[1] The most fun and flavorful gift for a tea lover (photox #1 and #2 © Vahdam Teas).

[2] Holiday surprise: so many teas to discover.

[3] The gift provides a different variety of tea for 25 days (photo © Julia Sakelli | Pexels).

What could a tea lover love more, than the chance to enjoy 24 different top-quality teas?

We highly recommend the experience of a Holiday Advent Calendar from Vahdam Teas.

Vahdam Teas is the winner of the prestigious SOFI 2019 and 2020 or the BEST NEW PRODUCT along with 6 World Tea Championships.

It is loose leaf tea, which is the pick of the crop.
 
 
A TASTE OF 24 PREMIUM TEAS

Imagine discovering a different type of tea every day (or space it out as you wish).

The Christmas gift set includes so many different tastes of black, green, herbal and flavored teas. In alphabetical order:

 
 
FEEL-GOOD PRODUCT SUSTAINABILITY

The brand is certified carbon-neutral and plastic-neutral.

The company measures its overall carbon and plastic footprint and offsets it via investments in environment sustainability initiatives in India.

An innovative supply chain model ensures that the tea farmers get a better price for their produce and that consumers get the freshest teas.

There’s also a social initiative, TEAch Me, which directs 1% of revenues towards the education of the growers’ children.

Vahdam Teas was established in India by a 28-year-old fourth generation entrepreneur, who is very consumer conscious:

If you don’t like the product, the company will issue a 100% refund.

Just don’t drink up the entire box and claim you didn’t like it. 🙂
 
 
GET YOUR BEAUTIFUL BOX OF TEA

You can purchase it:

 
 
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Today’s tip comes from Jacqueline Parisi of Hello Fresh, the largest meal-kit provider in the U.S.

These natural DIY room scents are made with everyday foods.

Plus, if you use a glass vase or attractive jar, they double as festive tabletop centerpieces.

It couldn’t be simpler.
 
 
RECIPE: HOLIDAY HOME SCENTS

Ingredients

Select a scent (photo #1), and purchase enough to fill the pitcher, jar or vase you’ll be using.

Don’t worry about buying too much: These are ingredients you fan use every day (well, maybe not the pine twigs).

 
Plus

 
Preparation

1a. COMBINE the ingredients in a glass jar and fill the jar to the brim with warm water.

That’s it! The fresh and slightly sweet scent will linger pleasantly in the room.

For an alternate approach, here’s is an old trick to make a pleasant-smelling home when guests are expected.

The ingredients are simmered on the stove so it takes some watching, like any stovetop cooking.

1b. SIMMER the ingredients in a pan on the stove.

Bring the water to a boil, then lower to a simmer and keep it on a simmer as the fragrance fills the air.

Be careful, though. Once the water evaporates, the citrus can easily burn, delivering the opposite of what you want to achieve.
 
 
Happy holidays from The Nibble.

[1] You don’t need a fancy jar—a Mason jar is fine (photos #1 and #2 © Hello Fresh).

[2] Choose your scent.

[3] Extra citrus makes a holiday garnish with the leftover cranberries or pomegranate arils (photo © About.com [now closed])

[1] Yummy ice cream sandwiches in Egg Nog and Peppermint (all photos © Casper’s Ice Cream).

[2] FatBoy’s version of a peppermint sundae—no spoon required!

[3] Our new favorite chocolate ice cream: Frozen Hot Cocoa.

[4] You can’t put FatBoy under the tree…but load up the freezer!

We were not familiar with Fat Boy ice cream until the brand recently reached out to us with an offer to try their holiday flavors.

And are we glad they did. We LOVE their premium ice creams.
 
 
DELICIOUS HOLIDAY ICE CREAMS

Back by popular demand, are three FatBoy favorites and the new tub in town:

 
The truly are “premium” ice creams—better than the major supermarket brands we know. We may hoard every last bite.

We’ll certainly do it with Frozen Hot Cocoa Ice Cream, which is the best chocolate ice cream we’ve tasted in recent memory. One of its secrets: malted milk powder.

You can enjoy these frozen treats as is, or incorporate them into other dishes. For example:

 
 
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ABOUT FATBOY ICE CREAM

FatBoy Ice Creams are made in the small dairy town of Richmond, Utah. The parent company, 95-year-old Casper’s Ice Cream, is run by a third-generation family owner.

Some stats:

 
But why Fat Boy? Why not Hungry Boy, or something that most people would wear on a tee shirt?

We found the answer in an interview with a company representative:

“Decades ago, Casper’s Ice Cream started making a larger-than-usual ice cream sandwich. At the time they were just selling it as an ice cream sandwich.

The name initially ruffled some feathers, but the company has had fun with the whimsical name. And judging by the numbers, customers agree!
 
 
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> THE HISTORY OF ICE CREAM