Gingerbread House (Pepparkakshus)

Nabo 2022 Advent Day 1: Pepparkakshus

The smell of this both dry and steeped is amazing. The spices here are lovely and almost sneak up on you – more at the end of the sip. The base is lovely and complementary. I enjoy that the spices aren’t too overwhelming/overtaking the base completely. A great cup!

Nabo Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 1

Very festive choice from Nabo for the first day! I expect this will be but the first in a long line of similarly spiced black teas to come from my plethora of advent calendars. I have to say, I quite like how this Nabo advent is entirely in Swedish, it makes it a bit more interesting to figure out what the tea is. Plus Swedish seems fun to say, kardemumma ha ha…

I mostly get the earthy ginger root in the aroma, but luckily the taste has a bit more depth to it. I think this tea strikes a nice balance between the earthy and authentic spice flavors, and the more desserty cookie element. Cinnamon and clove are both strong, as well as the ginger obviously. There’s a tiny hint of black pepper in the finish. I don’t really get cardamom, and the orange peel seems mostly hidden under the cinnamon to me. There is a deep and rich brown sugar sweetness that definitely sells the gingerbread angle, but it’s not as prominent as, say, Harney’s Gingerbread Festival. Overall I wouldn’t call it a “sweet” tea.

Quite a nice one! I’m not sure if I would make an order for it, but I would probably add some to my cart if I was already ordering. :)

It’s the time! Advent season! Yay!

If only I did not had so busy day. From work directly I went to my friend’s and we were talking about ADR exam I have next week (he is already DGSA) and it was helpful, but it was 90 minutes drive there and back and I have been there for two hours.

So, I have returned back home at 7.30 pm approx., realising it is December 1 and I need to drink two Advent teas (this one and Sonnentor) — 2 other advent calendars are somewhere in transit. I will drink them on January, or in June as countdown to my birthday.

Either way… what a start! Gingerbread house. So festive! The tea smells wonderful. Full of spices and flavour.

What comes first to the mind after sipping is orange peel. Very distinctly, and it is not very common here (nor in Poland) in gingerbread. Maybe it is Swedish version of it. Then the base, which is, somehow metallic for me? And then the warm spices, from ginger, cinnamon, cardamom… somehow mixed together. I believe a hint of sugar could make the flavour more round, but I never sweeten my teas.

Great start from Nabo, indeed. Looking forward to next days.