ve been craving coffee lately. This blend has been a decent substitute, with a dash of oat milk. I like the candy cane teeccino better but this one is respectable too! A bit of sweetness (and maybe cinnamon?) on that chicory/dandelion base blend.

Day 10 of the Inoki advent calendar. I finished these off earlier today. The jasmine is nice, but no matter how I brewed it the base tea just felt thin. It’s not a bad tea, just not particularly notable.

Day 9 of the Inoki advent calendar. I have a migraine so this was very welcome. Apparently the aroma is quite strong, as my partner can’t be in the same room with it. He says it smells like toothpaste. Which, yeah, I suppose it does have a somewhat toothpaste-y flavor. Sweet, menthol, gently cooling at the back of the sip. Nice when I’m not feeling well. Although now I can’t get that toothpaste comparison out of my head…

Finished off the last of this pouch from the advent calendar. I was really craving a chocolate tea and this hit the spot. With a bit of oat milk it’s a pitch perfect spicy hot cocoa situation.

Technically, I still have a little sample packet of this blend, but this is a sipdown of the 1-oz bag. This was nice for when I had an evening thirst for a floral other than lavender. I have other blends that I want to finish off first, but I like this one enough that I could see it coming back into my tea stash eventually.