Cantaloupe and Cream

This was one of the teas I was most excited to try from my Butiki order (though, let’s be honest, I was pretty excited to try all of them). I had read so many rave reviews about this tea on Steepster, so I had to order some for myself before it was gone forever! Right off the bat, when I smelled the dry leaves, I could smell that cantaloupe smell, but there was also something a little weird about the scent that I can’t quite put my finger on. After steeping it up per the parameters written on the package, I basically had the same experience with the tea. I can taste the lovely cantaloupe and creaminess that everyone loves, but there is also something else in the aftertaste there that seems off-putting to me. So perhaps it is just that I am not fond of the base white tea? I’m not an expert on white teas, so it’s hard to pinpoint if that’s what it is. Although, I think it’s more prevalent in the smell of the tea more than the actual tea itself.

I really want to love this one because I can already say I love the cantaloupe flavor behind the other weird flavor that I’m finding. I will definitely be experimenting (carefully, since I only have so much) and perhaps even trying out a cold brew? It seems like a good candidate for that. I’ll add my number rating after I try this out again.

Big thanks to Cameron B for including this in her swap!!

I don’t have much to say other than I really, really enjoyed it, through and through. Wonderful dry aroma. I could even smell the creaminess. Excellently flavored, too – it was like drinking actual cantaloupe juice warmed up. Bai Mu Dan is a great choice to for a base tea. Barely a grassy note, and it’s light enough for a flavoring that is so light itself. Also, the Helichrysum flowers are a lovely addition, a contrast the colors of the Bai Mu Dan.

It really did taste just like a cantaloupe. :)

This is lovely, but I still sometimes taste that kind of artificial/concentrated taste when the flavor is very strong—perhaps only when I overbrew :) But maybe I overbrew because it doesn’t punch me in the face like I want it to (I don’t get much of the tea taste, but I guess that’s the point)

This is a fun tea. Love the cantaloupe flavor and the creamy note. I probably should have shared this one with my daughter since cantaloupe is one of her favorite foods, but I was selfish and kept both servings for myself. I regret nothing!

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Cantaloupe & Cream is a winner. I luckily picked it up as my second free sample from Butiki.

Brewed with exacting precision, I heated water to precisely 180 degrees Farenheit; poured said heated water into a measuring cup; measured exactly 8oz of piping hot (180 degrees Farenheit, mind you!) water into my Perfect Tea Maker. The results were extraordinary: the tea tasted exactly like melons! Huge, juicy tracts of …err- melons!

From the bouquet alone, notes of tree-sap and bug-juice alight upon the heavy tone of cantaloupey-honeydewey-melony madness. Madness. Why, in sooth, such a tea transports me to happier times of lincoln and green. Merry it would be time join a happy band and form an outlawed rebel guerrilla army, do you not think it so?

No, I’d rather just sing! And such a sweet tune Cantaloupe & Cream sings. A merry melody of melons mashed upon another merely making me mad for another cuppa. The first cup was a delight. The second one too. And the third, it was a pleasure as well. But the fourth-one! That fourth one stayed up.

That doesn’t make very much sense. Madness. Back to the tea, however, there is a certain…special…somethin’ about it that completes the experience. The heart-warming, time-traveling aroma is not let down by the taste, and although sweet, it does not overpower and actually rounds off with a comforting tart sensation through the aftertaste. Keep in mind that this is how it might taste hot:

I can’t wait to ice it. Gets down on one knee

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Not really sure why I thought drinking hot melon juice sounded appealing. It wasn’t. Yes, it tastes and smells exactly like a cantaloupe, but it remains something I’d rather eat cold then drink hot.

Wow this tea smells so good and is delicious! Truly tastes like sweet juicy cantaloupe drizzled with warm fresh cream. Another must have have from Butiki

I think this is the Butiki tea that I’ve been waiting to try the longest. I love cantaloupe and melon things in general, and I like white teas a lot, so this is right up my alley! Wow, these leaves are huge! This is definitely a very full-leaf bai mudan, and it has the most lovely little flowers mixed in. Beautiful! The smell is extremely melon, although I wouldn’t say it’s any specific melon.

The brewed aroma is also strong melon, but I wouldn’t necessarily call it cantaloupe. I added a wee bit of sugar to mine after a quick taste. I don’t know that I would call this cantaloupe specifically – it tastes more like honeydew to me. And that is not a bad thing, I love honeydew too! There is a light creaminess to this, especially as you near the end of the sip. I also taste a mild hay-like flavor from the bai mudan itself. Lovely!

I’m not sure whether I underleafed, but this is a very light tea. Next time I may try it with extra leaf. Those darn huge leaves are hard to measure! :P

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Nice white tea. Calming cream and cantaloupe flavors. Smooth, relaxing. Nice lingering cantaloupe aftertaste. Not special enough to buy but would drink again anytime.