The Mariage Frères Advent calendar 2026 is called Christmas Rhapsody. It is a square case measuring 30 × 30 × 3 cm, orange with gold accents, tied with a white satin ribbon. Behind its 25 numbered windows wait 25 cotton muslin tea sachets: one for each morning, from 1 to 25 December.

The house includes Grands Crus and creations from its catalogue, without publishing the list: each window keeps its tea secret until the day arrives, which is the whole principle of a calendar. We therefore do not publish it either. One muslin contains the dose for a 200 ml cup, and its cotton lets the leaves unfurl as they would in a teapot: one cup and a kettle are enough.

The tea of the day is prepared according to its family. For its cotton muslin tea sachets sold in our shops, Mariage Frères recommends 95 °C for 5 minutes for a black tea or a rooibos, 95 °C for 3 minutes for a flavoured green tea, and 85 °C for 7 minutes for a white tea. Remove the muslin at the end of the time: the tea stays round and does not turn bitter. Our guide to steeping times and temperatures details each family.

A tea calendar is for someone who enjoys discovery. Twenty-five teas in one month is an opportunity to taste families you would not usually choose, a white tea, an oolong, a flavoured green tea, and to note those you would like to find again later in a tin. To serve from the first morning, give it before 1 December. When ordering, tick “It’s a gift”: the packaging is free, and your message is handwritten on a house card.

Among our Christmas ideas, this is the gift that lasts: a different tea every day for twenty-five days, when a Christmas flask offers just one. To complete it, the Christmas selection brings together the house's seasonal teas. And our tea calendar pairs perfectly with the honey Advent calendar from Abeilles de Malescot: twenty-four honey preparations, one per day from 1 to 24 December, to enjoy with the morning tea.

Once empty, the case closes and can be kept: it holds letters, photos, or the muslins of the teas you preferred. Keep the muslins in their closed case, away from light, heat and humidity.