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“Circling back to Day 1 of the Kiani advent calendar so I can finish it off. My partner drank most of this because black tea often doesn’t agree with me, but I tried a little so I could write it up....” Read full tasting note
“Adventaggedon Day 1: Tea 6/7 So this tea absolutely wins the award today for prettiest tea in the advent! I cracked open the sample and much to my surprise the tea leaf was coated in a generous...” Read full tasting note
“Kiani Tea Advent Calendar 2021 – Day 1 Yay, I’m so excited to have a mostly unflavored advent this year! I know Kiani Tea isn’t really known around these parts, but she’s fairly popular with some...” Read full tasting note
A very special December Edition of our classic Breakfast Tea Collection. Add some gold to that, and have a very glamorous day, every single day for the rest of December!
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Circling back to Day 1 of the Kiani advent calendar so I can finish it off. My partner drank most of this because black tea often doesn’t agree with me, but I tried a little so I could write it up. It was surprisingly smooth for an English Breakfast! A bit dry, sure, but more bready, sweet, and comforting than aggressive like I tend to expect from breakfast teas. Plus, glitter! Totally unnecessary but always fun.
Adventaggedon Day 1: Tea 6/7
So this tea absolutely wins the award today for prettiest tea in the advent! I cracked open the sample and much to my surprise the tea leaf was coated in a generous amount of golden luster dust. Steeped it just made for a stunning cup of tea with large swirls of golden glitter – memorizing to watch!
It was a bit trippy to taste because it did just taste like a pretty robust and sweet English Breakfast with the typical malt and raisin notes. Delicious, for sure! However when you see something as glitzy and out there are plumes of golden glitter you kind of expect more… flavour? Maybe it’s just because most luster dust teas I’ve come across are SUPER flavoured but having that natural tasting black tea and the tasteless glitter was weird. Pleasant. But weird.
I’m now VERY excited to see what else Kiani has in store though!
Kiani Tea Advent Calendar 2021 – Day 1
Yay, I’m so excited to have a mostly unflavored advent this year! I know Kiani Tea isn’t really known around these parts, but she’s fairly popular with some of my Instagram tea friends as a purveyor of mostly single origin straight teas. And this is her first year offering an advent calendar!
Starting off with a bang on day one with this sparkly breakfast blend. It’s the same as the regular breakfast blend she offers, just with some added pixie dust! This blend is made up of Assam and Darjeeling teas.
I quite like it! I can taste the Assam and yet it’s quite mellow and smooth for a breakfast blend. The raisiny goodness and caramelized brown sugar notes are there, as is a smooth bready quality from what I assume is a second flush Darjeeling. Flavorful yet very smooth and easy to drink. The glitter is pretty for the holiday season, but not something I would want on a regular basis. Very slight astringency at the end of the sip, but not in an unpleasant way. It adds a bit of dimension really.
Flavors: Astringent, Bread, Brown Sugar, Caramelized Sugar, Dried Fruit, Grain, Hay, Malt, Raisins, Smooth
Oh, pretty! Reminds me of a fancier “Glitter & Gold” (old DT).
I’m not really a fan of gimmicky things like glittery tea, but it’s nice every so often! Especially for the holiday season!
Gimmicky things are nice as a one off, but yeah… With the old G&G, it used to be my preferred travel mug tea – where the effect was completely lost. It still smelled nice though?
