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Kat_Maria drank Rose Violet Calendula Oolong by Butiki Teas

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Usually, it seems, flavored oolongs, especially flavored green oolongs, are not my thing. There’s always something funky about them. It’s totally different with this one, though. It’s plain lovely.

With a blend like that it would be probably easy to swerve mostly to jasmine flavoring, but Butiki is not a kind of company that would go the path of least resistance with their blends! The fragrance is very complex, one can definitely get calendula (sweet honey-like) and rose. The same goes for the taste – there’s rose and jasmine co-existing quite happily with the oolong base (jade oolong?). I think it gets more perfume-like tasting as it cools down, which is not a bad thing for me, but the people who are not fond of flower teas should either drink this one within 10 minutes of having made it, or probably not at all.

I really love it and hopefully I will order some for myself one day :)

Flavors: Flowers, Grass

Preparation

185 °F / 85 °C 3 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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ME & TEA

I started drinking tea when I was a teenager, my dad used to make tea a million times a day as it was (and still is!) good for his health. So he would make it for the entire family. Usually it was Lipton with a teaspoon of sugar per cup and a slice of lemon. I was fond of it made this way then a lot.

Then I would have occasional loose leaf teas, I slowly got into green tea… I would mostly stick to bagged tea though. It was just convenient.

Only recently, in the middle of 2013, did I start getting seriously into all kinds of loose leaf tea.

My cupboard only reflects what I have in ‘regular’ (non-sample) sizes. It could be that I have some tea you’re looking for, just in a smaller amount, even though it is not in my cupboard, so you can always just ask when swapping with me :)

[LOVES]:
- Chinese & Taiwanese black teas
- second flush darjeelings
- malty assams
- green oolongs
- Chinese green teas
- super-fruity rooibos/honeybush “teas”

[LIKES]:
- Japanese green teas
- white teas
- dark oolongs
- interesting dessert teas
- earl greys
- pu-erhs

[IS INDIFFERENT ABOUT]:
- chai teas
- herbal teas
- fruit teas

[DISLIKES]:
- mint in blends (it’s ok as straight mint)

JUST ME
Apart from tea, I love reading, board-gaming with my husband, learning foreign languages (currently Spanish and Portuguese) and listening to lots and lots of music!

And if we just stick to food-related stuff I am also a great aficionado of good craft beer and dark chocolate :)

MY FAVORITE TEA COMPANIES (so far):
Butiki
Golden Moon Tea
Harney & Sons
Lupicia
Shang Tea
What-Cha
Whispering Pines Tea Co.
Yezi Tea

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