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From the Butiki Educational Traveling Tea Box 2.

The label doesn’t say CTC but I thought I should add it to the database. I was surprised to see that green tea could be processed this way like black tea. Considering it’s CTC, I didn’t think the quality would be great but was curious to see how it would taste. I used about half a teaspoon (not a full one like it says below) of these dark green pellets and then let them steep for one minute. To my surprise the flavor was far too light (come on, it’s CTC), so I increased the steeping time.

The dark yellow liquor doesn’t look appealing. The flavor was even less appealing. It tasted like any other poor quality green tea. I wasn’t expecting greatness from a CTC green tea, but it was still interesting to test out. The yellow emoticon fits my reaction perfectly. (I wonder if this tea were processed from the Assamica bush.)

Today is my birthday – 24! My mom was supposed to go to the optometrist’s to get new glasses but she moved the appointment next week. I’m hoping that all of us (my immediate family) go to restaurant. I don’t want to leave her home and bring her food. She’s now seeing the doctor about the swelling, probably caused by the cast being too tight.

I said somewhere in a thread that my Verdant gaiwan broke. She offered to buy me a new one for birthday/graduation present: http://www.amazon.com/Blossom-Chinese-Traditional-Teaware-Comprised/dp/B0054FB9LK/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1399646410&sr=8-9&keywords=gaiwan

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
Cheri

Happy Birthday!!!

Stephanie

Happy Birthday! That gaiwan is beautiful :)

boychik

Happy Birthday!!!

caile

Happy birthday! : )

ohfancythat

Happy Birthday!

KiwiDelight

Thank you, everyone! :D

Tealizzy

Happy birthday!!

Butiki Teas

Happy Birthday!!!! Cute gaiwan! Odd, I don’t remember putting in a CTC green.

KiwiDelight

Thank you!! :) The label just says “Kenya Green.” I thought I’d tack on CTC.

Stephanie

Yeah, I saw that green in there.

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Cheri

Happy Birthday!!!

Stephanie

Happy Birthday! That gaiwan is beautiful :)

boychik

Happy Birthday!!!

caile

Happy birthday! : )

ohfancythat

Happy Birthday!

KiwiDelight

Thank you, everyone! :D

Tealizzy

Happy birthday!!

Butiki Teas

Happy Birthday!!!! Cute gaiwan! Odd, I don’t remember putting in a CTC green.

KiwiDelight

Thank you!! :) The label just says “Kenya Green.” I thought I’d tack on CTC.

Stephanie

Yeah, I saw that green in there.

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I began drinking tea because its complexity fascinated me. I love learning about its history, its manufacturing processes, and its place in various cultures.

Japanese greens were my first love and gateway into the world.

My favorite teas are leafhopper oolongs, pu’erh (shou and sheng), and masala chai. My favorite herbal tisanes are spear/peppermint, lavender and chrysanthemum.

I’m currently exploring pu’erh, and any Chinese and Taiwanese teas in general. I’m not much into flavored teas, unlike when I first started. The only teas I truly dislike are fruity tisanes and the ones that have too much fruit. I do like hisbiscus, especially iced.

I like to write nature essays. I’m a birdwatcher as well as a tea enthusiast. The kiwi is one of my favorite birds. I also like Tolkien, Ancient Egypt, and exercising.

IMPORTANT NOTE, PLEASE READ: After two and a half years of having an account here, I will no longer will provide numerical ratings as an addition to the review because the American school system has skewed my thoughts on numbers out of a hundred and the colors throw me off. Curses! My words are more than sufficient. If I really like what I have, I will “recommend”, and if I don’t, “not recommended”.

Key for past ratings:

96-100 I adore absolutely everything about it. A permanent addition to my stash.

90-95 Superb quality and extremely enjoyable, but not something I’d necessarily like to have in my stash (might have to do with personal tastes, depending on what I say in the tasting note).

80-89 Delicious! Pleased with the overall quality.

70-79 Simply, I like it. There are qualities that I find good, but there also are things that aren’t, hence a lower rating that I would have otherwise like to put.

60-69 Overall “meh”. Not necessarily bad, but not necessarily good.

0-59 No.

If there is no rating: I don’t feel experienced enough to rate the tea, or said tea just goes beyond rating (in a positive way).

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