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KiwiDelight drank Birthday Cake by Butiki Teas

371 tasting notes

From the Lewis and Clark TTB.

The dry leaf is so colorful and pretty, and smells really good, like ice cream cake! So I had high expectations for the taste. It wasn’t what I expected: not much cake-ness, only just a hint of “icing” beneath the base herbs. I didn’t feel like adding any sugar – I’ve never drunk marshmallow leaf or calendula before and was intrigued by how they tasted.

Preparation

Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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Cameron B.
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This tea reminds me of chamomile. :P

Cheri
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I normally don’t add sugar, but just the barest touch (less than .25t) made this really taste like cake. It was amazing.

KiwiDelight
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If this ever crosses my path again I will definitely try it with sugar.

Cameron B.
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I can send you some whenever you’d like. :)

KiwiDelight
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Ooooooooo let’s swap again!! :D

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Cameron B.
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This tea reminds me of chamomile. :P

Cheri
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I normally don’t add sugar, but just the barest touch (less than .25t) made this really taste like cake. It was amazing.

KiwiDelight
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If this ever crosses my path again I will definitely try it with sugar.

Cameron B.
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I can send you some whenever you’d like. :)

KiwiDelight
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Ooooooooo let’s swap again!! :D

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I began drinking tea because its complexity fascinated me. I love learning about its history, its manufacturing processes, and its place in various cultures.

Japanese greens were my first love and gateway into the world.

My favorite teas are leafhopper oolongs, pu’erh (shou and sheng), and masala chai. My favorite herbal tisanes are spear/peppermint, lavender and chrysanthemum.

I’m currently exploring pu’erh, and any Chinese and Taiwanese teas in general. I’m not much into flavored teas, unlike when I first started. The only teas I truly dislike are fruity tisanes and the ones that have too much fruit. I do like hisbiscus, especially iced.

I like to write nature essays. I’m a birdwatcher as well as a tea enthusiast. The kiwi is one of my favorite birds. I also like Tolkien, Ancient Egypt, and exercising.

IMPORTANT NOTE, PLEASE READ: After two and a half years of having an account here, I will no longer will provide numerical ratings as an addition to the review because the American school system has skewed my thoughts on numbers out of a hundred and the colors throw me off. Curses! My words are more than sufficient. If I really like what I have, I will “recommend”, and if I don’t, “not recommended”.

Key for past ratings:

96-100 I adore absolutely everything about it. A permanent addition to my stash.

90-95 Superb quality and extremely enjoyable, but not something I’d necessarily like to have in my stash (might have to do with personal tastes, depending on what I say in the tasting note).

80-89 Delicious! Pleased with the overall quality.

70-79 Simply, I like it. There are qualities that I find good, but there also are things that aren’t, hence a lower rating that I would have otherwise like to put.

60-69 Overall “meh”. Not necessarily bad, but not necessarily good.

0-59 No.

If there is no rating: I don’t feel experienced enough to rate the tea, or said tea just goes beyond rating (in a positive way).