I feel like tonight is going to be a VERY long night as I try and figure out what my orders are going to look like. I’d really love to have them all completed by the time I head to work tomorrow at 8:30. I know the Butiki sale is live now (is Della Terra’s? Time zone changes kinda confuse me) but I still haven’t tried the teas I MOST want to try to figure out if I need more of them… And, that’s the first order I’m making.
Left tonight is this one, flowery pineapple oolong, and creamy eggnog. The others can wait – I think. No way am I getting through nine or so (whatever number is left) teas tonight. Just, NO way. I also have one last Della Terra tea to try: Lime chiffon.
Anyway, when I opened my Butiki order this is the FIRST tea I could smell. Automatically I homed in on the scent of lychee. I love that fruit so damn much and I have great faith that Stacy will have done it justice. On the scent alone, I’m in love. It’s just like fresh juicy lychees. I feel like, in smelling the dry leaf, I can taste the juice running down my tongue. And the scent it SO powerful: none of this wimpy artificial perfumey lychee crap that some companies try to pawn off.
Anyway, steeping 1 level tsp. in 10 oz. (not 8 oz.) of water at the recommended temperature for 4 minutes. I’m also using the musical note shaped steeper that RiverTea sent me as part of my reapings from their contest. This is my first time using it (it’s just so flipping cute!).
The smell of it steeping is delightfully lychee like, and just feels so juicy and playful. First few sips – overwhelmingly lychee! Oh, I am in lychee heaven. Folks, I may have done it! I may have just found my perfect lychee tea (of course it would be a Butiki blend)! Yes – this is going into the tea order! I need more.
I’d love to rave about this some more, but so much tea to drink and so little time…
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I passed on this one but now I am thinking that was a poor choice :(
There’s too much good Butiki tea out there. You just have to accept you can’t order it all at once or you’ll go insane.
At least, that’s what I told myself. My order was $42 with the free $20 and it was hard to keep it that low.
haha I think I hit $50 something but I was hoping the get the free Maple Pecan Oolong
*to get not the – I think I should go to bed
Was this for a black Friday sale? And if so, do you know if they do any other sales? I am new to the world of loose leaf tea but this looks enchanting!
I passed on this one but now I am thinking that was a poor choice :(
There’s too much good Butiki tea out there. You just have to accept you can’t order it all at once or you’ll go insane.
At least, that’s what I told myself. My order was $42 with the free $20 and it was hard to keep it that low.
haha I think I hit $50 something but I was hoping the get the free Maple Pecan Oolong
*to get not the – I think I should go to bed
Was this for a black Friday sale? And if so, do you know if they do any other sales? I am new to the world of loose leaf tea but this looks enchanting!