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Nordqvist Moomin Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 12
Another flavored black tea today. This one actually does have a bit of candy lemon flavor going on, it’s very subtle but it’s there at least. Still a bit cardboardy but with a nice soft lemony twist ha ha. The lemon tastes like lemon drops, and is sweet but refreshing at the same time.
Would be lovely if the lemon were a bit stronger!
(moving this note because I found I had created a duplicate tea entry, oops!)
Flavors: Candy, Cardboard, Lemon, Smooth, Sweet
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Nordqvist Moomin Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 14
It’s a jasmine green today from Moomin! I didn’t have high hopes when I saw “jasmine flavor” in the ingredients, but it’s not bad. I can somewhat tell that it’s not a natural jasmine note, but it doesn’t taste like perfume or anything, more like a bit candyish. Otherwise, it’s a perfectly serviceable jasmine green tea for the afternoon. :)
Flavors: Artificial, Candy, Floral, Jasmine, Smooth, Sweet
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This one was fairly enjoyable. It’s a rooibos with banana and vanilla flavors, and it ends up tasting a bit like banana taffy to me. I only steeped it for 2 minutes because I found the base overpowering otherwise.
The banana is definitely a bit artificial and I would like more vanilla or creaminess, but still a nice rooibos blend for the evening. :)
Flavors: Artificial, Banana, Candy, Rooibos, Sweet, Woody
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Nordqvist Moomin Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 13
This is meant to be a banana and vanilla rooibos, but sadly I’m not getting much in the way of flavoring. There’s a little hint of creaminess from the vanilla, but otherwise it mostly tastes like cardboard with a side of woody rooibos.
Flavors: Cardboard, Creamy, Rooibos, Woody
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Nordqvist Moomin Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 11
This one isn’t my favorite, as it has a fairly prominent lavender flavor to it. But I do actually like the combination of the raspberry with the lavender, it’s not one I’ve had before. Still, a bit too much lavender for me and it ends up being a bit soapy. But at least it had plenty of flavor! :)
Flavors: Candy, Floral, Lavender, Raspberry, Soap, Sweet
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I struggled a bit with this one, the rooibos was quite strong and then I felt like the strawberry flavor on top of it made it taste quite medicinal. I didn’t really get much in the way of vanilla or cream, mostly woody rooibos with a touch of candy strawberry.
I’m not really a fan of most fruity red rooibos blends, so not a favorite for me.
Flavors: Candy, Medicinal, Strawberry, Sweet, Woody
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Nordqvist Moomin Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 10
A rooibos blend today! Maybe I’ll have better luck with it than the black teas… :P
Well, I can taste the flavoring, so that’s an improvement! It’s still rather light, but it has a definite strawberries & cream sort of vibe. The strawberry is very candylike, but pleasant. The rooibos is woody but thankfully not medicinal. It reminds me of Lupicia’s Yummy, another strawberry vanilla rooibos.
A nice enough rooibos blend, yay! :P Also, I ordered a bunch of Moomin teas from Nordqvist that are individually wrapped, just to try them and compare with my advent experience.
Flavors: Artificial, Candy, Creamy, Smooth, Strawberry, Sweet, Woody
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This one is cookies & cream flavored, which is interesting. I do get what they were going for, it does have a bit of that dark cocoa cookie note to it, though without the sweetness. It actually reminds me of a cookies & cream Powerbar that I remember eating once LOL. I guess that makes sense since those are both cookies & cream flavored things without actually having actual cookie or milk in them.
Anyway, it’s not terrible, but certainly very artificial in taste. Not one I would order for myself, though I’m not much of a dessert tea lover in general these days.
Flavors: Artificial, Butter, Cocoa
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Nordqvist Moomin Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 9
Should’ve named it “Longing for a black tea that tastes like anything other than cardboard”… XD
But actually, I do get a touch of the cookies & cream at the end of the sip. I wish I could taste more of it though, as I love cookies & cream. It does add a nice smooth and creamy finish.
Flavors: Cardboard, Creamy, Metallic, Smooth, Sweet, Tea, White Chocolate
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Nordqvist Moomin Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 8
Lots of green teas today, I think I have five? And two of those are ginger lemon, including this one. :P
It’s pleasant enough, I’m getting mostly ginger with a hint of sweet lemon in the background. The base is earthy and a bit mineral, almost like a gunpowder green tea, but not quite that harsh. I think I taste some lemongrass, though it does meld in with the ginger a bit. It’s adding a nice, mellow herbaceous note though.
