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“Adventageddon Day 23 – Tea 2/4 Super excited to try this tea today – I’ve been curious about it for a long, long while now. It was very good too! I thought the pine-y notes of juniper and distinct...” Read full tasting note
“Fortnum & Mason Advent Day 23 (sachets) As far as I can recall, I have never had gin or a gin and tonic. My take on this tea may be different from the note of someone who knows what gin should...” Read full tasting note
Enjoy a G&T without the consequences. We’ve combined green tea with real juniper berries and handpicked botanicals including coriander, fennel and lemon balm to create our refreshing Gin & Tonic Tea topped off with fresh lime and cucumber. All that’s missing is the gin itself.
Also contains gin flavouring and tonic flavouring
Every silky tea bag is specially packed in an envelope to be enjoyed anywhere at anytime.
For something cool and refreshing this summer, try this tea iced. Simply brew your tea for 3-4 minutes in a jug or teapot. Once it’s double the usual strength, strain and pour over a jug of ice. Add more ice if required and decorate with fruit pieces. All that’s left is to get sipping!
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Adventageddon Day 23 – Tea 2/4
Super excited to try this tea today – I’ve been curious about it for a long, long while now. It was very good too! I thought the pine-y notes of juniper and distinct taste of tonic were so representative of a good G&T, and I appreciate the light citrusy finish as well. Overall definitely a little sweeter than expected (licorice root) – especially in the lingering finish. However, as a person sensitive to licorice root I did think it was pretty well balanced.
If I didn’t have DT’s version (which I slightly prefer – it’s less sweet) I would probably be tempted to get more of this. It’s quite interesting tasting while still being really delish.
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Fortnum & Mason Advent Day 23 (sachets)
As far as I can recall, I have never had gin or a gin and tonic. My take on this tea may be different from the note of someone who knows what gin should taste like.
I was really looking forward to this one just because it sounds so different and is one I have never had. I was disappointed to see it has licorice root because if I am reading the ingredients correctly, it has an awful lot. I like licorice root but can’t have much of it because I am trying to control my borderline high blood pressure. So I split this with Ashman and will try to get his opinion as well.
The green tea is mild and smooth. The juniper berry comes next in strength and is very pleasant. There is a light fruitiness that may be the bergamot but it absolutely does not taste like bergamot to me – just fruit. I can not detect anything that tastes like bergamot. The descripton says lemon balm but the ingredient list does not.
They also name fennel in the description but again, it is not in the ingredient list. Perhaps there is too little of these to be required to name them? That seems odd. Surely you have to list everything that is in because of food allergies?
I do not taste the licorice root and there is none of its thick, round sweetness and throat coating. The ingredients that are not listed must be taking up some of the percentage of what is in the sachet. They list green tea 53%, Juniper berries 11%, gin flavouring 5% (which seems high for a flavouring), lime peel 3%, and tonic flavouring 3%. Interspersed with those are liquorice root, sweet blackberry leaves, coriander seed, angelica root, and bergamot flavouring – none of those showing a percentage and surely they are not in order of how much is in the blend because that would mean there is more than 11% licorice root and possibly up to 25%. Surely not!
Anyway, this is light and smooth and delightful, lightly fruity and easy on the palate, and they recommend it iced as well and I can see that it would be brilliant that way. It is very refreshing. That must be why gin and tonic is so popular.
This one did not disappoint me at all! And Ashman says he thought it was good, which is about all the review I get from him unless it is a white tea or a terrible (to him) tea.
On F&M website it is moreless affordable for me, but they don’t offer shipping to my country. And Czech shop which is having them twice as expensive (all the teas), so I guess I will pass on this one. It sounds interesting and lovely though!
I also thought this was excellent! The Bergamot note reminded me of Bird & Blend’s Whisktea.