Day 18 - DavidsTea Advent calendar

Day 18 - less than a week now til Christmas! Today's tea is yet another "fruit infusion" - Sleigh Ride. Seriously...I need caffeinated tea first thing in the morning. Especially today - I've got a dance practice followed by 6 hours of work at the pharmacy, and it's going to be a super busy day there. Luckily for me, I have a stash of Earl Grey for work!

From the website:

Giddy-up

Falling snow, popping chestnuts, cold hands and noses… yep, winter has arrived. But don’t worry, we have the perfect tea to warm you up all December long. Cinnamon, apples, raisins, almonds, and hibiscus combine for a tea that is sweet, tart and earthy. And beet pieces make it as nice and rosy as a caroler’s cheeks. So hop in your sleigh, snuggle up, and pass a thermos around. It’s lovely weather for a Sleigh Ride together.

Best served: Hot Tea

Ingredients

Apple, hibiscus blossoms, pineapple (pineapple, sugar), papaya (papaya, sugar), beetroot, cinnamon, raisins, coconut, roasted almonds (almonds, sugar, glucose syrup, vegetable fat, caramelized sugar syrup), popped rice, natural and artificial flavouring.

Overall Impression: The smell is nice and fruity/spicy, but all I can taste is the hibiscus (blech). Going into the home stretch of this advent calendar, I'm hoping for some good black teas for the next 6 days (fingers crossed!)