Tea-themed Birthday Presents: Part 1

Last month, I celebrated my birthday and was blessed with fun gifts from family and friends.

 

 

Cake-inspired teas consumed on my birthday.

 

Top (L-R): DavidsTea's Lemon Pound Cake oolong; Tea at the White House's Royal Chocolate Biscuit Cake black tea 

 

Bottom (L-R): Dessert by Deb's Banana Pineapple Hummingbird Cake black tea/rooibos and Peach Crumble Cake black tea

 

 

 

Reusable sponge cloths with a teacup design.

 

 

Teacup and teapot paper napkins.

   

 

My brother gave me teas from tea shops in Alberta: Canmore Tea Company and Jolene's Tea House.

 

 

 

Tea samples from my friends.

 

 

 

Thank you, Kitty, for this beautiful scented stash. It smells heavenly!

 

 

These beautiful matcha latte and gold teapot glass ornaments are perfect for my tea-themed Christmas tree.

Teaology's tea-infused hand creams are just what my dry hands need during the winter months!

 

 

January tea empties

What I will or have already restocked:
1. Clearview Tea Co.'s Gingerbread Pearcake green tea

2. Celestial Seasonings' Candy Cane Lane decaffeinated green tea

Teas I Drink on a Snow Day

Yesterday, we had another snowstorm so I hunkered down indoors with copious amounts of tea.

 

 

Snow Day Tea #1: Harney & Sons' Celebration black tea in a handmade Yeti mug.

 

 

 

Snow Day Tea #2: DavidsTea's Choco Pistachio oolong in a handmade snowflake mug. This was a nice sweet oolong, but I didn't really taste the chocolate or pistachio notes.

 

 

Snow Day #3: Genuine Tea's Hojicha (roasted green tea) latte in a snowman mug.

 

 

Snow Day #4: Dessert by Deb's Farmhouse Apple Peach Cider Fritters rooibos in a sleeping snowflake dreamer mug.

Birthday cupcakes and teas

For my birthday, I asked a work friend, who has a side business in baked goods, to custom make for me chocolate earl grey with lavender buttercream icing cupcakes.

 

 

The cupcakes looked and tasted delicious!

 

 

DavidsTea's Lavender Buttercream rooibos was the perfect accompaniment to the chocolate earl grey lavender cupcakes.

 

 

The cake-inspired teas that I enjoyed this month:

 

Top (L-R): Blueberry Lavender Angel Food Cake black tea and Lavender Peach Pound Cake green tea

 

Row 2 (L-R): Vanilla Caramel Spice Snack Cake black tea/rooibos and Chocolate Orange Biscuit Cake black tea/rooibos

 

Row 3 (L-R): Peach Lychee Cream Swiss Roll black tea and Nanaimo Bar Cheesecake black tea/rooibos

 

Row #4 (L-R): Hazelnut Buttercream Cake Pop black tea and Earl's Rose Cardamom Tea Cake black tea/rooibos

 

Bottom (L-R): Thai Banana Cake black tea and Strawberry and Vanilla Cake black tea

Christmas Haul: Tea-lightful Presents

My family and friends blessed me with some fun tea-themed gifts for Christmas.

 

 

My talented friend crocheted this adorable purple tissue box.

 

 

Herbal teas for late afternoon/evening sipping.

 

 

A tea and fruit infuser bottle.

 

 

A bobba (bubble) tea charm for Crocs.

 

 

A make-it-yourself mini teapot.

 

 

A whimsical Tea Party bag.

First Teas in 2026

I hope your 2026 has been off to a great start!

 

I kicked off the new year with a cup of Tazo Joy tea. Thank you, Kitty, for sharing this lovely fruity blend of black tea, green tea, and oolong with me! 

 

The first NEW tea that I drank in 2026 was Genuine Tea's Organic Hojicha (roasted green tea) Microground. It made a delicious tea latte!

 

December tea empties

2025 Tea Wrappped

 The last 3 days of my Tea Advent Calendar. 

 

Day 22: DavidsTea's Santa's Secret black tea

 Day 23: Clearview Tea Co.'s Gingerbread Pear Cake green tea

 Day 24: Murchie's Christmas black tea 

 

December 25: I enjoyed Twinings' Christmas black tea. Thank you, Kitty for sharing this delicious tea with me!

I've also been enjoying these tasty teas from Dessert by Deb's Nutcracker Sweets Collection.

 

Top: Candy Cane Cookie Dough black tea

 

Middle: Raspberry Garlands herbal tea

 

Bottom: Cardamom Sugar Waffles black tea 

 

 

My sipdowns: January to November 2025 

During the first quarter of 2026, I'm going to try to do a "low-buy" for tea. I really need to sip down more teas before restocking or adding new blends to my collection!

A new Christmas Teacup

A few weeks ago, I acquired a lovely bone china teacup from my local Buy Nothing Group.

 

 

Isn't the holly and ivy design pretty?

 

 

 

The teacup was made in England by Rosina.

 

 

 

Tea Advent Calendar: Week 3

 

Day 15: DavidsTea's Clementine Cheer oolong

 

Day 16: Totalitea's Spice Cookie black tea

 

Day 17: DavidsTea's Gingerbread matcha

 

Day 18: Murchie's Ode to Joy green tea and oolong 

 

 

 

Day 19: DavidsTea's Gingerbread Toffee pu-erh

 Day 20: Geek+Tea's Holiday Spice black tea

 

Day 21: Dessert by Deb's Orange Ginger Shortbread rooibos

 

 

  

Wishing you a blessed and joyful Christmas!