Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!! I can’t believe it’s finally Christmas. I think this is the most festive I have ever been and a large part of that is due to my coworkers at work. They are some of the cutest Christmas-y people I have ever met. And one of their fun office traditions is opening the David’s Tea Advent Calendar every day at work. This Advent Calendar contains 24 teas for the 24 days leading up to Christmas. There are both loose leaf teas & infusions with a variety of throwback faves, web exclusives, bestselling blends and sneak peeks of new teas. Every day we would brew a whole pot of tea, sit down and taste the teas (accurately named Tea Tastings). And to spice it up a bit (no pun intended), we would rate all the teas out of ten. Fun, right?! So take a look at some of our favorite (and not so favorite) teas! My personal favorites were the Satsuma Spice Cake, Gingerbread Blondie and White Cranberry Bark. It probably comes to no surprise that all of my favorites just happen to be the limited edition festive teas!
| DAY | TEA | JENNA | PAUL | ALYESHA | TAY | AVERAGE |
| Day 1 | Gingerbread Blondie | 7 | 4 | 8.5 | 9 | 7.125 |
| Day 2 | Apple Cider | 5 | 7.5 | 6 | 6 | 6.125 |
| Day 3 | Breakfast Blend | 3 | 5 | 6.5 | 2 | 4.125 |
| Day 4 | Let It Snow | 5 | 8 | 5.5 | 7 | 6.375 |
| Day 5 | Maple Syrup Oolong | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4.25 |
| Day 6 | Silk Dragon Jasmine | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 3 |
| Day 7 | Sweet Tart | 4 | 4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.25 |
| Day 8 | Cream of Earl Grey | 5 | 5 | 6.5 | 5 | 5.375 |
| Day 9 | Pomegrateful | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5.75 |
| Day 10 | Candy Cane Crush | 10 | 5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8 |
| Day 11 | Caramel Shortbread | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 4.5 | 3 |
| Day 12 | Sunny C | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5.5 | 3.375 |
| Day 13 | Alpine Punch | 4.5 | 2 | 5.5 | 6 | 4.5 |
| Day 14 | White Cranberry Bark | 4.5 | 7 | 7 | 9.5 | 7 |
| Day 15 | Super Ginger | 2 | 1 | 7.5 | 2 | 3.125 |
| Day 16 | S’mores Chai | 9.5 | 5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.875 |
| Day 17 | Tulsi Tranquility | 4.5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4.875 |
| Day 18 | Green Passionfruit | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4.5 |
| Day 19 | Forever Frosty | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | 6.375 |
| Day 20 | Hot Chocolate | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 21 | Sleigh Ride | 7 | 8 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7.75 |
| Day 22 | Satsuma Spice Cake | 6 | 6 | 5.5 | 10 | 6.875 |
| Day 23 | Valerian Nights | 6.5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7.375 |
| Day 24 | Santa’s Secret | 9 | 8 | 9.5 | 9 | 8.875 |
The easiest way to describe my three favorite teas is a quote from the Grinch: “Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps… means a little bit more!”
Paul on his favorite teas: Sleigh Ride, Santa’s Secret & Let It Snow
Candy Cane Crush is liquid Christmas. Creamy black tea with white chocolate and peppermint, like the North Pole in your mouth. Get at me!
Jenna on her favorite tea: Candy Cane Crush
Santa’s Secret is my favorite tea because it was love at first sip! It is comforting tea with a hint of peppermint holiday cheer!
Alyesha on her favorite tea: Santa’s Secret
Have you tried any of these teas? Let me know in the comments below!