Last year I got adagios tea advent calendar. i did looseleaf and it looks like mostly the same stuff this year so im doing the teabags selection this year.
last year was how i discovered strawberry hazel pu erh so maybe i'll find another new favorite in here. will update thread daily!
DAY 1! Pumpkin Spice
I do not go crazy for pumpkin spice. Despite Autumn being my favorite season and devouring loaves upon loaves of my annual pumpkin breads. I noticed that this has probably everything you'd find in a masala chai *except* cardamom, and I think cardamom is the spice I don't like in these kinds of drinks, so I'm vibin'. The ginger isn't strong at all, which is always welcome. And since my stomach has been TERRIBLE today the ginger is a good idea anyway.
And boy it smells amazing. My mouth's been hella sick-dry lately so I'm probably not experiencing 100% of the taste profile but, hey, tea is tea.
DAY 2! Man Cave
The name is intimidating, but the ingredients check out. Save for almond I think this is like, all my major flavor favorites, with my 2 fave teas. The almond was VERY strong in the teabag but the hazelnut is stronger once brewed.
Will this be this year's hazelberry pu erh...!?
@Coxy that ingredient list doesn't make me think of man cave---
wait fuck did they really go "it's got two nuts"
@The_T LMAOOOOO I HADNT THOUGHT OF THAT.
Somehow the scents come together in a weird "maybe a woodsy basement WOULD smell like this" way, but also it's not like they can put sandalwood in it. that's usually my go to musk scent
@Coxy @The_T pu erh definitely does have a bit of a funk i can see working for this, but i’m surprised they went for plain oolong instead of something smokier—lapsang souchong or similar.
when i polled the household on what ingredients they’d put in we had apparently all separately thought of roasted barley and carob so clearly we were thinking in a diff direction than the makers
@Satsuma @Coxy yeah; I have 0 doubt the tea came first and the name came after