I don’t want to write what I think about this. I’ve pretty much decided that there is some force/entity/spirit that just will not allow Butiki tea to work in my world. I never get the same experience as most of you on here.
Thank you ifjuly for sending me a sample of this.
1.5 tsp for 4 minutes makes this undrinkable for me. WOW way too smokey – offensively smokey. 2nd steep – 1 minute better but still too much smoke in the nose – I can’t “taste” if for the smoke smell. 3rd steep a little over a minute continuing to improve – it is definitely deep dark oolong. 4th steep 2 minutes – aged dark oolong – just as promised, but it seems “flat” to me like it’s been too much. Fresh leaves 1 tsp/10oz mug – 45 sec first steep – still crazy smoky but at least drinkable – 2nd steep 45 seconds – this is the only steep off all that I tried that I enjoyed – smokey rich, dark oolong – I liked this steep quite a bit. 3rd steep just over a minute – and I’m back to the “flat” taste even though these leaves have been steeped a lot less than the first try.
I don’t know. I’ve been enjoying aged oolongs recently but this isn’t one of them. It’s mostly the smoke – and yes I’m the one that was “complaining” earlier about a Lapsang not being smokey enough…. :((
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Ah, sorry to hear it Dex. Noted though, I promise—I won’t try sending you Butiki after this. Promise. (: It’s touching to me you gave such a good faith effort.
Oh, oh…Im baffled… But I think it’s great you keep on trying :-)
But…but…you are getting more butukis unfortunately for you…maybe the winner is in there??
Oh no! They are in the top three of my try as soon as out of lockdown list. I will remain hopeful that the mojo will be with me.
I don’t get it either – I think I must have pissed off the Butiki Tea gods in a previous life. They’ve come back to exact revenge.
I will happily keep trying them….
Morgana – Don’t let my experience influence you. Almost everyone here loves them – I seem to be the exception to the rule, and I don’t want to be – I want to love them too. I just don’t understand why my experience is SO DIFFERENT from others.
Ah, sorry to hear it Dex. Noted though, I promise—I won’t try sending you Butiki after this. Promise. (: It’s touching to me you gave such a good faith effort.
Oh, oh…Im baffled… But I think it’s great you keep on trying :-)
But…but…you are getting more butukis unfortunately for you…maybe the winner is in there??
Oh no! They are in the top three of my try as soon as out of lockdown list. I will remain hopeful that the mojo will be with me.
I don’t get it either – I think I must have pissed off the Butiki Tea gods in a previous life. They’ve come back to exact revenge.
I will happily keep trying them….
Morgana – Don’t let my experience influence you. Almost everyone here loves them – I seem to be the exception to the rule, and I don’t want to be – I want to love them too. I just don’t understand why my experience is SO DIFFERENT from others.