FinlandOverview
Nordqvist started in 1979 as a Helsinki shop selling flavoured and plain tea loose, moved into importing and wholesale as merchants across Finland asked for its blends, and now has its family-run tea factory in Nurmijärvi. The calendar is a cube with 25 numbered doors and 27 cups: a bag behind each door, three in the Christmas Eve box.
Fourteen of the doors are black tea, four are green, and seven are hibiscus or rooibos without caffeine. The flavours lean towards the bakery: tiramisu and salted caramel, popcorn and salted caramel, baked apple, and a rooibos with cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, vanilla and gingerbread.
A hibiscus blend carries mulled wine and glögi flavours with rosemary, orange peel and rose petal. All teas are vegan and come from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms. It costs 23.90 euros from Nordqvist.
Taste & variety
We read the ingredient list door by door and it sounds like a dessert menu: black tea with tiramisu and salted caramel, another with popcorn and salted caramel, baked apple, plum and cinnamon, peppermint with liquorice root and mint-chocolate.
The greens go fruity (peach; strawberry, lemon and vanilla; vanilla and red berries). Of the 25 doors, 14 are black, four green and seven caffeine-free, among them hibiscus with mulled wine and glögi flavours, rooibos with vanilla and honey, and rooibos with orange.
Little repeats, which is what keeps day 14 interesting. The final entry, black tea with cinnamon, cardamom and ginger, arrives as three bags.
Packaging & gift appeal
A cube is a clever shape for a calendar: it stands on a windowsill or a shelf and looks finished from every side, so it can stay out all month without being tucked against a wall.
Behind the numbered doors is one bag each, with the Christmas Eve box holding three, which is how 25 doors yield 27 cups. The teas come from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms and every one is vegan.
The family firm has its tea factory in Nurmijärvi, north of Helsinki, so the blends are made in Finland.
What is in the box
25 numbered doors holding 27 cups of tea in total, one bag per door and three in the Christmas Eve box: black, green, hibiscus and rooibos blends, all vegan.
Key features
- 25 numbered doors holding 27 cups, with three bags in the Christmas Eve box
- 14 black teas, four greens and seven caffeine-free hibiscus and rooibos blends
- Flavours such as tiramisu, popcorn and salted caramel, baked apple and glögi
- Rainforest Alliance Certified, vegan, blended in Finland
What changed since last year
Same product page, description and product code as last year. The shop price was EUR 19.80 in October 2025 and is EUR 23.90 now.
Compared with archived brand pages and listings from 2025, checked October 16, 2026.
Our verdict
A cube of flavoured tea from a Helsinki family firm, with caramel, tiramisu and glögi doing the work of a December pudding. It is the household-sized choice, and a good one, but a purist will be happier with Palais des Thés.
What we like
- 25 doors, 27 cups, almost no flavour repeated
- Seven caffeine-free doors for the evenings
- Blended in Finland by a family firm
A few things to know
- One bag behind most doors, with only the Christmas Eve box holding extra
- Flavoured nearly throughout: a single plain black tea in the whole run
Questions about Nordqvist Tea Advent Calendar
What is in Nordqvist Tea Advent Calendar?
25 doors. 25 numbered doors holding 27 cups of tea in total, one bag per door and three in the Christmas Eve box: black, green, hibiscus and rooibos blends, all vegan..
Is Nordqvist Tea Advent Calendar vegan?
The shop or the box describes it as vegan. That is what the review is going on.
