Experience Twelve Days of a Delightfully Delicious Christmas

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An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

8 min readDec 16, 2022

Volume 5 of a 7-Part Holiday Gift Guide Series

As you deck the halls, prepare for your holiday gatherings, and order presents this yuletide season, make merry with distinctive specialty gifts. You can serve these 12 unique coffees, teas, appetizers, and desserts at your soirees, during meals at home with your family, or give them out as gifts. Either way, they will be savored, relished, and appreciated well into the New Year.

Day 1

Tea Forté Warming Joy Limited Edition Holiday Collection

This delightful Christmas gift includes teas in the Presentation Box, Single Steeps Sampler, Petite Presentation Box, Petite Tea Trees, and Warming Joy Gift Set. The recipient of this magnificent and festive present can savor the blends of Harvest Apple Spice, Cherry Marzipan, Sweet Orange Spice, Winter Chai, and Raspberry Ganache. Kosher certified, this new collection of the finest of teas has the aroma of sweet baking spices and vibrant fruit. Other popular selections include Winter Chalet, Pumpkin Spice, Tea Forté Select, Classics, Paradis, Wellbeing, Herbal Retreat, Lotus, Jardin, Hanami, Fleur, Soleil, World of Teas, Chakra, and Essential Greens. Discover great recipes and tea serving tips on the Tea Notes Blog.

Day 2

Case’s Case by Fischer & Wieser

Named for and personally selected by CEO Case D. Fischer, this tasty holiday gift would make for a wonderful surprise for the cuisine connoisseur in your life. It features bestsellers of the award-winning company. They’ll enjoy the Original Roasted Raspberry Chipotle Sauce®, Mango Ginger Habanero Sauce, Onion Blossom Horseradish Dip, Mild Green Jalapeno Jelly, Four Star Black Raspberry Chipotle Sauce, Sweet, Sour & Smokey Mustard Sauce, Charred Pineapple Bourbon Sauce, Amaretto Peach Pecan Preserves, Das Peach Haus® Peach Salsa, and Champagne Honey Mustard. Check out delectable recipes and the Hill Country Epicurean Blog from Fischer & Wieser as well.

Day 3

27 Favorites by The Swiss Colony

Family owned since 1926, this exceptional company has been delivering delicious edibles for decades. This good old fashioned holiday gift box is complete with fruit spreads, mustards, candies, cheddar, brick and Colby cheeses, chocolate-covered peanuts, Bonbon cookies, miniature cakes, petit fours, chocolate balls, and various summer sausages. Other great gift items are the Old-fashioned Butter Toffee, Breads and Cremes Basket, Snacker’s Dream Basket, and Coffee Sampler gift.

Day 4

Ezra Coffee

Jessica Taylor founded Ezra Coffee in 2021. The name Ezra in Hebrew means “he who helps”. She is committed to serving her community by providing scholarships and offering aromatic, flavorful blends from farms producing high quality coffee while paying workers a fair wage. Each of her unique blends, in extraordinary packaging, is inspired by an iconic figure or event in history. This coffee will make a wonderful gift for your loved ones for sure. The brews include 64th & Tulsa from Black Wall Street, Lorde Baldwin from Audre Lorde and James Baldwin, Candied Yams from the Southern Culture, Le Grand Duc 1928 from a Parisian night club, King Malcom from Dr. Martin L. King, Jr and Malcom X, and Toasted Southern Pecan from horticulturist Antoine in 1846.

Day 5

Siika Herb & Honey Co

While in Ghana in December 2021, Makuyo envisioned Siika which means “wealth, luxury, extreme riches, or beauty” in her paternal GA language. She was also inspired by the healing properties of honey and herbs as well as various teas. Give the gift of teas like the Chai/African Rooibos & Vanilla, Clarity/Lavender & Lemongrass, Connection/Hibiscus, and Freddie/Sweet Chili Honey. Likewise, add honey selections such as Mama/Mint & Rosemary Honey, Renee Anastasia/Orange Spice, and Yaayo/Vanilla & Lavendar Honey. Beautifully packaged gift sets include the Herb & Honey Candles, Tisane/Tea Sampler, Siika Holiday Set, and Siika Tea Set.

