Dammann Frères

Day 24 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Christmas Tea is a black tea flavoured with orange, pineapple, and caramel. I like that this is a bit different from the normal run of Christmas teas, which are usually heavily spice-inflected. The pineapple here is very prominent and deliciously sweet, drizzled with caramel and paired fabulously with the juicy orange. A Christmas fruit cocktail in a cup!

Day 23 of the Dammann Freres Advebt 2025.

Noel En Laponie is a green tea flavoured with cinnamon, cranberry, and orange. It tastes very festive, which is nice; lots of juicy orange complimented well by the cinnamon and cranberry. The green tea base is smooth and a little sweet. No complaints here!

Day 22 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Calypso Mango is a green tea flavoured with jasmine and mango. I get mostly juicy, fruity mango with a touch of pepperiness (I love mango so much when it’s like this!), and an underlying perfumeyness from the jasmine (I could do without this; jasmine in tea is not my favourite). Overall loving the uplifting tropical vibes on this dull, dreary winter Monday.

Day 21 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Miss Dammann is a green tea flavoured with ginger, passionfruit, and lime. The predominant flavour is a sweetly tangy lime, followed with a tropical splash of passionfruit. The ginger is mostly a warmth in the aftertaste, and a tingly spiciness that lingers on the tongue. It’s nice enough, but generally speaking bagged greens are never going to be my favourite.

Day 20 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Carcadet De Noel is an infusion with flavours of almond, vanilla, and gingerbread. It’s quite a hibiscus-heavy blend and so tastes quite tart and sour, but there is also a background of biscuitty gingerbread. No real almond or vanilla to speak of, though. I’m actually reminded a little of Adagio’s Yuletide Toddy, which I drank just the other day. It’s nice enough, but gingerbread and fruit is a bit of an odd one to me…

Day 19 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Passion De Fleurs is a white tea flavoured with rose, apricot, and passion fruit. I steeped it for slightly less than the recommended time of 3-4 minutes, but even at this point it’s more astringent than I expected. The passion fruit and apricot flavours are sweet and prominent, however, which helps to mitigate that to a certain extent. Not a favourite, though, at least from this one experience.

Day 18 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Noel A Londres is a black tea flavoured with ginger, cinnamon, vanilla, apple, and almond. The cinnamon and apple are most prominent, creating a deliciously warming impression of freshly baked apple pie. The vanilla and almond together give creamy frangipani vibes in the aftertaste. Overall, really quite delicious!

Day 17 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

My Gingerbread is a black tea flavoured with ginger, almond, orange, and grape. There’s lots of ginger and orange, which is delicious, but the overall flavour of this one is much more chocolate orange than gingerbread. Very enjoyable all the same, though, so no complaints here.

Day 16 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Magic Ginger is a herbal tisane with hawthorn, ginger, lime, and honey. This one tastes primarily of ginger (as you might expect) and leaves a wonderful tingly warmth at the back of the throat. The lime is also present, contributing a fresh citrusy zing which complements the ginger really well. Honey and hawthorn not so much, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Day 15 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Dammann Phuguri is a Darjeeling with beautifully sweet muscatel notes, and a very delicate maltiness. No astringency here at all. A great afternoon tea, and one of the most impressive bagged darjeelings I have ever tried.

Day 14 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

My Madeleine is a flavoured rooibos blend, meant obviously to taste like a madeleine, with flavours of lemon, almond, and vanilla. It’s very subtle, but does capture the essence of almond cake with delicate, light, and airy hints of lemon and vanilla. The rooibos was a touch overpowering for it to feel like those flavours were really allowed to shine, though.

Day 13 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Melange Mysterieux is a black tea flavoured with orange, peach, cherry, and strawberry. I can taste the strawberry and orange most clearly, with some cherry emerging mid-sip. The peach is much more subtle, more of an aftertaste really. I love how fruity and juicy this one is, though. Definitely one of the best fruity black teas I’ve tried in a while.

Day 12 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Dune D’Epices is a green tea flavoured with gingerbread and orange, and another one I liked a lot more than I expected to. The gingerbread and orange combo is strong and clear, and strikes a good balance between spicy and sweet. The gingerbread is wholly reminiscent of gingerbread men, and the orange is bright, zesty, and juicy. This would be a great Christmas morning tea, it encapsulates these cozy, festive flavours so well.

