Tea Advent calendar - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 4 tsp black tea
• 8 cardamom pods, crushed using a pestle and mortar
• ½ tsp black peppercorns, crushed using a pestle and mortar
• 8 cloves
• 1 small cinnamon stick, broken into small pieces
• 2 tsp dried rose petals
• 1 tbsp freeze-dried raspberries
• 2 tsp green tea
• 4 tsp dried mint
• 4 tsp green tea
• 4 tsp dried lemongrass
• 1 tsp dried lavender
• 2 tbsp dried chamomile flowers
• 8 small pieces of crystallised ginger
• 4 thumbnail-sized pieces of dried pineapple
• 1 tbsp shredded coconut
• 2 tsp rooibos tea
• 8 small pieces dried mango
• 4 tbsp dried apple pieces, or 4 dried apple rings
• 2 tsp black loose-leaf tea
• 1 cinnamon stick, broken into small pieces
• 24 empty teabags and gift tags, or small numbered containers and a tea strainer