Sipdown no. 128 of 2018 (no. 484 total).
I’m back from my business and pleasure trip to Sweden, which was both very interesting and very dark this time of year.
This tea had the distinction of being the lowest rated cold brew eligible tea in my cupboard (I can’t face the idea of cold chamomile), and so that is how I enjoyed it until it was gone.
Greener oolongs make unexpectedly good, unusual, cold brews in my experience. I enjoyed this as a cold tea.
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I have dreams of traveling to that region. The envy! What was most interesting to you?
I was only in Stockholm, but I would have liked to go to the archipelago. Most interesting: everyone drinks lots and lots of coffee, the city is basically cashless (so you don’t need to change much money which I didn’t know before I did that at the airport, so I have a ton of krona left), it’s not as cold in Stockholm in December as you might think — it’s a city kind of cold, like in NYC, not a bitter cold, and it gets dark at 2:30 and light at 9 a.m. this time of year. Not kidding. Oh, and the subway is excellent — very easy to get around on and the trains come every five seconds. The ABBA Museum sounds corny and it is, but it was also fun, as was the Vasa Museum - big warship from the 1600s sank on its maiden voyage when a gust of wind blew it over in the harbor. It sat at the bottom of the harbor until the 1950s when they pulled it up, restored it, and built an entire museum around it. Beware of the licorice. It isn’t sweet, it’s salty and smoky, so be prepared. :)
Those are some good pointers, thanks. I’m actually a fan of salmiac licorice, yum.
I have dreams of traveling to that region. The envy! What was most interesting to you?
I was only in Stockholm, but I would have liked to go to the archipelago. Most interesting: everyone drinks lots and lots of coffee, the city is basically cashless (so you don’t need to change much money which I didn’t know before I did that at the airport, so I have a ton of krona left), it’s not as cold in Stockholm in December as you might think — it’s a city kind of cold, like in NYC, not a bitter cold, and it gets dark at 2:30 and light at 9 a.m. this time of year. Not kidding. Oh, and the subway is excellent — very easy to get around on and the trains come every five seconds. The ABBA Museum sounds corny and it is, but it was also fun, as was the Vasa Museum - big warship from the 1600s sank on its maiden voyage when a gust of wind blew it over in the harbor. It sat at the bottom of the harbor until the 1950s when they pulled it up, restored it, and built an entire museum around it. Beware of the licorice. It isn’t sweet, it’s salty and smoky, so be prepared. :)
Those are some good pointers, thanks. I’m actually a fan of salmiac licorice, yum.