2 Vahdam tea advent calendars compared for 2026, with their published contents and packaging covered below.
We reviewed 2 Vahdam calendars this season, made in India. The highest rated is the Vahdam Advent Calendar Gift Set, 24 Teas at 8/10. Each review below covers the teas, the box and who it suits.
Bala Sarda founded Vahdam in 2015, aged 23, and named it with a reverse anagram of his father's name, Madhav.
The company says its roots lie in a family tea shop in Darjeeling that opened in 1931. That is the lineage behind a calendar built for a person who wants to learn India through the cup: Assam, Darjeeling, Kashmir, the Himalayas.
Vahdam is a young brand with an old family story. That history suits a recipient who likes the tale with the chai more than one who collects heritage names.
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Vahdam's Advent Calendar Gift Set holds 24 loose leaf teas from India: five masala chais, seven black teas led by two Darjeelings, five greens, five herbal tisanes, an oolong and a white tea.
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Vahdam's foldable advent calendar holds 24 plant-based pyramid tea bags from India, one blend per day: five blacks, five chais, six greens, six herbal tisanes, an oolong and a white tea. It is the bagged, lower-priced companion to the brand's loose leaf set.