Butiki Taste Testing Traveling Tea Box – Tea #1
I’m thrilled to have another teabox to try teas from! Technically, this isn’t the FIRST tea I’m trying from the tea box, but most of the box is full of samples that Butiki had and don’t really have a name to them, just a tea type. So my tasting notes might be slowed for a while, as I’m tasting things I can’t write notes for (though there will be a giant tasting note when I mail the box.) THIS one I can write a tasting note for though!
Steep #1 // 25 min after boiling // 3 min
I used 2 1/2 teaspoons though I was supposed to use three. I wanted to leave enough leaves for one more cup for someone else. For three teaspoons, the flavor is very light. Very good, but very light. It’s sweet and a little fruity. I couldn’t guess this was a black tea at all or really a Darjeeling but I definitely think I brewed it the right way. Not terrible but I think even my Darjeelings need more to them.
Steep #2 // 25 min after boiling // 3 min
This cup was basically the same as the other. I like this, but if I steep up a Darjeeling, I need a complex Darjeeling!
