Mariage Frères Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 11
Like Île des Dieux from day eight, this is a delightfully smooth and fruity unflavoured green tea! The tropical fruit note appears at the finish and morphs into something quite sweet (MF says papaya; I get more under-ripe mango). The website description likens this Nepalese tea to an oolong – and I can see that, but there are still plenty of notes that place it in green tea territory.
I drank this with a salty bowl of Indomie stir-fry noodles, fried egg, and shrimp – because I’m reliving my undergrad junk food favourites this morning. This tea elevates the crude meal in a huge way, and also cuts through the strong fat, salt, onion, and crustacean flavours. Classy, for a palate cleanser (and here I initially thought this tea was gentle).
Steep Count: 2
Flavors: Creamy, Floral, Fruity, Lemon Zest, Mango, Mineral, Papaya, Pollen, Smooth, Snow Peas, Soybean, Sweet, Sweet, Warm Grass, Tropical Fruit, Umami, Vegetal
Those noodles sound so good!
Indomie is solid, as far as instant noodles go :)