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drank Raspberry Truffle by Butiki Teas
2816 tasting notes

This came as a sample in my latest order from Butiki – thanks for the sample!

I was in the mood for something decadent. We got some bad news that my sweetie’s department is getting eliminated and we are both very anxious. I might have to cut back on tea spending for a while… boo

I steeped this at the recommended parameters – 210 F for around 4 minutes. I like the base of this tea but I felt like the flavoring was very light. After reading the notes I decided to add a bit of turbinado sugar and some soymilk. That seems to have helped bring out the flavor a bit. Perhaps if I had more to play with I could try using more leaf but I wasn’t terribly thrilled with this, although it is not altogether unpleasant or anything. Instead of a truffle it’s like a light dusting of cocoa with a faint peep of a raspberry….

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec
SimplyJenW

I hope everything works out very quickly. The waiting and not knowing are never easy.

TeaBrat

thanks. :)

gmathis

We went through several months under the job guillotine a couple of years ago. It is hard! May you find unexpected peace as you wait!

Dylan Oxford

Eeeep, good luck!

TeaBrat

He got the axe today, oh well

SimplyJenW

May he find something even better very soon!

ashmanra

I hope something exciting will happen for him!

ScottTeaMan

Hope everything works out for you and your bf soon Amy!!

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SimplyJenW

I hope everything works out very quickly. The waiting and not knowing are never easy.

TeaBrat

thanks. :)

gmathis

We went through several months under the job guillotine a couple of years ago. It is hard! May you find unexpected peace as you wait!

Dylan Oxford

Eeeep, good luck!

TeaBrat

He got the axe today, oh well

SimplyJenW

May he find something even better very soon!

ashmanra

I hope something exciting will happen for him!

ScottTeaMan

Hope everything works out for you and your bf soon Amy!!

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