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drank Hello Sweetie by Butiki Teas
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HELLO SWEETIE INDEED!

Just got me my Amoda /Butiki teas (Nutmeg Cream and Champagne Cider), and there was a lovely sample of this included!

YESSSSSS! This is one of those custom teas that are so awesome that they cross over into regular production. Yes folks, it really is that good!

The dry leaf smells amazing…amazing! Did I say amazing yet, cuz if I didn’t, it smells amazing! The first sips are sweet, but sooo smooth. No bitter black base here! I mean, it’s the Premium Taiwanese Assam, and you really can’t go wrong with it. CAN’T GO WRONG! It’s smooth and sweet and requires no milk! It is pretty much sheer perfection as a straight tea alone, but what did JustJames add to this perfect base? Banana, coconut, praline, toffee. Yeah, you heard me.

So what I have here is an incredibly smooth and sweet, but subtle tea with hints of banana and toffee and a little of that praline. I don’t think much coconut got into this steep here, but I can see some in the rest of the sample.

I want to gulp this now that it is cooler. GULP IT!

Uh, CrowKettle…when we do our shared Butiki order, we are getting this. :) I think I am gonna have to save up more money for this order. I’ve already upped the amount of Lemon French Macaron, per JustJames suggestion. I don’t think we could possibly be disappointed with anything we order from Stacy…just saying. :P

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
Crowkettle

I want to try this and the Lemon French Macoron so badly, you don’t even know. :/

Plunkybug

Do you want me to save you the rest of this sample? I’ll do my best to not scarf it down, but otherwise, if you trust me, we can just order like 2 oz of it, and you can have as much or as little as you want from it.

Crowkettle

I trust you, I trust JustJames and Stacy, and I trust my love for coconut, banana, and this awesome tea base. If you can’t resist gulping your sample I’ll take that as another good sign.

Plunkybug

I pretty much know you will love it because of the PTA base, and that it is along the same lines as Caramel Vanilla Assam.

Plunkybug

Ok, I’ll probably gulp the last bit (resisting would have been very hard) and just make sure we order enough to go around between us.

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Crowkettle

I want to try this and the Lemon French Macoron so badly, you don’t even know. :/

Plunkybug

Do you want me to save you the rest of this sample? I’ll do my best to not scarf it down, but otherwise, if you trust me, we can just order like 2 oz of it, and you can have as much or as little as you want from it.

Crowkettle

I trust you, I trust JustJames and Stacy, and I trust my love for coconut, banana, and this awesome tea base. If you can’t resist gulping your sample I’ll take that as another good sign.

Plunkybug

I pretty much know you will love it because of the PTA base, and that it is along the same lines as Caramel Vanilla Assam.

Plunkybug

Ok, I’ll probably gulp the last bit (resisting would have been very hard) and just make sure we order enough to go around between us.

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I generally like a lot of tea. I do find I have a preference for flavored over unflavoured, but I do love a good straight tea as well.

Likes are too hard, since there are a lot. Dislikes are easier, so here they are…

Hibiscus. Blech. I can tolerate a little, depending on the brew, like Berry Good from Davids and Ruby Pie from Butiki…but in general, it’s too tart and too strong for me.

Licorice. Anything that remotely resembles licorice is out too, so that includes fennel and anise. Yuck, yuck, yuck.

Florals. I’m cool with petals in the tea to make them look pretty (except rose), and I’m cool with teas like oolongs having a floral note, but strong florals can give me migraines. Rose and jasmine are the biggest offenders. This is one where it can vary on the blend, as I can handle Teavivre’s Peach Jasmine Dragon Pearl tea because there is very little jasmine actually detectable in it.

Rooibos is hit or miss. I can do some, but not others. I handle green better than red, and honeybush better than rooibos.

My ratings don’t have a particular scale or method, and may on occasion contradict themselves, but I’m honestly not fussed about that. Sometimes I don’t even rate at all.

Um, I have an extensive wishlist. It is both a list of things I want to get again, and things I want to try. If you are sending me something, and you want to know which is which, I’ll tell you via PM.

Yes, I do trades…usually on request though. See something you want to try in my cupboard? Just shoot me a message and I’ll see what I can do!

Uh, guess that’s it.

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