The figure that matters is cups per box: Bird & Blend's tea calendar is two cups a door, Twinings is one bag, Pact and Grind are one brew, the matcha is two. Only Pact reveals its coffees day by day and only Grind fits a pod machine; every page says what the maker prints and what it keeps.
Step 01
Count the cups, not the doors
A drinks door is a can, a pod, a pouch, a bag or a tin, and they are not the same amount of anything: Bird & Blend's tea calendar is two cups a door, Twinings is one bag, a coffee pod is one brew, the matcha tin is two. Cups per box is the figure to compare, and every page here states the format.
Step 02
Prefer a printed list, or know why there is none
16 of the 16 here come with the maker's list of what is behind the doors — Bird & Blend Matcha 2026, Bird & Blend Tea 2026 and English Tea Shop Book-Style Red 2026 among them; 0 do not. Where a maker will not say what is behind door nine, the page says so, and the score reflects it.
Step 03
Compare the price per door
Across the 16 here with a list price, a door costs from about $1 to about $7, and the median is about $2.31. Every calendar page ranks its own door price against this shelf. How the door price is counted →
Step 04
Start from this season's, from the ones we have opened
16 of the 29 on this page are 2026 editions and every one carries a verdict from us. The earlier editions stay listed for the record; the grid puts this season first.