If you’re someone like me, who loves receiving coffee as a gift, I’ve found the perfect gift. Perhaps receiving an advent calendar during the year might be strange, but do you really need an excuse to try a new coffee every day?
My husband bought me a Nespresso advent calendar for Christmas. I waited until January to start my caffeine journey, and boy, was it good. Seeing as January can be more stressful and tough to get back into a “normal” routine, this was a great way to make me excited to get up in the mornings and make myself a cup of coffee with a new taste.
I will add a disclaimer that I am a lover of coffee beverages, but I am in no way an expert on taste or even identifying the notes. I have recently started watching videos from a Youtuber, James Hoffmann, who is a barista and a coffee expert. I feel my knowledge has improved on this topic. He also has a nice and calming voice. On a side note to the calendar, I would like to attend barista classes. I think it would be nice to know how to work the machines and make a decent cup of coffee.
Back to the calendar. You receive 24 pods with a bonus of a mug on the last day. Can we take a moment to appreciate the pretty packaging? This was a collaboration with fusalp.
This is the list from the website.
Here are some photos of my favourite flavours and some of the pretty designs.
My favourite flavour is the Frosted Caramel Nut. I bought a sleeve of pods while on holiday at the beginning of December, which I finished within a few days. Unfortunately, these are part of the festive range, and I believe you cannot buy them during the year.
On the last day, you receive your mug to enjoy the very last pod. It is thankfully dishwasher save, if you were wondering.
I first envisioned this blog post to describe each day’s flavour and add a photo. My phone gallery is filled with daily pod photos. As mentioned, I lack the knowledge to properly relay flavour. What I learned so far from James is that there is acidic and bitter; they are at the end of the scale. Therefore I just wanted to share my photos and give my seal of recommendation to give a coffee advent calendar a try.
If you have any questions about the calendar or the flavours, I can attempt to answer you as I did make daily notes. I take my coffee seriously, you know.
Mona – hopped up on caffeine