Rejoice! An advent season has started!
To be honest, I am not at all in Christmas feeling at all. We do have a little of snow here; but mood just isn’t there this year. Like last year.
But I am happy to see this tea being first; and I have also a loose leaf pouch of this and I have to say that it is a nice start of the season. The ingredients are surprising to me, as I probably never had a coriander in the tea? And I am not really familiar with it as a spice either.
But this tea is so good and so warming. A great Assam base, which is fairly strong, followed with spices — and I think the coriander is the strongest. Closely followed by cinnamon and cloves. I can’t forget the fruit notes, this sachet was filled more with apples than strawberries I had once in the loose leaf.
It is also very smooth and definitely not bitter if steeped for recommended 3-4 minutes with 90°C (194°F) water.
A lovely start!
It doesn’t feel very holiday-like for us either, despite having plenty of snow. I’m glad your calendar started so positively!