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“Last tea of the evening as I’m having a pretty rough day today. I was good for the most part until my other half came home and made me talk about why i was upset lol. Good on him of course (and...” Read full tasting note
“OH man oh man oh man. This is delicious. It smells rich and creamy and like vanilla. It tastes…. rich and creamy and like vanilla. Eggy vanilla (you know what I mean, yes?). The spices, however,...” Read full tasting note
“I’m thinking I received this in a swap from VariaTea, but I’m not 100% sure. It just says “Creamy Eggnog” typed on it, along with some steeping instructions. No company name, so I’m assuming this...” Read full tasting note
“Tea of the afternoon here…. My package arrived from Butiki and I couldn’t want to try this! I haven’t had eggnog in ages. I steeped this according to instructions and it is better than I was...” Read full tasting note
Creamy Eggnog is part of our holiday series that encompasses a number of holidays from different religions. Many people might not think of eggnog as their number one choice for a Christmas flavor but Eggnog is particularly important in my family’s tradition of celebrating Christmas. Eggnog always marked the beginning of the Christmas season and was the last thing we would drink before we would try to go to sleep Christmas Eve. As a child, getting any sleep Christmas Eve would have been a miracle. There was always so much excitement and anticipation building. Creamy Eggnog pairs our buttery Organic Huangshan Mao Feng with a rich creamy eggnog flavor. The tea and flavor work well with each other and neither overshadows the other. This tea is sweet with a heavy cream and eggy quality. Add a little brown crystal sugar and the tea becomes extremely creamy, rich, and very much like eggnog. Some vanilla notes become pronounced and so do the egg notes. We added safflower for a touch of red for a festive Christmas colored tea.
Ingredients: Organic Chinese Tea, Safflower, Organic Natural Flavoring
Recommended Brew Time: 4 minutes
Recommended Amount: 2 teaspoons of tea for 8oz of water
Recommended Temperature: 180 F
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Butiki included this as a sample with my order. The first Chinese tea I’ve ever tried, I had no idea what to expect but popped it in the tea teapot while keeping my husband—working late from home Sunday night—company. So for not having ANY idea what it would be like, I enjoyed it! It wasn’t as “eggnog” as I expected (I’m a "Make-That-Eggnog-At-Home-From-Scratch Alton Brown kinda gal, not the store-bought excremental eggnog kinda girl), but even so, it’s quite good.
Definitely picked up on the “creamy” aspect; there is a mild sweetness with vanilla notes that I enjoyed a great deal. This tea smells very good! It seemed to have a slightly “oily” mouthfeel, if that makes sense. Again, it’s not really eggnog-like, but it’s good and light, and I might buy it next time around, definitely! I drank it straight, no sweeteners or cream/milk; it also gave me really nice flavour for three steeps (obviously lighter on the last one especially).
This tea is a sweet little treasure. I was surprised to learn that it’s made with a green base, as most teas with these kinds of cream flavors are paired with a black. But I love the little earthy undertone and buttery flavor together. Perfect just as is – no additions required.
Ok. the first couple times I brewed this I really wasn’t impressed. There was nothing eggnog like at all. Hubs tasted it and wasn’t crazy about it either. Figure I must be doing SOMETHING wrong because of all the amazing reviews here on Steepster. How could I not like this tea when it seems like it appeals to so many?
Well I steeped some tonight because I wanted a little sweet. For the heck of it I added just a touch of rock sugar….but then I forgot about it. Baby feeding, 4 year old kept getting out of bed…yadda yadda.
So by the time I got to it it was cooled significantly.
And it’s AMAZING! I don’t know maybe drinking it a little cool is the way I need to drink it. It still isn’t quite eggnog but it’s super milky and creamy and sweet. It’s delightful. Had the hubs blind taste it and he went “oooo that’s delicious” and I said “I know right?”
Who knew. Just had to find my ideal temp. Now I really enjoy it. I’ll be brewing much more of it in the future!
The smell in the bag reminds me a bit of these chewy coconut candies I loved as a kid. Ah nostalgia. Smells kind of oolong-y while it steeps. On taste, this is definitely good and deserving of its high rating. I can taste the green tea in here, with vegetal notes coming through, but also am getting a taste that once again reminds me of that chewy candy from my youth.
This is a fantastic tea, even as old as it is, and I love it and it makes me miss Butiki so much! I love the fact that it’s just eggy vanilla eggnog flavouring rather than all the spices because cinnamon is definitely not my favourite thing at all and it’s just lovely the way it is. I have maybe 1 or 2 more pots of this (small pots, like super big mug sized pots). The leaves really didn’t want to scoop though so I have no idea how much I actually put in because all of my spoonfuls were half to 1/3 full and I just put in until it looked like ‘enough’. Still. Delicious.
Personally, I looove cinnamon in baking, and hate it in cooking and tea. It’s so weirdly specific
For me, cinnamon is ok in baking, fantastic in cooking, especially meat and poultry dishes, and not so much a preferred flavour in tea. However, I have to stay open because I have found that the type of cinnamon varies and some particular cinnamon heavy teas are now big favourites. Like this one, for example—https://www.teadesire.com/products/cinnamon-star
I hate cinnamon in all forms.
I own the re-blend of this tea (Spiced Nog) but the original had already sold out by the time I discovered Butiki. Thank you to lolainred for sharing a sample of this one! The green base tea is the perfect smooth, creamy accompaniment for the delicious eggnog flavor. This is the perfect way to enjoy a cup of eggnog without the calories!
Flavors: Creamy, Eggnog, Vanilla
Thanks Stephanie for the sample!
Oh, Creamy Eggnog.. How deceiving you are.. The smells of vanilla and creamy goodness are apparent in the dry leaf. I steeped about 1tbsp in 16oz of 180 degree water for 4 minutes. Even the brewed tea looks like a nice browned butter color.
Wait. What’s this? It smells like.. buttered green beans! Not your every day buttered green beans, but the fancy ones that get made on Thanksgiving with the REAL salted butter, not that fake crap. It still smells creamy and buttery with a hint of vanilla.
The taste is smooth and creamy and buttery… with.. you guessed it.. the taste of buttered green beans! There’s nothing wrong with this tea – it’s actually pretty good and I enjoyed it. I just wish it was called “Buttered Green Beans” instead of “Creamy Eggnog!”
Flavors: Butter, Creamy, Green Beans, Vanilla
