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“Caramelised tangerine. Tangerine tanghulu! I forget what the other flavours were for this one, but that’s what I get from this. I think it works better with only one or two of the flavourings...” Read full tasting note
“I didn’t care for this one. The green oolong base lost it several points straight off the bat, and the tropical ( or citrus?) notes didn’t do much to redeem it. It had some interesting nutty notes,...” Read full tasting note
“I was very happy to see this in a swap :) It looks like it was dusted with silver… which is really intriguing The orange pretty much takes over in regards to flavor which is nice and at the same...” Read full tasting note
“Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge Monday, May 17th: National Pack Rat Day Tea#1 This is my favorite challenge day! Pack Rat! harhar. I thought it was fully appropriate for this tea in...” Read full tasting note
Butiki mystery tea #1
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Caramelised tangerine. Tangerine tanghulu! I forget what the other flavours were for this one, but that’s what I get from this. I think it works better with only one or two of the flavourings coming across, it was a bit muddled as a concept before when the flavourings were strong. Upping my rating yet again, this time from 66, because while it’s still not a favourite, I seem to enjoy it more every time.
I was very happy to see this in a swap :)
It looks like it was dusted with silver… which is really intriguing
The orange pretty much takes over in regards to flavor which is nice and at the same time leaves a bit more to be desired, but I tend to not like orange in generally when it comes to tea. My best friend and I enjoyed a few steeps of this tea last night :)
Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge Monday, May 17th: National Pack Rat Day Tea#1
This is my favorite challenge day! Pack Rat! harhar. I thought it was fully appropriate for this tea in particular to be finished. Not only a Butiki gem, but one of the FAREWELL blends. It’s still very flavorful, but this was one of the blends that were dumped on with flavor to get rid of flavoring when Butiki was closing, so I’m not surprised! It’s so tasty. I will miss it! Wish Butiki would come back!
2021 sipdowns: 71
I was so happy to see the mystery tea was oolong – I think out of all tea, oolong is my favorite. To me it has the widest flavor profile range, and I actually enjoy all stops along that range. I also love white tea, but do not think it has the same flavor possibilities. This is definitely fruity, floral, sweet, and nutty. All things I like. Together, something I enjoy, but not something I can’t live without. Which is good, given once it is gone, it is gone.
this one is..interesting. oolong. and it smells really oolongy. but brewed, not so much. i don’t want to give anything away for anyone who wants to guess on the mystery teas. This one is interesting but not quite for me haha
I will happily take some of it off your hands if anything in my cupboard interests you. :-)
if you loved it, would be happy to just send it your way regardless. would rather it hits a home that loves it :)
I haven’t tried it yet, I’m just excited about it based on the descriptions that have trickled out so far. I love oolongs and melon.
Strange!
I forgot I had the second mystery tea! I should try that soon!
How did you get this one?! I’d love a taste if possible. I thought you were only getting the other.
That’s a sad tea name!
It’s too bad Butiki closed down. Wish I’d ordered back when I had the opportunity.
Yep, I miss Butiki something rotten. I’m following Mastress Alita ‘s prompts for the year (I started in November but I’m doing as many as I can from the whole year), and I chose this for the prompt of a discontinued/unavailable tea. I thought the name was appropriate.
I remember I won the ‘guess the flavors’ competition for this one back in the day. Looking at my tasting note, directly from Stacy, the official flavors are:
1. Base Tea-Fu Shou Shan
2. Waffle flavoring
3. Tangerine Flavoring
4. Cashew Flavoring
5. Strawberry Flavoring
6. Maple Flavoring
Thank you tea-sipper , you’re a gem! Funny, I don’t think I ever knew there was cashew flavouring in this. I don’t get that or the strawberry at all now. I’d say it’s mostly tangerine and maple at this point, maybe with some waffle in there too.
Do you remember how close you were with your guess?
Needless to say, all these flavors were much more noticeable years ago! I had to look at my note again… I got a couple flavors wrong on my guess. I said “sugar” but that was probably really the “maple” and “waffle” I was tasting. I guessed “raspberry” when it was really “strawberry”. And I knew there was a nut in there somewhere. But I did get the base of Fu Shou Shan oolong exactly right! Somehow I was still the closest guesser in the contest. haha.
That’s much better than I did, I got the Fu Shou Shan too (one of my favourites), but then didn’t get anything else XD I think I might have said strawberry, but I said orange instead of tangerine and don’t think I ever picked up on the nut, even new.
I love the notion of a guess-the-flavors contest! I would fail miserably, but it sounds like fun.
It was a lot of fun, but I was mostly too sad to enjoy it because Butiki was closing. If another company was to do that now, I’d be all over it!