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Logging some final 2023 sipdowns!

2023 sipdown no. 115 Nabo Som en Dröm
2023 sipdown no. 116 Tante T Coconut Cream
2023 sipdown no. 117 Nabo Saltlakrits
2023 sipdown no. 118 S&V Carrot Cake
2023 sipdown no. 119 DF Carcadet Provence
2023 sipdown no. 120 Tante T Mandel
2023 sipdown no. 121 Tante T Orange
2023 sipdown no. 122 Tante T Tantens Regnebuete

2023 sipdown no. 114

This is a nice enough herbal tea. The orange flavour is a bit muted, but I’d rather muted than cloying. Thank you*Martin*!

Nabo 2023 Advent Day 17: Söt Persika

I generally enjoy a green rooibos blend and this one is quite nice. The flavours are balanced and come off really nicely. The peach leans “fuzzy peach”, but it’s not cloying at all. I’m assuming the vanilla adds a bit of a mellowing effect as well.

Nabo 2023 Advent Day 16: Vintrig Mandarin

The cinnamon is here, but thankfully it’s a tad more muted and comes off as a cinnamon baked good. The mandarin is here as well, but isn’t consistent in each sip for me. The green base worked well here.

Nabo 2023 Advent Day 15: Rosenknopp

Well, finally a tea without liquorice root or cinnamon. But…rose. One can only laugh at this point. I only steeped this at 3 minutes (3-4 recommended), but the case is coming off as astringent and I’m finding it difficult to find the litchi or strawberry.

Nabo 2023 Advent Day 14: Mint och Lakrits

Dear god. My mouth reacted to this as though I’d perhaps been poisoned?

2023 sipdown no. 113

Steeped, this has a buttery pastry scent. I would say the scent is more enticing than the actual flavour, but it was still a very smooth cup that I enjoyed. Thanks Martin for sharing!

Nabo 2023 Advent Day 13: Lusse Lelle

So this one is definitely cardamom and saffron. Points there! However, I steeped 3.5 minutes (recommended 3-4 minutes) and the base was too astringent to really be enjoyable. Bit of a shame, but at least there was no cinnamon or liquorice root!

Nabo 2023 Advent Day 12: Peachy Ginger

So, there’s definitely ginger here. Yay! I don’t like ginger in tea as a general rule, but it was meant to be ginger, so that’s a plus. Sadly the liquorice root then kicked in and the tea was almost immediately cloying. We have dumped so many of these teas, I am a bit disheartened. Nabo was so delightful last year, but something has gone awry this year.

Nabo 2023 Advent Day 11: Oh, My Darling Clementine

Sigh. Liquorice root as the second ingredient was concerning, and rightly so. This tea sadly comes off as cloying and syrup-y. The clementine does come through, but it’s hard to focus on it beyond the liquorice root.