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KiwiDelight drank Creamy Eggnog by Butiki Teas

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This is one of the teas Kaylee kindly sent to me in her Secret Pumpkin. It was on my wishlist.

Very interesting green tea for a base. The leaves were shaped like pine needles, and I thought they were actually white tea leaves before I drank my cup. I also liked the little red flower petals added for decoration and contrast.

The dry leaf smells uncannily like eggnog. Yummmm. Ready for Christmas even though Halloween is only three days away!

I couldn’t taste any eggnog, though, just the base tea, which is buttery and rich in flavor. Well, it allowed me to see why this particular tea was chosen.

Thank you again, Kaylee!

Preparation

180 °F / 82 °C 4 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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Cheri
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Too bad you couldn’t taste the eggnog because Stacy does that so well.

KiwiDelight
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Maybe it was my taste buds. So odd.

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Cheri
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Too bad you couldn’t taste the eggnog because Stacy does that so well.

KiwiDelight
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Maybe it was my taste buds. So odd.

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I began drinking tea because its complexity fascinated me. I love learning about its history, its manufacturing processes, and its place in various cultures.

Japanese greens were my first love and gateway into the world.

My favorite teas are leafhopper oolongs, pu’erh (shou and sheng), and masala chai. My favorite herbal tisanes are spear/peppermint, lavender and chrysanthemum.

I’m currently exploring pu’erh, and any Chinese and Taiwanese teas in general. I’m not much into flavored teas, unlike when I first started. The only teas I truly dislike are fruity tisanes and the ones that have too much fruit. I do like hisbiscus, especially iced.

I like to write nature essays. I’m a birdwatcher as well as a tea enthusiast. The kiwi is one of my favorite birds. I also like Tolkien, Ancient Egypt, and exercising.

IMPORTANT NOTE, PLEASE READ: After two and a half years of having an account here, I will no longer will provide numerical ratings as an addition to the review because the American school system has skewed my thoughts on numbers out of a hundred and the colors throw me off. Curses! My words are more than sufficient. If I really like what I have, I will “recommend”, and if I don’t, “not recommended”.

Key for past ratings:

96-100 I adore absolutely everything about it. A permanent addition to my stash.

90-95 Superb quality and extremely enjoyable, but not something I’d necessarily like to have in my stash (might have to do with personal tastes, depending on what I say in the tasting note).

80-89 Delicious! Pleased with the overall quality.

70-79 Simply, I like it. There are qualities that I find good, but there also are things that aren’t, hence a lower rating that I would have otherwise like to put.

60-69 Overall “meh”. Not necessarily bad, but not necessarily good.

0-59 No.

If there is no rating: I don’t feel experienced enough to rate the tea, or said tea just goes beyond rating (in a positive way).