1440 Tasting Notes
2024 sipdown no. 7 Mountain Stream Gardenia Oolong
2024 sipdown no. 8 Tante T Grøn Ananas
2024 sipdown no. 9 David’s Cinnamon Oolong (there’s more, but polished off one 100g bag, so counting that!)
2024 sipdown no. 10 H&S Black Currant
2024 sipdown no. 11 Nabo Bäriga Björn
2024 sipdown no. 12 Georgian Tea 1847 Roasted Green
2024 sipdown no. 13 Mountain Stream Lishan High Mountain Black
2024 sipdown no. 14 Nabo Earl Tranbär
2024 sipdown no. 15 Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea, Toast & Jam Brew (sending to Martin!)
This one is quite nice. The peach flavour is prominent, definitely more flavoured than natural, but not so overly done that it’s cloying. I’ll try this one cold next. It strikes me that this would be a great summer iced tea. I’ve never been, but it makes me think of TV shows I’ve seen of the southern US.
2024 sipdown no. 6
This tea is so wonderful, making this a sad sipdown. The blueberry comes through clearly along with the maple. It’s giving blueberry waffles with maple. It’s truly delicious and I shall get more ASAP (if only the shipping across Canada wasn’t so expensive).
This one has really great reviews, so naturally I was intrigued. There is a definite apricot flavour here, very forthcoming and true. However, there is a perfume-y scent which is ruining the flavour for me. It’s hard to get past as it fills my nose when I go to take a sip of the tea. If only the flavour could remain, and the scent could be dropped.
Perhaps if you air it out briefly, the aroma will be more palatable to you! I love this one. They also have an apricot white that is pretty good.
2024 sipdown no. 4
This tea has a sweetness to it that’s more like lime and sugar, but it’s not cloying so it works. The lime is definitely there, but it’s a bit of a “battle” with what seems to be added sugar (at least it tastes like regular white sugar to me). It’s quite tasty though, and of course there’s the general fruit tea in the background that’s nice and refreshing. Thank you Martin!
Nabo 2023 Advent Day 24: Citron och Vanilj
I steeped this for 3 minutes and there’s more astringency than I’d like, but it’s giving vibes of DF’s Noël à Venise, which I do really enjoy. The lemon and vanilla come together in a creamy, dessert-like way. It’s a shame about the astringency, but not a bad cup. Perhaps I could smooth it out more if I had extra to experiment with. Lex loved this one!
Nabo 2023 Advent Day 23: Granatäpple
This is a really lovely tea — very juicy, flavourful, and fruity. Buuuut, I wouldn’t say that pomegranate is specifically the flavour profile. I’m happy that at least it’s tasty after what this calendar has been overall though.
Nabo 2023 Advent Day 22: Earl Tranbär
I ordered an extra 50g of this one and have almost sipped it down completely. While it is a fine tea, and an easy ‘when I’m not fully paying attention, but want a hot drink in hand’ cup, it’s not really special. The cranberry doesn’t come through as much as I’d like and I almost forget this is an EG! There is bergamot, but it’s just not as forthcoming as some other EG teas. The base is quite nice and smooth. It’s a nice tea, but I expected a touch more here.
Nabo 2023 Advent Day 21: Vinteräpple
This one smells very apple and cinnamon. I oversteeped this to 5 minutes, but thankfully the tea itself didn’t seem ruined. The flavouring is, of course, mostly cinnamon. There also seems to be a cinnamon oil here — there is a cinnamon intensity, paired with that cinnamon-heart sweetness.
Nice set of sipdowns!
Thanks! :)