Ink Review #1215: Monteverde Brown Sugar

Monteverde Brown Sugar is an interesting medium brown. It’s currently available in 90ml and 30ml glass bottles. You can find this ink at Pen Chalet (aff. link) or Vanness Pens.

The color:

Brown Sugar is a medium brown with a slight red tone.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks almost purple.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry time: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, tiny black sheen, and no shimmer. The sheen is only visible in large swabs on Tomoe River paper.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering in most nib sizes and just a little bit of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Brown Sugar is closest to Montblanc Toffee Brown, Diamine Music Bach and Bungubox Piano Mahogany. Click here to see the Monteverde inks together, and click here to see the brown inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pelikan M800 Renaissance Brown with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a wet flow.

Overall, it’s well behaved, but does look very different in drier nibs vs wetter nibs. It looks very dark in the Pelikan medium nib used above. It’s a lovely option if you are in need of a dark brown ink.

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