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“Nabo 2022 Advent Day 8: Adventsmys Whoa star anise! The dry scent is very star anise. The star anise was present but not overpowering in the steeped tea. It got better and better as it cooled, with...” Read full tasting note
“Nabo Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 8 The smell of this was soooo strong when I opened the packet lol, and it smelled like black jellybeans with a bit of cinnamon. It tastes like a licorice jellybean...” Read full tasting note
“It seems both my Advent teas are gingerbread related. At least this one based on the aroma took my into my childhood when we were making gingerbread for holidays. It wasn’t even in my family, but...” Read full tasting note
Ingredients: Green tea*, cinnamon*, fennel seed*, cloves*, star anise*, licorice root*, black pepper*, natural cinnamon aroma, natural clove aroma, natural star anise aroma
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Nabo Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 8
The smell of this was soooo strong when I opened the packet lol, and it smelled like black jellybeans with a bit of cinnamon.
It tastes like a licorice jellybean and a Red Hot had a baby ha ha. Very candylike and strong on both the licorice and the cinnamon. I’m not surprised, given it has fennel, star anise, and licorice root, AND it has star anise flavoring. Plus obviously, it also has cinnamon and cinnamon flavor. Happily, the licorice root sweetness doesn’t come through too strongly, it does have some sweetness to it, but it’s more of a candy sweetness and not the mouth-coating licorice root kind.
I definitely don’t taste green tea in this. It’s more like an herbal chai that’s very strong on the anise flavors ha ha. I’m enjoying the cup, as I like black licorice, but it’s not something I would drink regularly.
Flavors: Anise, Candy, Cinnamon, Clove, Licorice, Spices, Star Anise, Sweet
It seems both my Advent teas are gingerbread related. At least this one based on the aroma took my into my childhood when we were making gingerbread for holidays. It wasn’t even in my family, but yes the aromas are so nostalgic .
In my opinion it is really strong in fennel and star anise in aroma, but in taste it feels a bit flat — though tasty for me. However the cinnamon and cloves in doesn’t suit it well and reminds me Harney&Sons Hot Cinnamon Spice tea which I used to like. I haven’t got it in ages, so I am not really sure if I would like it anymore.
Actually a tea I prefer for its aroma than texture and flavour. Also, green tea base? I think black one would suit better.
Flavors: Cinnamon, Cloves, Fennel Seed, Star Anise
I don’t immediately associate fennel with gingerbread. Is this a European thing?
Maybe? There are so many recipes, I wrote something about gingerbread under Nattie’s note: http://steepster.com/NatalieOgden/posts/436358
I think that fennel seed is actually different from fennel itself though!
This whole gingerbread thing is a super interesting rabbit hole to go down! I don’t think I’ve had gingerbread with fennel seed before but it sounds lovely!
