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2023 sipdown no. 123

Thank you Martin for this tea and for some tasty and easy sipdowns throughout December!

This one almost has a pu’erh earthy/swampy scent. The base seems to be a mix of black teas, so not sure why I’m getting that. The taste isn’t pu’erh and there are hints of lime, but something about the base (perhaps the mix of 3 teas) isn’t hitting right.

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 better muted than cloying. Thank you*Martin*!

Nabo 2023 Advent Day 17: Söt Persika

The flavours are balanced and come off really nicely. The peach leans “fuzzy peach”, but it’s not cloying. The vanilla adds a bit of a mellowing effect as well.

Nabo 2023 Advent Day 16: Vintrig Mandarin

The cinnamon is here, but 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. The green base worked well.

Nabo 2023 Advent Day 15: Rosenknopp

Finally a tea without liquorice root or cinnamon. But…rose. I only steeped this at 3 minutes (3-4 recommended), but the base 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

My mouth reacted to this as though I’d been poisoned.

2023 sipdown no. 113

Steeped, this has a buttery pastry scent. I would say the scent is more enticing than the 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. However, I steeped 3.5 minutes (recommended 3-4 minutes) and the base was too astringent to really be enjoyable.

Nabo 2023 Advent Day 12: Peachy Ginger

There’s definitely ginger here. However, the liquorice root then kicked in and the tea was 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.