Make your way through a Christmas countdown this year with one of these Advent calendars that recognize that the hectic month of December is the perfect time to schedule a little sipping time on the daily. From sachets, infusions, and loose-leaf to holiday blends, herbal and beyond, these Advent calendars will help keep your holidays soothing and warm.
Prices and availability are subject to change.
$80 from Amazon
Vadham — also known as Oprah's favorite tea — had released its 2022 advent calendar filled with 24 varieties of loose leaf tea to sip through the holidays. If $80 seems a bit steep, there's also a $60 version that includes smaller tins of 24 varieties.
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$36 from Uncommon Goods
This popular gifts retailer is also offering a tea-themed Advent calendar this year with 24 varieties of tea (packed in sachets) ranging from "Chinese black tea to Scandinavian tea with cranberry and elderflower."
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$80 and up from Meyer Bees
Love honey in your tea? Meyer Bees' honey advent calendar kicks off each day with a sampler of raw, all-natural honey, along with honey-related surprises like beeswax candles and honey candy. The sticky samplers showcase a range of flavors and styles from around the country —from raspberry blossom and coffee blossom to creamed honey and honeycomb — and are all accompanied by a fact card to help you become a honey bee savant. Don’t want to commit to the 24-day box? There’s a 12-day calendar available, too.
$15 from Amazon
This book-style Advent calendar offers 13 tea blends in staple-free sachets, with flavors including cinnamon, ginger, apple and cardamom, chai, anise, and more.
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$55 from David's Tea
This Christmas countdown tea sampler comes in a colorful book-style gift box and includes 24 samples of tea. Flavors include brown sugar bourbon, peanut butter brownie, salted caramel oolong, sugar pear fairy, orange spice, and more.
$35 from Amazon
This Advent calendar offers 24 servings of tea in two options — tea bags and loose leaf — and with flavors that include chai, China jasmine, Earl Grey, green rose, strawberries & cream, and more.
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$20 from Amazon
This budget-priced tea Advent calendar comes in two different colors — pink and blue — but both offer the same flavors, which include a lot of fruit-based teas plus some classics like oolong, Earl Grey, mint, and more.
$80 from World Market
This Advent calendar includes a selection of U.K.-based Whittard's "best-loved" teas in colorful drawers. No word on what those teas are, but for people who love to try just about anything as long as it involves soaking leaves and herbs in hot water, this would be a treat.
$60 from Tea Forté
Behind numbered doors in this pyramid-shaped Advent calendar, tea lovers will find 24 tea infusers. Flavors include some festive and fun flavors such as rum raisin biscotti, peach brûlée, cherry marzipan, and apricot amaretto.
$37 and up from Etsy
This Etsy pick allows a lot of customization options for tea drinkers who like their cuppa just so. There are four flavor options to choose from — Christmas blends, breakfast blends, caffeine-free, and single-origin teas — and you can also add an infuser, have your tea packaged in brew bags, or leave it loose-leaf.
$28 and up from Etsy
Get a spoonful of wisdom with your tea with this Advent calendar that includes the words of women philosophers. The tea comes from the Maryland-based Eastern Shore Tea Company, and you can order this calendar with or without a guide to its symbols, Easter eggs, and more that will be available come the New Year.
$20 from Amazon
This simple calendar unfolds into a lovely presentation of 24 tea sachets that include herbal and organic flavors such as lemon, ginger, and manuka honey; peppermint and licorice; wild apple and cinnamon; and more.