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I snagged this from a friend’s tea collection last time we hung out, without knowing anything about it. It smelled yummy.

I was a little worried about how it was going to turn out, given all the bad reviews here and the low rating. I’d also grabbed Aloha Puer at the same time and that was awful.

No worries though – this is actually quite delicious. Very tropical, fruity and not at all generic tasting like many fruity green teas. There are distinct notes of pineapple, papaya and mango, and a well balanced rose flavour that makes this pretty unique among the flavoured greens in my collection.

The green tea flavour is pretty subtle – it’s there, but the fruit and floral notes take centre stage here.

I’m pretty impressed with how well this has aged and how much I’m enjoying it.

My tea of the morning, steeped western style.

Earthy, sweet and a bit camphorous. I’ll need to pay closer attention next time.

Ah really nice. Lovely, authentic melon smell and flavour that started off more watermelon honeydew but transitioned to cantaloupe, with a slight earthy, warm white tea base. Very enjoyable. Thank you Janelle for the sample. :)

I’m so appreciative to all the people who have sent me Butiki samples, since I never actually got to place an order myself. I believe this one was from Kaylee, though it’s hard to keep track, as I’ve repackaged a lot of the samples I’ve received.

The dry leaf is so pretty. I love the contrast between the silvery green white tea and the bright, crumbly red of the strawberries. Just lovely. The smell of the dry leaf is pretty intensely strawberry and coconut.

Steeped, the sweet strawberry coconut notes become almost cloying and perfumey. The taste also has these notes, but it’s a much more delicate, smooth expression of strawberry and coconut, that mingles nicely with the hay and faintly vegetal notes of the white tea. The finish is quite sweet strawberry. The coconut gives this a lot of body and a bit of an oily mouth feel.

The flavour of this is really lovely, though the smell is a bit much for me. This sample is a sipdown and I’m okay with it being gone.

This is a lovely autumn flush Darjeeling. The dry leaf is medium sized and fluffy, with a good smattering of golden tips, and lots of golden dust in the bag. It smells sweet, malty and floral.

Steeped, it yields an amber cup that’s really delicious. An excellent balance of malt, fruit and flowers, with just a hint of that pungent, tangy note that most Darjeelings have (cannabis??) Smooth, sweet and delicious, with a medium body.

I don’t know if it’s just been my random selection or if my taste buds have been different lately, but I’ve been finding a lot of sweet malt notes in the Darjeelings I’ve been drinking lately, which I don’t recall experiencing much before in Darjeeling. Very interesting, but a welcome flavour for me.

I saw a post in the forum about this being discontinued, so I figured I might as well try out my sample asap, to see if this is something I need to try and track down before it’s gone forever.

Fortunately, it’s not. It was a tasty, sweet cup that was dominated by coconut, with only a hint of other nuttiness. I didn’t find it particularly unique or amazing. So while I’m glad to have had the chance to try it, I don’t feel like I’ll be missing anything if it is indeed gone.

I made a pot of this last night, but I think I under leafed, because it was pretty light on the flavour, particularly for a highly oxidized, dark roasted oolong. I’ll try again soon, following their steeping directions.

All I really got from this was a whole lot of chamomile and a hint of lemongrass. Pleasant but not at all what I was expecting from a tisane called Citrus Dream.

Glad to have tried it though!

MmmMmmMm. Malty, bold and fruity. Slight woody note, but all in all really nice.

Another great sample from Sil!

This is really tasty. Dark chocolate, barley, malt, a hint of smoke, rich dried fruits – sweet and pleasantly bitter. Super smooth.

Initially I found this lacking in a full mouth flavour, but everything intensified and got more well rounded as the cup cooled.

Different from my usual Qimen, and I’m thinking that I need to make a point of trying more.