Can’t complain, it’s better than cardboard tea. XD
Flavors: Dry Grass, Earthy, Ginger, Herbaceous, Lemon, Mineral, Sweet
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Almost done with these Moomin teabags! \o/
Sadly, I did not enjoy this one. It’s described as “red berries and French vanilla”, which sounds lovely, but the red berries part tastes too medicinal for me, like a cherry throat lozenge. And I don’t really taste any vanilla to speak of.
Womp womp…
Flavors: Artificial, Candy, Cherry, Medicinal
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Nordqvist Moomin Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 7
Another “flavored” black tea from Moomin today… Shortened the steep a bit more to 2 minutes, in hopes that it would help the flavoring stand out a bit more.
This one is meant to be French vanilla and red berry flavored, with added rose petals. Sadly, I only taste the rose petals, and maybe the tiniest hint of red fruits in the finish. And as usual, the base tastes of cardboard and crushed dreams.
Flavors: Cardboard, Metallic, Rose, Woody
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Not a lot to say about this one, it’s a bit bland. I do taste a bit of a sweet baked apple flavor, but there needs to be more IMO. Especially since the black base here is also bland, just a generic “tea-ish” flavor with a hint of earthiness.
Meh!
Flavors: Apple, Earthy, Sweet, Tea, Watery
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Nordqvist Moomin Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 6
Okay, every time I see the name of this tea, I immediately think “cool story, bro”. Is it just me? XD
Sadly this is another one that tastes like cardboard and a slightly woody black tea. It’s supposed to be baked apple flavored, and I think I get that a little bit in the smell, but not really in the taste. Maybe a teeny hint at the end of the sip if I close my eyes and stand on one foot?
This cute and happy Moomin advent is making me quite sad lately. :(
Flavors: Cardboard, Metallic, Woody
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Nordqvist Moomin Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 5
A white tea with grapefruit and… aloe vera? Not sure what to expect from that.
Perfume. It tastes like perfume. I do get a bit of citrus, I wouldn’t know it was specifically grapefruit, but it’s there. But then there’s a strong artificially perfumey floral note, not sure if that’s the aloe talking or just a side effect of the grapefruit flavoring. The white base doesn’t have much flavor other than some bitterness, I guess I should’ve steeped it for 2 minutes instead of 3.
Pretty much terrible, ha ha…
Flavors: Artificial, Bitter, Chemical, Citrus, Floral, Perfume, Sweet
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This one is just bland to me. I mostly taste rooibos, even after shortening the steep to one minute. Maybe it’s because rooibos and chocolate flavoring can both have a sort of boozy vibe to me? Regardless, I only get a hint of anything resembling chocolate, and definitely no cake.
¯\_ (ツ) _/¯
Flavors: Alcohol, Chocolate, Rooibos, Woody
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Nordqvist Moomin Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 4
This one is supposed to be a chocolate cake rooibos, but it smells like rooibos and tastes like rooibos and cardboard.
I think this may have been a casualty of the advent design, in which the sachet is just inside a cardboard box with no wrapper… :(
Flavors: Cardboard, Rooibos, Wood
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I was confused why there’s a strawberry black tea in the same sampler as a strawberry-rhubarb black tea, but then I realized that this is specifically fruity black teas. So that makes a bit more sense now. But they do also have other fruit-flavored black teas, so still a slightly odd choice to me. But I digress!
This is a nice enough strawberry black tea. The strawberry is fairly candylike, but I don’t mind that. It does have a nice hint of tartness to it. I certainly like the strawberry-rhubarb version more, just because the rhubarb adds more acidity and interest IMO. But this is still a perfectly serviceable tea.
Only one more flavor to go in this particular sampler box, but then I have two more after that… XD
Flavors: Candy, Smooth, Strawberry, Sweet, Tart, Tea
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Nordqvist Moomin Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 3
So I discovered I accidentally did Day 21 instead of Day 2 yesterday, oops. Luckily I don’t think anyone else is doing this advent, so it doesn’t really matter ha ha. I blame the text color contrast not being very good on certain areas of the design! :P
Trying this one with 6 ounces of water today (instead of 8) to see if that helps improve the flavor. Seems weird to put a strawberry black tea so soon after the strawberry rhubarb one? Not that it matters, I would just think they would want to separate such similar teas more.
