408 Tasting Notes
This is a pleasant tea sample I get thanks to Nicole
It’s smooth, vanilla is really a sweet vanilla but to me the tea base is probably not for me.
This is my first decaf tea so it may be that, that weird “flat” tea base taste.
Whatever this is a probably perfect for a good night and vanilla flavoured dreams
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Ok, I retried Creamy Eggnog with a smaller mug, a larger amount of dry leaves and this is a little better to me.
I had a much more present flavour but not what I was expecting.
The funniest with this tea is it was difficult to catch the dry leaves with my teaspoon as if it didn’t want to be drank by me :D
So we may be incompatible :)
The flavour was still too subtle and the green tea base too light for my taste.
But this is my taste, I know a lot of people like this tea for what it is.
Every ingredient is of perfect quality, it is just not a tea for me.
I decided to rate it because, even if my opinion doesn’t reflect the majority, it may be useful for other people.
When I did my Butiki Order I was hesitating between a lot of teas (this tea brand is really fantastic, it’s just like being in a bakery hesitating between a Religieuse or a St Honoré – writing this a big welcome to the new Pope – we love religious names for our pastries in France!)
I choose this one because all the ratings, but absolutely all the ratings were very very high.
So it may be good to have different opinions sometimes, that’s why I give you mine.
An high quality tea but not unfortunately for my palate.
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Well, Ysaurella, no one can say you didn’t try, that’s for sure :-)
:) I see your dilemma! BTW we are also very big on religious named sweets and cakes (nun´s bellies, abbot´ s puddings, bacon from heaven, oh) and lol the new pope is two cakes at once, a jesuita and argentino ;) (this makes more sense in a pastelaria!)
If you are a tea rose lover, you definitively need to taste the Dammann Frères Rose Tea.
It’s already a pleasure to open the tin, the smell is so wonderful, delicate, just like entering in a garden full of fresh roses – really.
The dry leaves are mixed with a very generous amount of petals, it is gorgeous.
The tea base is a success as well, a delicate Chinese black blend, very mellow, smooth, a perfect companion for the rose flavour.
Of course this is not a complex tea, this is “just” a mono flavoured tea but the choice of the rose flavour is a kind of miracle : so natural, so powerful.
DF website mentions they used Bulgarian rose flavour and this is a good choice : Bulgarian rose are among the best roses, not used in perfume industry but for essential oils.
Roses from Grasse (south of France) were the reference in high couture perfume industry (unfortunately they are so expensive now perfumers use most roses from Morocco or Pakistan)
The second steep is nice but not as amazing as the first one.
A great classic to get in a cupboard.
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This is one of the teas I plan to order from DF.
you may order the violet one as well, it’s really a good one
You know my love for rose tea…I like that you used «mono» to describe it :-) It’s true that they usually don’t have many layers of flavours, rose being such a distinct taste. But what I like the most about a good rose tea is that it’s delicate and powerful at the same time. (the fact that it’s so girly is also a plus!!)
I steeped it for 4 minutes and use the correct amount of leaves, the correct water temperature but I think this tea is probably not for me.
I am feeling a little alone here as the ratings are so high and I unfortunately didn’t get much of the flavour as I was expecting. The tea base itself was a little bit weak to me.
I’m not going to rate it now and will of course give another try during the next days – this should be something wrong with me tonight.
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i really enjoy this tea but i have been on the same side as you with a few teas where everyone seems to love it and i don’t :)
You know, I almost ordered this since it’s been on sale but I had a hunch this wouldn’t have much flavour despite the great reviews. But I hope you’ll be able to coax more flavour out of it next time.
I couldn’t taste much either so don’t feel bad.I think it has the tea type that I have trouble tasting. Not Stacys fault, just a blank spot in my tastebuds.
It’s definitely subtle!
thanks girls, will retry anyway as I always give several chances to a tea, I’ll probably add more dry leaves next time
I think I know how you feel, when so many are raving about something and you go “s’cuse me, but I don’t like it quite so much” feels just a little embarrassing for some reason…
But there’s nothing wrong with beign different from the masses, don’t you agree? How boring things would be otherwise? Thank god there are so many other teas out there just waiting for your seal of approval, so don’t feel bad :-) But I also try many different brews before I officially abandon a tea, you just never know!
This is a fantastic tea : I can detect the 3 flavours without problem and distinctively, lovely.
