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Amy oh

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Amy oh drank Tamarind Pop by Butiki Teas

Thanks to Stacy of Butiki teas for sending me this free sample!

Hmm, my experience with tamarind has been somewhat limited but I’ve had it before with Indian food. It has a very fruity, slightly sour type of taste. This tea actually does have an almost fizzy quality on your tongue. I’m getting a bit of vanilla and not a lot of cacao, but that’s ok. The tamarind flavor here is so nice! A very unique and interesting tea, I’d like to try this iced someday too, I bet it would be really good that way! :)

I did try it with a little turbinado sugar and I think the extra sweetness helped to pull this together quite nicely. I say: YUM!

2012-08-08 15:08:19 -0400

205 °F / 96 °C

3 min 15 sec

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Scott B 2012-08-08 17:19:51 -0400

I love tamarind chutney and tamarind Jarritos pop.

Alphakitty 2012-08-08 17:40:44 -0400

While tamarind is most often associated with Mexican and Indian cooking, it is also the sour element in a lot of Thai food (including Pad Thai!) so you might have had it more than you think! It’s a pretty interesting ingredient because it comes in quite a few forms, though I think paste is probably the easiest to get in the US.

Amy oh 2012-08-08 17:59:16 -0400

Alphakitty, I think I have had the paste…

Scott B 2012-08-08 18:29:59 -0400

Yeah, if you have an Indian grocery store-or even just a general Asian grocery store, you should be able to find it in multiple forms.
I find that it’s very easy to overdo the tamarind in pad thai-I like to taste more peanut and lime (and some restaurants really skimp on the peanuts).

Alphakitty 2012-08-08 18:35:17 -0400

It’s really fun to cook with if you come across it, it can replace lemon/lime/any other citrus!

Scott B 2012-08-09 02:18:17 -0400

I’ve used it a few times. One of these days I’ll get back to making more homemade Indian food.

Bonnie 2012-08-09 03:15:18 -0400

Scot B yes I grew up seeing tamarindo drinks at all the Mexican Fast Food places in the Bay Area and big pods in the grocery stores and farmers markets. Also pastry with tamarind paste filling. Turnovers along with pumpkin turnovers at the San Jose Flea Market. I bet Amy Oh has seen all kinds of tamarind products too (even candies).

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Hobbies include: tea, making art, animals, vegan things, buddhism, nature, creativity, books, writing, cooking, meditation, yoga.

I am a fan of many different teas but my favorites are blacks and oolongs, also like darjeeling and pu-erh. I’n always learning and expanding my horizons!

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Live in San Francisco, I’m a SINK (single income, no kids) and love the urban life, but traveling out to the middle of nowhere is always fun too.

I tend to not drink things I know I will hate so a lot of my tea ratings are on the higher side. Here’s my rating system, sorta

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