White Christmas

Tea type
Herbal White Blend
Ingredients
Not available
Flavors
Almond, Peppermint, Vanilla, Citrus, Bitter, Eucalyptus, Grain, Hay, Menthol, Artificial, Cardamom, Musty, Twigs, Wax, Woody
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Bulk, Loose Leaf, Sachet
Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by Cameron B.
Average preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 30 sec 11 oz / 325 ml

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  • “I have been promised the second episode of Sherlock tonight, but my Sherlock buddy is off playing hocky! Gah. Get back here, stupid Sherlock-buddy, so I can watch detectives in great coats. In...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I’m finishing off the last of this sample tonight… sniff It’s okay to have a belated Christmas in MAY, right?!?! For some reason this seems minty to me tonight and I can’t quite understand why. I...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I still am amazed at how this smells like white chocolate and yet contains no chocolate. The cardamom in here is just so good. I love it and the vanilla. I know I said before I thought the vanilla...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Erm yes. Bear with me, Steepsterites. It’s just because it’s now I’m drinking down Tea Corner and therefore I can’t wait another half year to use this one. It’s already a pretty old bag, predating...” Read full tasting note
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From Harney & Sons

Recline in front of a glowing fire while the snow drifts and the tree lights twinkle. A sip from this warm and nutty blend completes the perfect winter wonderland.

Ingredients: White tea, cardamom, chamomile, almond flavor, vanilla flavor, and cardamom flavor. Contains natural flavors.

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Since 1983 Harney & Sons has been the source for fine teas. We travel the globe to find the best teas and accept only the exceptional. We put our years of experience to work to bring you the best Single-Estate teas, and blends beyond compare.

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58 tasting notes

I got a half container of this from a coworker who’s not a tea fan. (More tea for me, yay!). It’s lovely, Creamy almondy goodness, just can’t beat it! It leaves a warmth on the tongue. It definitely does not need to be just reserved for Christmas. I know I’ll be enjoying this one through the rest of winter. :)

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I’m a little surprised this isn’t rated a little higher…reading the reviews It seems to me like it’s a misunderstood tea…and no one gets it. oh well…

I really really like this one.. enough to buy it in a larger quantity….I got the sample so….

And it’s my second cup of it today…so my sample is going faster than I expected!

Why drink 2 cups of this in September?? Well, I was designing Christmas cookies today (always gotta work 2 or 3 months ahead of the season) and I wasn’t feeling it…needed inspiration. So I brewed a cup of this….and I liked it so much I’m making it my evening cup.

I like the delicacy of white tea. When I opened the bag and smelled….it smelled like Christmas…and yes, there is sort of a strange sugar cookie, white chocolate peppermint smell…it smells like Christmas….it really does.

I use a lot of cardamom during the holiday season so I recognized it…but it’s so subtle here…as cardamom should be when used in something sweet…..if taken too liberally it can really be a BAM in your face kind of seasoning…which I love in Chai…but this wasn’t meant to be a chai….so here it seems to be leveled and balanced almost like it would be in baking.

I get the almond….a soft subtle sweet nuttiness…

And I get the vanilla. which is what I’m the most impressed with…it tastes and smells like vanilla bean..not extract or artificial flavoring…but bean…which is very different. It’s smooth and mellow and deliciously creamy.

the chamomile….I actually wasn’t even aware of it till the end…and I honestly think it just amplifies the subtle sweetness.

From a bakers perspective…I can best describe the taste as a lightly spiced almond cookie. I mean that’s almost exactly what it tastes like.

It’s one of those teas that changes with every sip….developing into a new page…like a new day in December….

It’s a very soft, comforting, wrap yourself in a cashmere sweater kind of sip and it brings me joy. It deserves my nice china tonight. I’m ordering more for the holiday for sure.

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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108 tasting notes

White Christmas on TV and White Christmas Tea in my mug.

