Monteverde Sweet Life Inks, Part 1

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Monteverde is one of my favorite ink brands. Every time they release a new collection I get excited and can’t wait to try them out. When I attended the San Francisco Pen Show in August, YAFA (Monteverde’s US distributor) had the new Sweet Life collection for a really great show price and I immediately picked one up. You can find the Sweet Life set for sale at most US retailers including Goulet Pens. I decided to break the collection down into two sets for this review, today we are going to cover Chocolate Pudding, Pumpkin Cake, Cherry Danish, Strawberry Shortcake and Mango Mousse.

Swabs:

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Left to right: Chocolate Pudding, Pumpkin Cake, Cherry Danish, Strawberry Shortcake and Mango Mousse.

Writing samples:

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

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low-there was some bleeding on Leuchtturm in the flex nib.

Other properties: low to medium shading, no sheen, and no shimmer. Out of the set, Pumpkin Cake and Cherry Danish have the most shading.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as a lot of bleeding, so I would not recommend these inks for cheap paper.

Comparison Swabs:

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Chocolate Pudding is a bit darker than Kobe Nada Brown. Pumpkin Cake is a bit warmer than Stipula Sepia. Cherry Danish is similar to J Herbin Rouge Grenat. Strawberry Shortcake reminds me of Sailor Jentle Irori. Mango Mousse is just a bit lighter than Robert Oster Peach. Click here to see the Monteverde Inks together.

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I used a Lochby Lined Refill A5 notebook (Tomoe River 68gsm). All of the inks had a wetter than average flow.

I used a Lochby Lined Refill A5 notebook (Tomoe River 68gsm). All of the inks had a wetter than average flow.

Overall, I really enjoyed all of these inks. Monteverde Inks all have a lovely wet flow and are generally very well behaved. I think Pumpkin Cake is my favorite from these 5 right now-mostly just because it’s a great color for fall and has some pretty shading. I’m so glad I purchased the whole collection because I’ve been using them often.

Disclaimer: I purchased this ink myself. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.