Fall Delight

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.