Ruby Pie

This sounds super yummy! I love my grandmother’s strawberry rhubarb pie and it’s such a unique taste. In a tea?! Sounds heavenly!

GAH.

I want this!

Posts like this make me wish I wasn’t allergic to honeybush

I NEED THIS!
Strawberry Rhubarb pie is my fav, next to Pumpkin!!

it’s not honeybush hun :) this has a black base

52 teas was a honeybush and it made me sad. Though i DO need more non caffeinated teas…this is all black tea!

I love that Stacy does custom teas. That’s AWESOME! =)
This one sounds yummy.

Really, black tea. This may cause my first order from Butiki. Does it have much cinnamon in it?

I honestly can’t recall if we ultimately decided to add cinnamon to it (it’s been a long process) but if there is, it’s very subtle. It’s not up on the website yet as Stacy was waiting for it to get to me so that i could taste it etc.. but it will be :) I highly recommend her teas! If it’s going to be a while, i can always send you a small sample star :)

A sample would be great, though I do have enough tea that I can definitely wait for it to be put up on the website. Trying before I buy might be preferable, I don’t remember if butiki does samples.

Stacy does samples with orders…rather than samples as orders if that makes sense. Though you can often order just a 1/2 ounce which is nice.

omg I want to try this one SO badly!!

Well there’s a giant bag at my place waiting for the end of the month :)

Sil… one of many reasons I’m looking forward to that weekend!! :D

Have I said yet how jealous I am that you guys are all down south? :( now I wanna go pout

March 23. Come on over!

Totally missed this note. Doh! Glad you are digging the tea! I’m so happy we went with the hibiscus too. Not too much, just enough to give it that rhubarb taste. Let me know your final notes and if you think any other adjustments are needed and I will be sending you those questions.

I’m going to try and have more on Sunday so that I can focus on it. I HAVE however, dolled out samples here and there that will be sent to a few people in the near future. haha

Great! What, you’re not saving all 168 cups worth? :P

weeellllll i figured 160 would tie me over. grin

This is really yummy!
I LOVE Strawberry Rhubarb pie and this is the Uber Perfect tea version :-)

glad you love it celebriTEA :)

I’ve heard so much about this tea – wish I could try it!

Yay!

If you ever place an order with Butiki, she will throw in a few samples and you can request which ones. Her teas rarely disappoint.

That’s so funny-a longer steep time pretty much ruined this tea for me yesterday! Although I’m guessing it was steeping for more than five minutes, but still. Funny what works.

It’s been awhile since I drank this one. I picked up an oz with my last butiki order, just for fun. :)

haha a 78 is a perfectly reasonable score for a tea :)

:) Well 78 means I like it, but not that it’s completely irreplacable. :P Anything over 85 means I need to buy at least 2oz of it when I order.

Keychange – yeah there’s probably a very narrow margin where oversteeping makes the flavours better before it makes it infinitely worse. I didn’t mean to steep it so long but my cat wanted some attention before I left the house.

Oh yeah, cats can do that to your tea anyday!

and they do it on purpose!

NIce, maybe that was the “problem” I had with this tea too. I was afraid of steeping it too long because I thought the base would only get stronger and cover up the other flavours even more.

Haha! That sounds scrumptious! You are making my mouth water. :-)

It made my mouth water! :)

I’m totally eating my next piece of strawberry rhubarb pie with my hands… Yup. I totally am. :)
I’ve got a bit of this in my tea drawer from a swap with Marzipan, and I think it’s time I gave my full attention to this tea.
This note was fantastic.

I’m really glad you liked it! Also, eating pretty much anything with your hands will make it taste better. Promise!

I always eat pie savagely. But, Rhubarb Strawberry pie I take and hide in a dark corner and mutter “my precious” to it.
Rhubarb Strawberry Pie is my Kryptonite.
I need to place an order with Butiki, I believe.

I’m going to have to try it :)

did i not send you some?

Yay! Tea soda for everyone!

:D :D :D

I guess I’m adding this on my list of things to make into tea sodas (along with DAVIDsTEA’s Coconut Grove, Butiki’s Root Beer Float, and 52Teas’ Very Big Hill Dew Honeybush).

so happy people like this blend heh

Will definitely have to try this… I’ve been thinking about tea sodas recently!

wow, I should try this!

Brilliant! I need to try this.

=0)))))

Awesome idea!

This sounds so good!!

You haven’t tasted rhubarb?

You’re truly missing out on the rhubarb awesomeness.

oh man.. raw rhubarb dipped in sugar was my staple growing up…fresh from the garden…

Me too, Sil!

Seems like I thought you weren’t suppose to eat rhubarb raw, like it was toxic if it wasn’t cooked…

It may be the rhubarb leaves you are thinking of..

I’ve never grown it either

Terri-Nope, not teddy grahams, those are bunny grahams! http://www.annies.com/products/snacks/chocolate-chip-bunny-grahams/

yay!

Haha yay!

Haha this is why I LOVE their company!!

that’s awesome… I’m so tempted to just say the hell with it and order through amazon even if i’ll likely be there soon haha

Well, as I have no plans to go to Miami anytime soon, I couldn’t help myself. :P I’m happy to send anything I got your way Sil.

Ooohoh oh oh!! what’d you get? what’d you get? (can’t see your pic for obvious reasons lol)

keychange I placed a Nina’s order yesterday for 4 teas and they emailed me this morning saying they were throwing in an extra 1.6oz. of 4 fruits rouges as a gift for me and my Steepster friends. :)

oh wow, how very kind of them!

Yay! I sent you the rest of mine, but I’m getting ready for a Butiki order soon. :)

I gave in and added some to my Butiki order so if you are in need, I can send some your way :).

Haha thanks! I think I’ll survive. I have so many teas to get through as it is, and more on the way.

Says the girl with only 47 teas in her cupboard to the one with 122 :P

Hahaha! But I have a tiny wee cupboard! Half my Tealux and HI orders are “hidden” in my swap box so J doesn’t suspect cupboard “spillage” haha! You’re doing so well with your sipdowns though. :)

…says the girl with 122 teas in her cupboard where the girl with 150+ can hear…

haha. Courtney, I like how you are hiding teas. Luckily my roommate does not mind but I imagine when I move back home I will have to do the same.

And Sil, remember back when I hit 200 and said I was aiming for 150 and you suggested 175 :P. Go big or go home! Though, I got new teas today so I thought you would be happy.

ya ya you’re so awesome..blah blah kidding :) I’m just happy that i made my goal of 150 this month…since anytihng i’m bringing back from florida is “march” leaves me with quite the jump to get to 140 for the end of march, but i can do it!

I probably shouldn’t say anything or tea might just appear as it does to you :P. And you almost always hit your goal so I am sure you will get to 140 by the end of March.

*Cough*200+*Cough* I win. And by win, I mean lose. But also win.

That can totally ruin something for you. I made the mistake of eating one of the animal crackers from the dry tea one time. The dry flavouring on the tea turned my stomach so much I avoided this one for months. Thank goodness I got over it. And yay for you enjoying it now too!

Glad I’m not the only weirdo who picks things out of the steeped tea blends to eat….haha. Like the pecans out of maple pecan oolong

This ruby pie is on my must try list! Next time, Butiki, next time

I ate one of the bunny grahams, too, just out of curiosity. It had much the same effect on me, and I haven’t enjoyed any of my cups quite so much since! I guess I’ll come back to it eventually :)

Ohh wait, I’m the weirdo who eats things out of the wet tea leaves, you guys are smart enough to do it ahead of time, haha.

Though I won’t be eating those cookie bits anytime soon I guess!