Another tea from Roswell Strange! And another tea that I was curious about, although it didn’t quite make my Butiki order last weekend. The tea itself is quite beautiful – silver tips mixed with a few pink flower petals. It smells like lovely refreshing watermelon. I followed Stacy’s instructions and did 185 degrees for 4.5 minutes. I may have used a bit more than two teaspoons, maybe closer to a tablespoon.
The brewed aroma is very faint, but it’s the same juicy watermelon from the dry leaves. Yum, this tea! It’s definitely the most convincing, most authentic watermelon flavor (or any fruit flavor really) that I’ve ever tasted in a tea. I did add sugar to mine, just to amp up that lovely flavor. Stacy was right in her description, I did start to get more and more honey notes as the tea cooled. Yum, honey-drizzled watermelon! I didn’t get any floral, but I certainly don’t miss it. In the background, there’s a bit of that lovely hay and grain white tea taste that I love. Yum yum! And I can definitely see this being amazing as a cold or iced brew.
Flavors: Grain, Hay, Honey, Melon, Sweet
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Glad you liked this one! This was my first Butiki blend I ever tried :)
It’s definitely very good and very accurate. I’ll have to wait and try the ones I ordered – there are way too many white blends that sound good. :P I think I ordered the Cantaloupe and the new Butterscotch one.
This is one of Stacy’s best flavored teas!
Ha—the instructions on mine from my order a few months ago said a tablespoon.
Do your instructions say anything about adding sugar?
Hey Memily, mine was actually a small sample in a Ziploc baggie, so I went by the instructions that are on the website (2 tsp, 4m30s, 185 degrees). It does suggest to add sugar for more watermelon flavor. :)
Ohhh ok! Yeah I don’t recommend adding sugar, makes it way too sickly sweet. It’s perfect just as it is.
He he, I have a pretty high tolerance for sweet, so I thought it was good. :P But it was definitely delicious without it, too!
Oops, it is 1 tablespoon per 8oz of water. We switched Silver Needles and switched the info on the package but I guess we forgot about the website. Sorry about that.
Not a problem, Stacy! I used a tablespoon anyway, heh. :D
Glad you liked this one! This was my first Butiki blend I ever tried :)
It’s definitely very good and very accurate. I’ll have to wait and try the ones I ordered – there are way too many white blends that sound good. :P I think I ordered the Cantaloupe and the new Butterscotch one.
This is one of Stacy’s best flavored teas!
Ha—the instructions on mine from my order a few months ago said a tablespoon.
Do your instructions say anything about adding sugar?
Hey Memily, mine was actually a small sample in a Ziploc baggie, so I went by the instructions that are on the website (2 tsp, 4m30s, 185 degrees). It does suggest to add sugar for more watermelon flavor. :)
Ohhh ok! Yeah I don’t recommend adding sugar, makes it way too sickly sweet. It’s perfect just as it is.
He he, I have a pretty high tolerance for sweet, so I thought it was good. :P But it was definitely delicious without it, too!
Oops, it is 1 tablespoon per 8oz of water. We switched Silver Needles and switched the info on the package but I guess we forgot about the website. Sorry about that.
Not a problem, Stacy! I used a tablespoon anyway, heh. :D