This came out of the Adagio Advent calendar pre-made in a triangular tea bag.
It definitely smells of fruit. The liquid is a mauvy/pink.
I can get bits of apple and red berries as its infusing.
This is a herbal tea with little to no caffeine. I’m also not adding anything to it.
Taste wise, its a light tea. I find it pleasant. It does remind me of a Spanish sangria, just without the alcohol.
As a reminder, I do not get paid for these.
I’ve decided to try something new for 2025, a Tea Advent Calendar.
I will be honest, I’m not a pumpkin spice girl.
That being said, as dry ingredients, this has a very strong pumpkin spice scent, with cloves being the strongest of the spice scents.
I did the recommended 5 min brewimg time using water from an electric kettle.
Once brewed, it tasted of black tea and cloves. The pumpkin spice flavor didn’t really show up until after the brew had begun to be more cold than hot and during the afterrtaste phase of the tea.
Overall, its not a bad tea.
Isn’t one I would like to aquire more of? Not really, but it’s a decent tea.
Trying a new tea company today.
This particular tea is available as part of their Winter Tea collection.
It can be purchased here in sample, 8oz and 26oz sizes.
The tea definitely invokes the scents and taste of a traditional Hot Toddy. The website actually does provide a recipe that includes adding honey, lemon juice, and bourbon to make it a real Hot Toddy.
I will be the first to admit that I am not a fan of Hot Toddies but I’m also not a big bourbon fan either.
That said, I do like this tea. It has a could fruit mix and is a good choice of cold weather.
Also, I think this is the only tea I’ve ever had with a suggested steep time of 5-10 min.

