Raspberry and Rosemary (Hallon och Rosmarin)

Nabo 2022 Advent Day 16: Hallon och Rosemarin

Ooh, another rosemary tea! This one smelled sweet with orange dry and with more rosemary once steeped. I actually really loved this one – I did make a teapot and used a bit too much water, diluting the flavour more than I had hoped to, but still I really enjoyed it. The rosemary was the main flavour, but offset by hints of orange and even sweet raspberry. I would order this one!

Nabo Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 16

Ooh, another interesting one from Nabo today! They do seem to like their berry teas, don’t they…

I do like it, but I don’t love it. I think it’s because the raspberry is quite candylike to my tastebuds, which doesn’t go as well with the savory rosemary as a fresh, tart raspberry would. It also makes it taste just the teensiest bit medicinal to me, and it’s not decidedly raspberry. The ingredients do say berry flavor, so maybe it’s not quite as specific as the name implies.

A pleasant tea but not a favorite for me!

Okay, this has got very same ingedients as Raspberry Summer Rosemary by TakeT. TakeT doesn’t claim it is their blend, so maybe Nabo gives them a source or vice versa. Who knows? But, Finnish company buying from Swedish? Doesn’t seems to be true (joke alert).

Anyway, this feels a bit fruitier than that one, more raspberry, but it is well hidden under the rosemary and thyme in my opinion. I am also not sure if I notice the base, but there some grassy, hay notes.

I want more raspberries. Right here, in the winter, I want to nib fresh raspberry.