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ohfancythat drank Hattialli Golden Paw Assam by Butiki Teas

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T&C TTB Tea # 4 – Backlog May 23

I usually use my ipad all the time but I am SO behind on my TTB reviews that I wanted to log on with my actual computer (GASP) to hopefully crack out a bunch now.

This was a tea I’d been wanting to try…everytime i see the word “Golden” as part of a tea name I instantly get interested, because of the Golden Monkey teas I’ve had which are basically the best ever.

This one wasn’t nearly as flavorful as I’d hoped.
It was slightly bready with a very faint smoke note.
The liquor was a medium amber color, not very bold or rich.

It was a decent black tea but didn’t really stand out, i’m looking for major fruity/honey/bready/cocoa notes and I didn’t seem to find them here.

Glad to try it though!

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Courtney
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I knew there was smoke! I thought maybe I’d gone round the bend when no other tasting notes (at the time), or Stacy’s description mentioned smoke. Thank goodness it’s not just me.

ohfancythat
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Nah you’re not crazy, unless we both are!

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Courtney
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I knew there was smoke! I thought maybe I’d gone round the bend when no other tasting notes (at the time), or Stacy’s description mentioned smoke. Thank goodness it’s not just me.

ohfancythat
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Nah you’re not crazy, unless we both are!

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name change alert – going from whatshesaid to ohfancythat

Hello!

I love tea. I love my mini-me daughter, my husband, my dog Wally, Netflix, shopping, and tea. Some other stuff too, but these are the most important!

Some favourites -

My new favourite tea company is A Quarter to Tea. I love the flavouring used and how it doesn’t seem fake, and the combinations are so delicious. Right up my alley.

My favourite teas are black, I love Laoshan Black and Taiwanese Wild Mountain Black tea from TTC. Also many of Teavivre’s black teas.

Butiki teas RIP, I loved how the flavours were subtle and not fake tasting and didn’t overwhelm the tea base. Trust that I am dramatically mourning the loss of this company!

Teavivre, Whispering Pines and Mariage Freres are some more tea companies I appreciate. Along with Davidstea as it was the ‘gateway drug’ to my tea addiction. Though I’m mostly over it now, I’ve definitely moved on from the artificially flavoured teas and am trying more quality straight teas!

My ultimate goal is to try as many French teas as possible – and to finally find a source in Canada for Mariage Freres so I can buy Wedding Imperial, and Black Orchid for sure.

I would like to try any Taiwanese Assams that exist in the world!

Also continuously on the hunt for Fauchon – La Naissance. If anyone has some of this I would pay for it!!! It’s my number one all time favourite tea.

When I rate, it goes like this:

85 -100 = WIN! awesome, I love this and keep it on hand
70 – 85 = pretty darn good but I don’t NEED to own it
55 – 70 = not necessarily terrible but not a tea for me!
30 – 55 = missed the mark as far as I am concerned. Wouldn’t drink it willingly.
0 – 30 = I likely won’t rate this low very often, so if you see it, consider the tea a great big FAIL and probably disgusting.

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