Boomstick

I’m enjoying this bold and citrusy tea very much. I figured out it is one of the few teas I can appreciate with my cold! I’ll probably finish my packet in the next day or so… boo.

I didn’t think something so citrusy would go well with milk, but for some reason I got it into my head to add vanilla creamer this morning. And it turned out fantastic! The perfect orange cream flavor and silky consistency.

This tea is tasty. It has a lot of tangerine flavor or flavor from the orange peel. I think it has orange peel in it anyway. The bergamot is on the back burner. That is good because I am not a fan of strong bergamot flavor. Can’t really taste the grapefruit.

I brewed this tea once in an 18oz teapot with 3 tsp leaf and boiling water for 2.5 min.

I really like this tea and I’m not even a big lover of citrus-flavored things. It has a very natural citrus flavor, like a real tangerine or grapefruit slice was dropped into my cup, not that fake orange flavor. It’s very perky and refreshing…it would probably be great iced, but that uses too much leaf, so I’ll probably just drink the rest of my little bag hot. :)

yay, my Butiki order arrived today – I had to order this one, right? Since I suggested the combination of tangerine, grapefruit and bergamot.

So this is really nice. Not your average Earl Grey. It’s much more a citrus tea than a Earl Grey, but I do like the way the bergamot comes through. And it seems like in every sip, I get a different citrus fruit flavor. The grapefruit was coming through strongly at first, but now I’m tasting more tangerine. Every once in a while, the distinct bergamot note appears.

And the black base is really pleasant. I’m not tasting as much of it as I did in the chocolate chili truffle, or maybe it’s just that the different flavors accentuate different aspects of the tea. I do get that nice honey tone that is really nice with the citrus notes.