Tea Advent Calendar Day 19 – Organic The Spice is Right

Cute name for today’s tea, it made me giggle a bit when I saw it. The Spice is Right is a green tea, and when I opened the tin, to smell it, it smelled strongly of cinnamon and cloves. Again. I’m not sure what it is with all this cinnamon tea, but once again IContinue reading “Tea Advent Calendar Day 19 – Organic The Spice is Right”

Tea Advent Calendar Days 8 and 9 – Buddha’s Blend, and Forever Nuts

Day 8’s tea was Buddha’s Blend, and it contains a mixture of white and green tea, with jasmine pearls and hibiscus blossoms. It sounded very promising, what with the jasmine and all. It certainly smelled amazing when I opened the tin! The scent at first appeared to be quite fruity to me, but I couldn’t quite place it. I realized afterward that it was probably the jasmine because it smelled similar to the Organic Silk Dragon Jasmine from earlier in the week.

Tea Advent Calendar Day 6 – Organic North African Mint

It’s day 6 already! I can’t believe how quickly the days are passing, before you know it, I’ll be opening my last tin of tea for this year! Today’s tea is North African Mint, which is a green tea. I have to admit, that even though I love green tea, I wasn’t thrilled to see this one. Mint is not my favourite flavour, but as usual I tried to keep an open mind. According to the blurb on this tea it also contains cardamom, ginger, and licorice. We’ll just see if I can detect them.