Day 11 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Trois Fruits Noirs is a black tea with blackcurrant, blackberry, and blueberry flavouring. There’s loads of bright, juicy blueberry in the initial sip, which I love. The blackcurrant and blackberry then emerge and linger well into the aftertaste; it’s so fruity that at this point the black tea base is all but forgotten. A really lovely, genuinely fruity blend that I’m glad to have tried.

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Finished this one off last night. It’s definitely very savory and really doesn’t taste like much else other than thyme. A nice quality thyme that’s almost broth-like. But definitely very herbaceous. It might have possibly even been too thyme forward for me, but I think the fact I was drinking it while enjoying some baked brie with cranberries saved it. Those herby notes paired sooooo perfectly with the meal that everything balanced out fantastically.

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I finished this off this morning, then logged on to Steepster only to see that it was also the DF advent tea for the day. What funny timing!

I expected this to be a lot more chocolate forward, but the orange notes are quite bright and vibrant. Even with a little bit of tart acidity to them. I don’t mind, but it did catch me off guard as I was sipping on it. The mid sip and finish, however, it a lot more like what I expected. Rich and chocolate-y like a very good homemade hot cocoa. No instant hot chocolate mix here!

It’s overall pleasant, but I’ve had chocolate orange teas are (at least to my own tastes) are a bit better balanced. I’d definitely drink it again if offered, though.

Day 10 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Cacao Orange is a chocolate orange flavoured infusion. I found this one a pleasant surprise as although it looks quite thin and transparent it does taste exactly like a Terry’s Chocolate Orange in liquid form. There’s the smooth and creamy milk chocolate, intertwined with a vibrantly zesty orange. Sweet, as you might expect, but not cloying. I could be tempted to buy more of this one, it’s just so good!

Day 9 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

The Noir Aux Epices is a black tea-based chai. Closer inspection of the bag reveals that the base is CTC, which is fine with me just slightly unexpected from DF. It’s robust enough to take milk and is deliciously sweet and malty, which is great. The spices, though, are so subtle they are barely there, even after the recommended 5 minute infusion time. I get a little cardamom and clove if I really slurp in an effort to taste, but none of the promised ginger, cinnamon, or pink pepper at all. On that basis, a bit of a disappointment.

Day 8 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Mate Clementine is a green mate-based blend with orange blossom and clementine flavouring. It’s quite earthy, as you might expect from a mate, but with a bright, sweet, juicy zip of clementine which lifts the whole thing beautifully. It gives a nice afternoon energy boost also. Mate isn’t generally my thing, but I’m glad I got to try this one as it’s not something I would have picked out for myself.

Day 7 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Oolong Chataigne is an oolong flavoured with vanilla, chestnut, almond, and chocolate. The oolong is highly oxidised and so quite roasty, which conjures the impression of chestnuts quite well, and there’s also a soft creaminess from the vanilla that adds sweetness and really helps to round everything out. Almond and chocolate I do not get so much, except perhaps as a bare hint in the initial sip (almond) and aftertaste (chocolate). The chocolate I feel is more of a scent than a flavour here, but it’s quite delicious all the same

Day 6 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Cinnamon Roll is a flavoured green tea. There’s some cinnamon and quite a roasty green tea, but I feel like the pastry aspect is missing, and there’s not enough sweetness to mimic icing. Not quite what I was expecting.

Day 5 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Lucky Thyme is a rooibos-based herbal infusion with hawthorn and (you guessed it!) thyme. It’s very rounded and fragrant, with a fresh herbaceous flavour and prominent notes of olive oil. It’s definitely very unique; I certainly haven’t had a blend quite like this before. A nice change of pace for the afternoon.

Day 4 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025

Noel a Venise is a black tea flavoured with lemon and lime essential oils and caramel toffee and vanilla flavouring. To me it tastes just like lemon meringue pie, right down to the butteriness of the crust. Bright sharp lemon in the initial sip, settling down into a soft lemon cream, and rounding out with butter pastry and sweet, fluffy meringue. Delicious! If this is what Christmas in Venice tastes like then I want to go there!

Day 3 of the Dammann Freres Advent 2025.

Joli Coeur is a flavoured green tea with bergamot, apricot, and vanilla. Such a cute name! I did wonder if the bergamot would overpower or at least dominate the other flavours, but both the apricot and the vanilla (which is rich, creamy, and almost thick-tasting) come through well. It’s sweet and fruity, deliciously creamy, with just a twist of bergamot and the slightest hint of dank astringency from the green tea base. I don’t often gravitate towards bagged green teas, but this is one I’d be happy to drink again.