Had this tea again this morning. I used three teaspoons in about 12 oz of water, and added in some cream and rock sugar. Before sipping, I inhaled the warm steam wafting up from my mug. I actually caught a few whiffs of henna, and it brought back a lot of memories from my own childhood (my family is Pakistani, and we used to put Henna on our hands for holidays and weddings and such, and it has such a distinct smell). This smell wasn’t entirely henna, but I certainly picked up on it.
First sips revealed the funnel cake I was expecting, and the cup was gone in no time. I resteeped the leaves for my timolino, and left them in for even longer this time because i’m always afraid the second infusion is going to be significantly weaker. I don’t really quite know how to do second infusions properly: do you add more leaf? infuse longer? infuse at all if strong cups are your thing?
Anyway, I’m going to try this tea at work today and see how it stood up to the same amounts of rock sugar and milk for the second infusion. Either way, delish delish delish.
ETA: I think I prefer the first steep of this tea, so likely won’t be resteeping in the future. Just to confirm though, I’ll try the first steep in my timolino tomorrow. And hey, there are other butiki teas I’ve got to get around to trying as well :). Today is one of htose days I wish I had two timolinos, because I’m exhausted at work and could really use another bucket of tea so that I can power through.