Just love the way the orange works with chocolate.
I love the tea base, so mellow, so comfortable for the palate.
Even if I am not a fan of marshmallows (in France we call them Chamallows) at all-I remember being very sick with some when I was a child – I had several marshmallow teas and this one is from far the best one.
I love it but I agree with Azz, it sucks to have only one sample of it :)
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“Chamallows”? I didn’t know that, how cute :-) Here, we just call them plain boring “Guimauves”… I knew I should have ordered this one couple of weeks ago! Oh well, something to put on the list then…
P.S. Being sick from marshmallows doesn’t sound too good! Goowee!
chamallows is the name the brand haribo uses in France for these kind of guimauves (little cubes) look at the advertisement in French this is this one which made chamallows the classic name used for these types of guimauves :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPp2WydRMTQ
we say now a chamallow exactly as we say a frigidaire (nickname frigo) (which is an old brand) to speak about a fridge in place of réfrigérateur
ok, here is my second try with this tea with a shorter steeping time: 3 minutes only.
No more bitterness at all, a soft and mellow tea. It takes all the meaning of his name : Luxury.
It is delicious, maple and chestnuts are really present but I detected some apple cubes if I’m not crazy.
I really like it and upgrade my rating.
Hope it won’t be ages until someone else review this tea ! I’d like to have your opinions too.
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It was my morning tea. I was in the mood for an opulent tea because I was going to see an exhibition about the 1001 nights Tales(Arabian nights is the real tittle in English I think). A very beautiful exhibition, if some of you are in Paris, I highly recommend it:http://www.imarabe.org/exposition-ima-6415.
I really enjoyed my tea even if I found the tea base a little bit weak.
Fruits are very natural and perfectly balanced.
I’m the first one to review it as it seems B&B is not a brand very popular in North America (only one corner in a shop of Montréal)- It’s a pity because this brand is very nice. A good challenger for Mariage Frères.
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Let us know how the show was!
fantastic ! all areas were covered : printing, illustration, painting, photography, cinema,fashion, music and all periods from the creation of the book until today. And the pieces were coming from everywhere in the world.
Unfortunately…I have no pics to show because we are not allowed to take pics…Marketing is just killing emotion…as they just want us to buy the catalogue of the show…39 €…ignoring the pleasure we can have to take our own pics and the different choice we may have done to take one painting or not…
Received as sample with my Butiki order.
First, no idea who was the customer who managed to decide Stacy to add this blend to the Butiki collection but thank you !
This tea is just fantastic,so creamy so fruity and herbal and so perfectly balanced…this is yummy.
I particularly appreciate the way the pineapple flavour comes, subtle and delicate.
The problem with my samples is they make me strongly regret not having ordered these teas :(
The good point is I know what to order next time :)
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This is on it’s way to me to try out! :) Looking forward to it, as I’ve had some of Indigobloom’s Mango Silly-antro blend, from which stacy got the cilantro to try to make this one heh
It was Indigobloom’s enjoyment of the tea that encouraged me to make it available. I was working on an art project and borrowed a few grams of her cilantro. I ended up choosing another tea for the project but figured I would send her the blend since she was nice enough to let me borrow the cilantro. Since she liked it so much, I decided to try it out on our website.
so a great thanks to Indigobloom and you stacy
This is another sample sent by Azzrian, thanks for sharing !
I decide to explore a little the rooibos world, and this one is a nice one.
The coconut flavour is perfect and really creamy.
As for many Butiki teas, I think the flavours are revealing themselves more while the tea cup is cooling rather that hot.
I liked it very much but I’m pretty sure I would be really in love if the tea base would have been black or or white tea.
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My daughter asked me this morning to prepare an apple pie (the classic French one)so did I.
I was looking for a good tea companion for my tarte aux pommes…and remembered Azzrian shared this sample tea with me.
I remembered as well that I already prepared a cup of it 3 days ago and my daughter totally drinked it !
The blend is gorgeous, with big red apple pieces and caramel cubes.
The dry leaf scent is pleasant and I had high expectations.
Unfortunately I probably had too much candy apple teas and this one suffers the comparison.
It is a little bit too weak on the base, the apple taste is nice but I have difficulties to get the caramel flavour.
Anyway this is a pleasant tea but I do prefer Il était une fois Noël from Betjeman & Barton and Pomme d’Amour from Dammann Frères.