Day 6

Good & Tasty Bakes

These cheesecakes are made of all natural ingredients such as locally sourced butter and 100% rBGH-free cream cheese for dairies in the western United states. They are gluten free, keto-friendly, and sugar free. Available in minis, gift bundles, and regular sizes, flavors include pumpkin, key lime, and chocolate. Check out the blog for informational serving tips.

Day 7

Angelino’s Coffee

Like his father, Kirk Bedrossian loves coffee. So much so, they journeyed to coffee regions around the world such as Africa, Indonesia, and the Amazon in pursuit of it. In 2002, he founded Angelino’s Coffee in Los Angeles. Blends like Maple Glaze, Breakfast Blend, Hawaiian Blend, Donut Shop, Sumatra Dark, French Roast, Hazelnut Crème, Jamaican Me Crazy, Blueberry Truffle, Moka Java, and Coconut Macaroon will make for great Christmas gifts.

Day 8

Pop Art Gourmet Snacks

Really get the holiday party started with these snacks created by an inspirational company encouraging everyone to remain beautifully unique, have the courage to stand out, and embrace the greatness in themselves. Cool choices include the Rosemary Truffle Popcorn, Cheddar Jalapeño Popcorn, Dill Pickle Ranch Popcorn, and Pop Stars 3D Potato Bites in Barbecue or Sea Salt. Seasonal treats include Honey Kettle Corn, Maple Sea Salt Kettle Corn, and Sweet & Salty with Holiday Sparkle.

Day 9

Mark T. Wendell Tea Company

This celebrated, luxury tea company, founded in 1904, brings more than 100 diverse specialty teas to the world. Wow the tea enthusiast in your circle with Grace Rare Teas such as Connoisseur Master Blend, Darjeeling Superb 6000, Demitasse After Dinner Tea, Egyptian Camomile Earth Apple Flowers, Japanese Sencha Kyoto Estate Green, and China Oolong Fine Ti Kuan Yin. The historied fine tea importers offer a range of specialty teas, loose leaf blends, and herbal tisanes such as Black, Pu-erh, Oolong, Scented, Green, Yellow, White, Ayurvedic, and Blooming.

Day 10

City Bonfires S’mores Seasonal Gifts

Families love the notion of getting together around a bonfire and toasting S’mores on a brisk, cold night during the holiday season. Maryland natives Chris McCasland and Michael Opalski hold the belief that bonfire nights are the best nights. This yuletide season, create special moments and make magnificent memories with these seasonal gifts. Try the S’mores Night Pack Happy Holiday Edition or Merry Christmas Edition, the City Bonfire Happy Holiday Edition, Merry Christmas Edition, or Happy Hanukkah Edition, and the City Bonfires Deluxe Holiday Chocolate Kit. Add the Outdoor Candle and Portable Camp Stove to your Christmas list too.

Day 11

Happy Day Brands Coffee

This company, offering products such as oats, pasta, flowers, pancake mix, and protein powders offers organic coffee. The more than a dozen blends include French Roast, Morning Glory, Guatemalan, Nicaraguan, Espresso, Ethiopian, Peruvian, and Sumatra. With each coffee bag purchased, the company donates to nonprofits focused on breaking the cycle of poverty.

Day 12

Blue Diamond Almonds

Founded in 1910, today this co-op of 3,000 growers continues to pioneer how almonds are enjoyed by consumers worldwide. As you continue your holiday cooking and baking, experience this iconic brand. For a limited time only, savor the Peppermint Cocoa Flavored Almonds and Snickerdoodle Flavored Almonds. Create your favorite desserts with the almond flour and take baking to the next delectable level with the Brownie Mix, Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix, Chocolate Cake Mix, and Yellow Cake Mix. Totally skip the dairy with the Almond Breeze brand of Original Almondmilk, Chocolate Almondmilk, and Unsweetened Vanilla Almondmilk. Click here to get great recipes for holiday favorites, smoothies, desserts, entrees and more.