Yawn’s Ice Cream Earl Grey: Not what I was anticipating

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Yawn Advent Calendar Day 20 – Earl Grey Ice Cream

Today’s advent tea is Ice Cream Earl Grey. I’ve wanted to try this one since I first spotted it on Yawn’s website in October. I’m really pleased it was one of the advent teas. Mostly because it means I haven’t wasted my money buying a full pack of it.

Ice Cream Earl Grey is a huge disappointment. It’s not unpleasant to drink. It’s actually quite a nice Earl Grey. But that’s all it is. There’s nothing ice cream-y going on at all here. I want creaminess! I want vanilla! I want something that’s a lot more party-ish than what I got.

This tea is less like ice cream than Bird & Blend’s Earl Grey Crème and the Tea Keepers Earl Grey & Vanilla, and those ones weren’t even pretending to be something from the dessert menu.

If someone had handed me this tea without comment, I would have just accepted it as an Earl Grey without comment. But they didn’t. There was hype. There was anticipation. This would have been a four-star tea, but I’m knocking a star off because it feels like a big letdown.

Advent tea ranking:

1. Eggnog (16^th Dec)
2. Chocolate Cake (11^th Dec)
3. Pumpkin Whoopie (7^th Dec)
4. Pancake Stack (1^st Dec)
5. Cinnapple Green (6^th Dec)
6. Santa’s Milk & Cookies (3^rd Dec)
7. Cookie (13^th Dec)
8. Everyday Breakfast (18^th Dec)
9. Chocolate Rooibos (14^th Dec)
10. Jasmine Fruit Salad (17^th Dec)
11. Sweet Ginger (4^th Dec)
12. Movie Night Popcorn (10^th Dec)
13. Pear Cinnabon (19^th Dec)
14. Yorkshire Breakfast (9^th Dec)
15. Ice Cream Earl Grey (20^th Dec)
16. Candy Cane Popcorn (5^th Dec)
17. Apple Crumble (8^th Dec)
18. Morning Maté (12^th Dec)
19. Toffee Apple (2^nd Dec)
20. Peachy (15^th Dec)

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