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Premium Taiwanese Assam from Butiki Teas

My world has been flipped upside down. Not in the negative “My life has been ruined” way but in the “Omg this tea is so amazing, it just changed my view on tea forever.”

At first I was a bit grouchy ‘cause … well, I could not for the life of me get the very long tea leaves to stay on the spoon long enough to get into my T-sac at first. Maybe I’m tired. Anyway, as soon as I poured in the water, this amazing aroma wafted out of the cup instantly. Of cinnamon and chocolate. YUMMO. By the time the three minutes of steeping was up, it had this wonderful raisin like smell. Think of the most delicious smelling pastry you can imagine. This tea smells better than that.

As for taste, I get all of those flavors, and it’s so good, so satisfying. I’ve enjoyed tea all my life, and yet I feel like my eyes have been opened. I didn’t know tea could taste like this.

Stacy, this tea is truly amazing.

This has a place in my cupboard forever.

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Hello! I’m a 23 year old Canadian, currently working at Starbucks while I figure out what I want to do with myself in life, haha.

So I’m a reformed bag drinker. ;) Grew up on the tea bags (Tetley Orange Pekoe as well as Tetley Earl Grey Vanilla in particular) but other than my weekly free tin of Awake tea from my job at Starbucks, I’ve entirely made the switch over this past year, and I’m finding I’m loving tea more than I ever have since I did.

My favorite kind of tea is black, and unflavored, although I do enjoy an occasional dessert black. I’ve recently been dipping my toes into white, green and oolongs.

Purely for tasting notes references, the only additives I use in tea is milk for blacks. Older tasting notes for blacks was with milk+sugar. Whites, oolongs, greens and herbals are all drunk straight unless otherwise specified in the notes.

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