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Bird & Blend Advent Calendar Day 21 – Christmas Cake
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While Christmas Cake doesn’t quite match Mince Pie‘s pure Christmassiness in a tea mug, it’s pretty damn close.
It contains Sri Lankan black tea, cinnamon, cloves, orange peel, pine needles, almond, vanilla and natural flavouring. I’m a bit confused about those pine needles. I mean, I’m happy to have them there. They impart a nice, Retsina-y, pine forest vibe to the taste of the tea.
But seriously, what kinds of cookbooks are Bird & Blend using when they make their Christmas cakes? I’ve made a fair few Christmas cakes over the years and never once have I thought, “You know what this needs? Some of those needles that are dropping off the tree!”
Actually, the more I think about it, the more nonsensical it is. I make my Christmas cake at least a month before the tree goes up. Where would I even source pine needles in this scenario?
The baffling foliage doesn’t hinder the pleasingness of the tea though. This tea is very pleasing indeed. It’s like a mash-up between Lady Grey and Masala Chai with some extra Christmas twiddly bits.
This is to my mind the best of all possible worlds.
Tea Ranking
- Mince Pie (17th Dec)
- Hazelnut Rocher (7th Dec)
- Chocolate Digestives (18th Dec)
- Snowball (18th Dec)
- Gingerbread Chai (16th Dec)
- Salted Caramel Lebkuchen (13th Dec)
- Christmas Cake (21st Dec)
- Panettone (11th Dec)
- Rhubarb & Custard (20th Dec)
- Banana Bread Chai (12th Dec)
- Fairytale of NY (9th Dec)
- Poppin’ Xmas Butter Toffee (6th Dec)
- Candy Cane (5th Dec)
- Winter Is Coming (4th Dec)
- Peppermint Hot Cocoa (3rd Dec)
- Mistletoe and Wine (14th Dec)
- Christmas Cranberry Pie (1st Dec)
- Cherry Cola Bottles (10th Dec)
- Mulled Cider (2nd Dec)
- Cold Weather Warrior (15th Dec)
- Fireside Snuggles (8th Dec)