Anyway! This one is tasting a bit cardboardy to me. These sachets are loose (unwrapped) inside adorable little cardboard boxes, so I wonder if that could be why. To be fair, that could also affect the flavor quite a bit, depending on how old my calendar is. Regardless, I’m still not getting a lot of flavoring here. Mostly I taste the cardboardy, slightly metallic, but smooth black tea, and then there’s a hint of strawberry candy in the background.
Maybe I’ll try steeping these a bit less, and see if that helps improve the balance. This one is decent enough to sip on, but certainly not a good tea.
Flavors: Acidic, Artificial, Candy, Cardboard, Metallic, Smooth, Strawberry
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Maybe the strawberry teas are really close together… or maybe you accidentally did day 18 instead of 1 XD
Jokes aside, is it maybe one of those calendars where the teas are added at random so everybody’s are different?
Lol, maybe! It’s a standard cardboard box-style advent so I doubt it’s random? But who knows lol, I don’t know anyone else who has it.
I got the Moomin Advent for a friend of mine and she reported that day two was green tea, lemon with rose petals and strawberry flavor if that helps. She said it’s very cute and I think I might have to get one for myself next year. Advent Envy is real.
Nordqvist Moomin Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 2
It’s a chai today from Moomin! And another adorable name, of course. :3
This one is a bit too light, similar to yesterday. I think I’ll try using 6 ounces of water for these sachets instead of my usual 8 ounces, to see if that helps. It’s a very mild chai for sure, but it’s a bit gingerbread-esque. There is no ingredients list for this one as it’s not on their website, but I did see a piece of a cardamom pod in the sachet. Mostly I’m getting ginger and a bit of clove I think? It’s hard to say because overall it tastes a bit weak.
So definitely not splendid, but still a very drinkable gingerbread-ish chai sort of tea.
Flavors: Cardamom, Cinnamon, Clove, Cookie, Ginger, Molasses, Smooth, Spices, Sweet
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This one definitely had more flavor than when I tried it in the advent calendar. Sweet and very candylike strawberry swirled together with tart rhubarb and a hint of a floral note. The black base is very generic and lacks any real flavor, but it does make a decent foundation for the flavoring.
Enjoyed sipping this one. I don’t think I need it in my cupboard since I already have a strawberry rhubarb tea from Lupicia, but it was nice to revisit.
Flavors: Artificial, Candy, Floral, Fruity, Rhubarb, Strawberry, Sweet, Tart
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Nordqvist Moomin Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 1
Okay, this tea has the most charming name ever ha ha. I love the thought of the mama moomin sipping this strawberry, rhubarb, & cream black tea for energy while she goes about her day. And obviously she shares!
Anyway, it’s a tasty enough tea. To be honest, I bought this advent for the cuteness so I’m not expecting a whole lot from the teas. This is a pleasant strawberry-rhubarb tea, the strawberry is a bit candylike, but it’s actually nice with the slight tartness of the rhubarb. The base is a bit musty, and I notice it more and more as it cools. I don’t really get cream, but there is a hint of floral, perhaps from one of the flavorings. Overall I would’ve liked a bit more flavoring.
Enjoyed the cup, not something I would order as there are other rhubarb teas I like more, but it was a nice flavor profile to have today! :)
Flavors: Artificial, Candy, Floral, Metallic, Musty, Rhubarb, Smooth, Strawberry, Sweet, Tart, Woody
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The second free sample from my advent order!
I was excited when I read the ingredients for this one, it’s a blend of nettle, pine needle, cranberries, and spruce tips. And apparently they’re all sourced locally in Finland! Such a nice concept, and they have a couple of other blends in this series as well.
Anyway! This is very mellow but quite soothing and nice. The nettle (I assume) has a gentle haylike flavor that reminds me of linden. There’s a slightly creamy aftertaste. I can taste a hint of the cranberry’s fruity tartness as well, and of course the pine and spruce are adding some lovely cooling evergreen notes.
I would consider ordering this one, and trying the other blends in this collection, if I could find them with reasonable shipping.
Flavors: Creamy, Evergreen, Fruity, Grain, Hay, Linden, Smooth, Sweet, Tart
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The other free sample from my Nordqvist order, and actually I got this one when I ordered the advent as well.
It’s nice, but doesn’t quite live up to the promise of the ingredients to me. Everything is quite subdued. I feel like it needs more zest to it, since it has both lemon and yuzu. But mostly it’s a mellow ginger green tea with a touch of yuzu’s piney notes, but without the tart and zesty ones.
Pleasant and drinkable, but it could be so much more.
Flavors: Dry Grass, Ginger, Grassy, Pine, Smooth, Yuzu