Day 9’s ink is Diamine Bittersweet, a minty green standard ink. I used a Pilot Metropolitan with a fine nib to test this ink, and it lays down a fine and relatively dry line, but still there was a hint a shading with Bittersweet.
There is something about this ink that makes me think that Diamine Bittersweet is simply Diamine Mint Twist but without the chameleon shimmer. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, it’s just something that I’m curious about. In any case Diamine Bittersweet is a nice, solid ink and a good addition to the Inkvent calendar. It may not be the most interesting or unique ink of the bunch, but it’s still an ink that I can see myself journaling with – it’s very calming.
I’m tired so the bear in the sketch is off. I will redraw this bear with a different ink tomorrow, but for now here’s Dixie, my third and final J&P Bears bear.
What do you think? Are Diamine Mint Twist from last year’s calendar and Diamine Bittersweet related?
Writing at Large 
Chris
I agree — this ink looks a lot like Mint Twist without the shimmer. I could see maybe Merry and Bright, too… it’s kind of in-between these two.
What I don’t understand is the name: bittersweet has a red-orange color about the same as persimmons. I looked up bittersweet in the UK, and there’s a Sea Bittersweet with a similar color. Neither looks anything at all like this one! As bittersweet has its berries this time of year, the color itself would have been a great addition to the collection, but now Diamine has wasted the name on an ink that doesn’t suggest bittersweet in any way.
Am I missing something here? Is there a festive cocktail called Bittersweet that’s popular in the UK? Or this just a case of incomprehensible naming on Diamine’s part?
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