Yep, it’s back! The 12 days of Christmas tea box from 52Teas. I’ve been looking forward to this! Even though I’ve probably tasted most of the teas in this box, as I’ve ordered just about every tea that Frank has created this year, I’m still excited to see which teas he has included, as well as excited to revisit some of my favorites!
Yes, I realize that the 12 days of Christmas aren’t supposed to start until after the holiday, but, Frank has started his own tradition of sorts, making the 12 days start on December14, and end on Christmas morning… and I personally like it this way, it makes for a very fun countdown!
For the first day of Christmas, 52Teas sent to me …
BUTTERED POPCORN FLAVORED BLACK TEA
This tea definitely deserves a spot in the 12 days of Christmas package, because it is one of my favorites from the last 12 months or so. Actually, this one was released on the week of November 22, 2010, and my review of this tea was published on December 7, 2010.
Frank, being the “Willy Wonka of Teas” that he is, has managed to capture the flavor of buttered popcorn and add it to his blend of Nilgiri and Assam black teas. And as weird as it may sound, it is actually really delicious.
This tea is best served hot, in my opinion (Cold popcorn is just kind of … meh!) and I recommend adding a tiny pinch of salt to the cup. It doesn’t need sweetener, but, if you want to add it, it’s quite alright. I happen to like to add a little bit of agave nectar to this tea, it gives it a “Kettle Corn” kind of taste. Yummy!
Yep, it is nice to revisit this one … and it tastes as good now as it did back then.
I anxiously await to see what tea tomorrow – the Second Day of Christmas! – brings!
I haven’t tried my sample yet. Sadly when I opened it I failed to see there was a small hole in the bottom of my pouch and I lost half my sample. 🙁
The same thing happened to mine!! Tragedy!! Managed to save enough in order to try it, just hoping it won’t have gone stale!!
My sample had this problem too, but, fortunately, I opened the box when I first received it to check for any possibility of this happening (sometimes, those heat sealers just don’t work as effectively as they should), and I caught it … as well as one other (check December 17th). Unfortunately, this did ruin the surprise for these two days, but, better to have my surprise ruined than to have no tea to try!
I would contact Frank (if you haven’t already), because he is good at making things right when they go wrong. 🙂 One of the reasons 52Teas is my favorite tea company is that I get excellent customer service.
Good call on Dec 17th! Looks like I will move that to one of the bags I purchased from you too. I’ll let Frank know. Thanks for the tip on that too!
I can’t wait to try this.