I am not sure about this tea. I brewed it for about 5 min, but it still tasted very weak. The almond flavoring throws me off a bit as well. I think I like the idea of this tea more than I like the taste of this tea.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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114 tasting notes

Drank this tea with the monthly prompt of “A limited edition or seasonal tea” in mind. Come to think of it, just about all of my teas I could consider to be limited edition or seasonal, simply because I buy most of my tea seasonally and the rest aren’t available to be purchased anywhere anymore lol. Chose this one because I sort of felt bad for this tea, it had been chilling unloved in the tea cupboard at work for so so long, languishing in it’s special edition tin since the beginning of time.

I am getting some ghostly white tea notes, but its mostly a faint cardamom spice lingering in the taste. not much else here in this poor forgotten tea.

Doesn’t feel fair to rate this tea, after all it’s been though >w<

ashmanra

Sad! Poor tea – I remember liking it somewhat but the first cup I ever had was at a Barnes and Noble cafe. They burned the leaves and all I tasted was paper cup.

MiepSteep

Oof. This blend was just not meant to take a beating that most Harney teas receive!

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Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge – October Tea #7- A nutty tea

New tin!  So definitely not a sipdown. So I was looking at Harney’s sale items and this happened to be on sale. I bought it because it sounded like one of my favorite teas from WAY back in the day:  Specialteas Vienna Winter Green.  And regardless of one tea having a green base, and one tea having a white tea base, the flavor profiles here DO seem a little bit the same.  I imagine it is the closest flavor profile of any existing tea to Vienna Winter Green.  It’s a very unique type of flavor that I don’t think I have ever otherwise found.  Also a hard to describe flavor!  But the closest thing is a sort of nutty flavoring with also a hint of a dessert quality.  The blends use different nuts but I’m pretty sure the chamomile in this blend is even the unusual Roman chamomile that the Specialteas blend also uses.  So if I can never have that amazing Specialteas blend again, I’m glad this one was on sale. Nothing can ever reach the pure magic that was Vienna Winter Green, but it does fill a bit of the craving for that blend. I’m glad I took the chance on this blend.

Lupiressmoon

Nice summary/review. I think I have been tempted to get this one a few times but held off for some reason. I like peppermint teas sometimes but am picky.

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1711 tasting notes

Almonds and vanilla?! I’m in! I was sad to see this wasn’t available when I placed a Harney’s order, but on a recent stop at a farmer market type store in the middle of California I found four types of Harney’s holiday teas in the tin on sale. Kinda wish I had passed it up. Harney’s is one of those companies that I don’t like most of their teas. I’ve only found two so far that I liked enough to buy again. The whole cup is just so light. The almond is faint. It’s a passive baked cinnamon flavor. The whole thing is just so boring. Maybe it’s just my mood. I was really hoping for a tea to pick me up and this is not that cup.

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 3 min, 0 sec
Kawaii433

Almonds. That sounds so good right now. I almost bought the Kusmi Almond tea today. I believe it is new. Not sure though since I was out of the mix for a little bit hehe. I hope H&S bring it back so I can try it.

Dustin

I’m not sure if I’ve tried the Kusmi almond! I’ll have to look through my tasting notes. I think H&S has this one every winter with three other holiday teas.

ashmanra

Kawaii433: this is available right now on their website! I think they carry it year round. And free shipping – so you don’t even have the guilt of trying to hit a free shipping threshold!

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22 tasting notes

A nice, subtle almond and lightly spiced flavored white tea. Easy sipping with a nice mouth feel afterwards

Flavors: Almond

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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FANTASTIC.

Tastes like an almond cookie.

Harney And Sons is one of my new and most favourite tea brands, for certain.

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26 tasting notes

A nice balance of white tea and vanilla and mint flavors.

Flavors: Peppermint, Vanilla

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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73 tasting notes

This is a nice, comforting tea with a flavor that’s slightly spicy and slightly sweet. The sachets are really convenient, particularly for holiday travel. A great winter tea!

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 3 min, 0 sec 8 OZ / 236 ML

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