Tragic Sipdown (113)!
I finished this off a few nights ago with a tiny splash of milk in it. It brewed up the perfect creamy maple flavour with brilliant notes of oak, buckwheat, and pecan. I’ve grown to love this blend so much and I was so torn when Stacy announced Butiki’s closure about whether to bulk up or not. Ultimately, I decided to focus on the greener oolongs that I love too, and I didn’t get any more.
I kind of regret that given how much I’ve been drinking darker, more oxidized oolongs this year over green oolongs. This might just be the first Butiki sipdown that has really, really hit me…
Unrelated but very much worth sharing:
Someone in London has launched an IndieGoGo campaign to bailout Greece. They’re encouraging everyone to donate 3 pounds. If everyone in Europe did that they’d meet the 1.6 billion pounds necessary to bail them out. I think it’s incredible we’ve progressed to a place where this is even a possibility – it’s amazing. Thom, the person who started the campaign, is using Fixed Funding; for those not familiar with IndieGoGo that means that if the goal isn’t reached everything that’s been donated will be refunded. So basically if you skip buying yourself coffee (or in most of our cases, tea) for a day you can possibly be a part of such an amazing act of kindness and hope, and give back to the Greek people who don’t deserve the situation they’re in.
So far approx. 1.2 million has been raised; that’s a long way left to go. I’m trying to spread this to as many people as possible – Greece is such an amazing country with such rich culture. Personally, I’ve always wanted to visit. If something doesn’t turn around for the country that might become even harder to achieve in the future.
Oh! And of course, there are funder perks: a 3 pound donation will get you a postcard of the Prime Minister, 6 pounds will get you a Greek salad delivered to your door, and many others. If this actually works, all of these perks/rewards will be made in Greece to give back to the community, and to help bolster their economy even more!
So please guys, check out the campaign and consider donating!
Wow, that IndieGoGo campaign is pretty fascinating
I just shared it on twitter and FB. Thanks for letting us know!
This was such a great tea. Sad it’s gone.