Nabo Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 2
So I was trying to determine what the name of this tea is. Google claims “grynet” means “the grit” (LOL) but somehow I doubt that’s it. The best I can guess is “gryn” appears to mean “grain”, which makes sense given this is a genmaicha. So something about grains. (shrugs) Anyone know a Swede? XD
Okay, so the dry tea straight up smelled like nail polish remover to me. I’ve heard people say that about teas with apple in them before, but I’ve never experienced it. So that was weird.
Steeped up, it’s mostly cardamom to me. It punches me in the face at the beginning of the sip, and then once it subsides a bit I can start to taste the other flavors. There’s a fruity tartness from the apple, and a touch of genmai toastiness. And then at the end, I get a bit of that nail polish remover again. Not sure if it’s just the cardamom interacting with something else or what. I actually don’t taste the green tea at all, but it does give body.
This one is quite imbalanced IMO, too much cardamom and then there’s that odd chemical nail polish note. I like the idea of a genmaicha with apple and cardamom, but the taste of this doesn’t really fit that description.
Flavors: Alcohol, Apple, Cardamom, Chemical, Seaweed, Spices, Sweet, Tart, Toasted Rice, Toasty
Hm. What I did wrong? Steeping too mcuh leaf in small volume?
My cardamom was more like a piercing scream ha ha ha. I enjoy cardamom but dayum!
Hahah, maybe it was just me being the outlier here!
I dunno, Lexa loved it too! You can’t both be crazy… ;)