Countdown to the countdown: Adagio Christmas teas and advent calendar are here!

Countdown to Christmas with the pretty and pretty tasty teas from Adagio

Less than two months away, the countdown to the Christmas countdown has begun! And, for tea enthusiasts, there's nothing better for tracking down the days than with Adagio's Advent Calendar and/or (emphasis on "and"!) the  12 Days of Christmas sampler.

These two Christmas-themed gift packages from Adagio teas are not only pretty in appearance, but high in tea content. Both provide not just a variety of tea in tea bags, but individually portioned loose tea-for-one in each day's packet!

Adagio's advent calendar &12 days of Christmas come with packets of loose tea

Although I normally would exercise constraint and wait until December 1st before even entertaining opening a Christmas-themed packet, for the purposes of reporting, I did sample one of the Christmas teas. *Spoiler Alert* It was white pear tea and it was delicious!  (I brewed the white pear tea per the instructions on the packet: heat to 180 degrees and steep for three minutes - it was delightfully light and flavorful.)

Adagio's advent calendar features 24 loose teas, festive packaging

The Advent Calendar is enveloped in a dark, rich, red color, accented by gold outlines of a Christmas tree on one side and a reindeer on the other. It makes a wonderful addition to the Christmas decor (I've put mine on the console which resides in the hallway leading to our dining room) as each day a new "door" waits to be opened. 

12 Days of Christmas teas can be hung on a Christmas tree or remain unified for a holiday scene

But, new to me this  year, is Adagio's  12 Days of Christmas teas and there's a lot of cool stuff going on here. Again, like the advent calendar, the teas are loose tea blends. From my small sample, great tasting tea - but there's so much more! Each tea comes in a separate tin which slides open to reveal the tea packet. They work well by themselves, but assembled all together in the box, they make a consolidated holiday scene.

Adagio's 12 Days of Christmas tins make great favors or stocking stuffers

They can be displayed as a unit or used individually, to be hung as ornaments (each tin has a ribbon attached at the top) or distributed as favors or stocking stuffers to family and friends, 

We sampled White Pear tea and it was delicious!

If this seems a bit early to be thinking about counting the days to the final countdown, Adagio teas has a great feature on its website for some of these seasonal items:  a box you can click to "remind me later". Adagio is assisting with the need to wait, but still alert buyers before it's "too late".

I will be back to let you know about some of the other teas I'll taste as the time nears and how I've put those tea tins to work in my holiday decor.

In the meantime, the countdown to the countdown continues: kudos to Adagio for giving us such pretty -  and pretty tasty! - options to add to the Christmas celebration.

Adagio's advent calendar and/or 12 Days of Christmas, sure to please the tea enthusiast on your list

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