Esprit de Noël - Noël

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Almond, Apple, Black Tea, Cinnamon, Vanilla
Flavors
Cinnamon, Nutty, Orange Zest, Almond, Brown Sugar, Cardamom, Molasses, Spices, Vanilla, Citrus, Clove, Smooth, Tannin, Apple, Orange, Raisins, Roasted Nuts
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Bulk, Loose Leaf, Sachet
Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by __Morgana__
Average preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 15 sec 3 g 11 oz / 329 ml

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42 Tasting Notes View all

  • “Another best seller of the Mariage Frères tea house. No suspense for this one : it is one of my favourite even if I don’t drink it very often. I know this tea since I am a child, my mother had it...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I keep on messing up this tea. It’s too expensive for me to keep on messing up! :) Steeped it close to 18 minutes today, completely by accident. Therefore, I’m definitely getting some bitterness at...” Read full tasting note
    83
  • “I purposely brewed this one up with that other tea…knowing full well, i would probably really like this tea. Another one from missB and i was right. I really like this. The spices aren’t...” Read full tasting note
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  • “No logical reason why I would want Christmas tea on a hot day in August, but there you have it. Drinking it straight, instead of with milk and sugar, for the first time in a long time to see if I...” Read full tasting note
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From Mariage Frères

A festive tea blended specially for the occasion. Flavoured with mild Christmas spices, it includes pieces of orange zest and vanilla.

“Thé de la fête. Mélange spécialement créé pour cette occasion, il est parfumé aux épices douces de Noël et agrémenté d’écorces d’orange et de morceaux de vanille bourbon.”

PREPARATION ADVICE FOR 1 CUP :
Amount of tea leaves: 2.5g
Best water temperature: 95 °C
Infusion time: 3-5 min

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42 Tasting Notes

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I believe this was from OMGsrsly? Thanks! (And it was wrapped up in two cute little 2tsp-serving pouches. So cute!)

Anyhow, I rather enjoyed this. It reminded me of Caramel Spice from DavidsTea, although missing the mulberry sweetness. So basically, an orange spice tea, which was pretty good. I was a little distracted when I drank it, but oh well! The enjoyment was still there.

Preparation
Boiling 2 min, 0 sec

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2291 tasting notes

Still sick, but back at work.

Good tea is good. Nice and spicy today, to help cut through the crud.

Still like Chandernagor better, but this is good in its own right.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 0 sec 3 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML
__Morgana__

Feel better.

Fjellrev

Some get well better soon vibes are heading your way, ZOMG!

OMGsrsly

Thanks tea friends! :D Soon it is the weekend and I can spend the WHOLE TIME IN BED. It will be glorious.

Evol Ving Ness

Truly the best way to deal. And drink all the teas and sleep and repeat. Glorious—yes.

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2238 tasting notes

A sample from Ysaurella. I enjoy Christmas in general (not as much as Halloween, though!), so it comes as a surprise to me that I’ve not tried all that many teas which attempt to capture the spirit, or essence, of Christmas. I can think of one or two, but none that spring to mind as readily as this one! Finally, thanks to Ysaurella, I have the chance to try it.

I chose a cool autumn day for my first tasting — I’m just too impatient to wait for December, or Christmas itself. I gave 1 tsp of leaf 3.5 minutes in boiling water. I made no additions to my first cup, but I think milk would work here. The base tea and flavouring seem robust enough to carry that.

The main flavour I can detect is clove, followed by orange/mandarin, and then cinnamon. The base tea is pleasantly malty, and adds a delicate sweetness that really seems to help enhance the almost savoury flavours. It’s quite a heavy-tasting tea, and the aftertaste lingers long on the palate like a slow-fading memory of Christmases past. There’s a very slight dryness, but I’ve come to expect that from spice teas in general.

This one does capture the scents and flavours of a traditional Christmas well enough for me. Christmas isn’t always a happy time of year for me, though, so some of that is very bittersweet. This would be the perfect cosy tea for a cold winter day, though. It’s a spot-on evocation of winter, and traditional happy family Christmases.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 30 sec 1 tsp

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Tea #6 from Pass the Stash box

I do not know what is wrong with me. I had such high hopes for this tea…it smelled like cinnamon and clove in the sample bag. I try it…and it just tastes blah! I get the cinnamon, maybe some slight orange or vanilla, and no clove. It smells like a Christmas candle, and just is not tasting like that to me.

We’ll see if it gets better as it cools…that’s been happening to me lately.

Preparation
4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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237 tasting notes

Ooooh my, it may be nearing the end of June, but when I put this in my mouth, I felt like it was Christmas time, oh yes. Adding a bit of sweetener really made it shine, and every sip was a glorious tribute to fruitcake. Without really knowing why, I would say this tea tastes glittery. There’s a very bright note in there that just totally makes it. Thank you SO much for sending this Miss B, you made my day.

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This comes out of my MissB box of tea (I’ve kept all the samples she sent me in the original box, because it feels like a present each time I open it… haha). I wanted a full flavoured black this morning, and boy am I pleased.
Cinnamon is the predominant flavour to me, but followed right on its heels are toasted nuts, raisins, and baked apples….
It really reminds me of a yeasted breakfast bread, heavily spiced, with a drizzle of sweet glaze on top…. Maybe like a “King’s Cake”? The yeasted, woven type (I make one every year at the holidays…).
This is incredibly delicious and probably one of my favourite ‘cinnamon’ teas I’ve tasted so far. Thanks so much, MissB!

Flavors: Apple, Cinnamon, Raisins, Roasted Nuts

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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4 tasting notes

A holiday treat – best used sparingly. The cinnamon can overpower. Great for setting a holiday mood, and the fragrance is heavenly.

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I very much wanted to like this tea. It was a special order based on a Teamailer’s recommendation, however, it seems that our tastes diverge on this blend. The smell is overpowering: the fragrance dominated my tea cabinet so badly that I had to seal it in extra Ziploc bags. The flavor is equally intense. I found it too perfume-like for my palate.

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