What Do You Get If You Eat Christmas Decorations?*

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Bird & Blend Advent Calendar Day 24 – The Night Before Christmas

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Oh dear. As regular readers will know, I’m not a fan of Lapsang Souchong.

This tea (aptly called ‘The Night Before Christmas’) is a blend of rooibos, Pu-erh, Lapsang Souchong, peppermint, safflower and chilli. Lapsang might be third on the ingredients list here but once you’ve got it in the mix, it tends to overpower everything else with its lapsong-souchonginess.

I’m not sure the other ingredients are helping here though. My daughter’s least favourite tea in this here Advent Calendar was Winter Is Coming and my least favourite was Fireside Snuggles. The Night Before Christmas is basically a mash up of the two.

This is going straight to the bottom of my tea ranking list which is disappointing finale.

Overall though, I really enjoyed Bird & Blend advent calendar. Sure, some of the teas weren’t to my taste. I’d say the bottom three on the list below were pretty much undrinkable. But the top 12 teas here, at least, were gorgeous concoctions that I could drink again and again and would recommend to friends, family and strangers I randomly met at the bus stop.

Merry Christmas everyone! Have a truly wonderful festive season.

Tea Ranking

1. Mince Pie (17th Dec)
2. Hazelnut Rocher (7th Dec)
3. Chocolate Digestives (18th Dec)
4. Snowball (18th Dec)
5. Gingerbread Chai (16th Dec)
6. Salted Caramel Lebkuchen (13th Dec)
7. Christmas Cake (21st Dec)
8. Panettone (11th Dec)
9. Rhubarb & Custard (20th Dec)
10. Banana Bread Chai (12th Dec)
11. Fairytale of NY (9th Dec)
12. Poppin’ Xmas Butter Toffee (6th Dec)
13. Dark Choc Chilli Chai (22nd Dec)
14. Candy Cane (5th Dec)
15. Winter Is Coming (4th Dec)
16. Peppermint Hot Cocoa (3rd Dec)
17. Mistletoe and Wine (14th Dec)
18. Christmas Cranberry Pie (1st Dec)
19. Cherry Cola Bottles (10th Dec)
20. Mulled Cider (2nd Dec)
21. Bucks Fizz (23rd Dec)
22. Cold Weather Warrior (15th Dec)
23. Fireside Snuggles (8th Dec)
24. The Night Before Christmas (24th Dec)

Due to the serendipity of this tea’s names, this advent’s featured book The Night Before Christmas by Clement C Moore is back today for one final hurrah.

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