Christmas Coffee Advent

It has been some while since I have been active on Hive. October and November were pretty much write-off's. Alas.

But! Now it is December, and I have a cop-out to begin to engage. Christmas Advent Calendars! And what better way to enjoy Advent than with a Coffee Advent Calendar. Mmm, mmm good.

Yes, this really is a coffee advent. Hidden behind each door is a K-Cup full of wholesome coffee goodness. The calendar came from Aldi's. What a magical place that is.

When I was a child I usually received an advent calendar filled with small pieces of chocolatey-flavoured candy. I'm hesitant to call it actual chocolate, because I don't think it was, but it was something I remember enjoying nonetheless. Of course, now that I'm no longer a child, I still eat chocolate, but have since branched out as well. What is behind door number 1?

Alright, I'll admit, when I first saw "Candy Cane" and "Coffee" put together I was dubious. I was also dubious when first presented with "Banana Bread Beer," and I'm happy to admit that in this case, as in that, my initial assumption was wrong.

The coffee was smooth and not bitter. It was, in fact, minty. I normally do enjoy bitter coffee, or coffee with some strong spices in it (not sweetened), but this one worked. It definitely had a candy cane taste to it, almost to the point of tasting like a hot chocolate, but without the chocolate. Seriously, the mint flavour was stronger than I was expecting, which probably did the entire coffee a solid service; if it was any lighter it would have simply covered the taste of the coffee without providing any additional flavouring. Given a choice between this and a coffee I would normally drink, I'd choose my normal coffee (I'm just not a fan of sweet coffee), but this one was definitely better than anticipated. It is keeping me looking forward to day 2.