Hello friends, just a quick note to let you know that after a one-year break (and me not doing it properly in 2023… I think?), I’m back with another tea-themed advent calendar!

To be honest, I was planning to skip the advent calendar this year, because I’ve already tried most of what I’ve wanted to try and I’ve got enough teas to sustain me for a quite a while, but then I saw that Lupicia sold a calendar for what I think is the first time!! If you’ve followed me since I was in Japan, you’ll know that Lupcia is how I got into tea – I’ve bought their fukubukuro’s, been to their marché (and honestly would want to go again), tried one of their winter sets, and I’ve bought more than one of their Book of Tea sets. But as far as I can remember, I’ve not seen them put out an advent calendar, so I had to get it when I heard the news.

At first, I thought I wouldn’t get it in time because it only reached the forwarder last week, but somehow all the stars aligned and the advent calendar is now with me!!! Please enjoy the multiple pictures that I took:

Like before, I’m planning to post updates once a week. However, this year, there is a new twist – I’m planning to post daily updates on my telegram channel (channel name: @eusteareads, link: https://t.me/eusteareads ) because I’m trying to see if that is an alternative to instagram.

Apart from that, I’m also planning to post craft updates with this weekly post, mostly because I have been taking photos of my cross stitch project (more about that here) to convince myself that progress has been made. Here’s how it looks today, 30 Nov 2025:

I can’t wait for this ADVENTure to begin! (I have like 3 tea and christmas puns, please let me know if you know any more!)