This is a queued tasting note.
Thank you VariaTEA for getting this one to me, and Kittenna for splitting it with me! It smelled so good dry, and I ended up making it yesterday morning for my breakfast tea on my day off. Mmmm! I’m pretty sure it’s Bear With Me who’s obsessed with Grapefruit EG so I’m happy to finally be getting the chance to taste an EG with grapefruit in it (you’ve gotten me super excited!), even if there are other additions too.
I actually find I’m tasting the tangerine more than anything else; it tastes exactly like the tangerine in Butiki’s Tangerine Creamsicle guayusa blend except while I really disliked the flavour in that blend I think it works perfectly here. It ties in better with the base tea, and has a lovely, mellow sweetness to it and just a touch of citrus pucker. The grapefruit notes are more in the body of the sip, and ave the faintest bit of bitterness but in a way that’s pleasant and natural for grapefruit.
The EG itself wasn’t as strong as expected and I found myself craving a little bit more from the tea. It mostly was apparent running alongside the grapefruit notes and in the aftertaste. It paired phenomenally with the grapefruit by the way; I can see why that pairing seems to be a successful one.
The base was nice but didn’t impart a whole lot of flavour; not that I necisarrily wanted it to dramatically affect the taste of the tea but it would’ve been nice if it had not have been as mild and I could have pinpointed some distinct note from it. This is a really nice breakfast tea though; I will absolutely enjoy finishing off my little bag of it!
Today’s word of the day is/was: defunct, which means “having finished the course of life or existence : dead, extinct”. How dreary…
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One day I’ll get to Toronto and retrieve my teas… and pay VariaTEA… And send you yours… (ok, that last one is going to be sooner rather than later).
Pretty sure I owe you and VariaTEA money too :P But I’m not so concerned about the last of my Butiki teas making it to me; they get here when they get here :P
They will eventually. I should be working less as of May 1. I should actually have a couple evenings a week to enjoy my life/get things done :)
Haha I totally forgot that I never told you guys how much Butiki cost. I will soon though I’m really not too worried about you guys paying me back.
And Kittenna, I feel like I should just mail out boxes to you and indigobloom
I have it on my “owing people/people owing” list, but without an amount. It will all get sorted out, I’m sure. Would like to do a Toronto meetup soon, and then things for Roswell can be compiled (if people other than me have stuff to pass along).
VariaTEA – I am not that desperate for it, haha. Not with shipping prices the way they are, and how busy I’ve been. :D
One day I’ll get to Toronto and retrieve my teas… and pay VariaTEA… And send you yours… (ok, that last one is going to be sooner rather than later).
Pretty sure I owe you and VariaTEA money too :P But I’m not so concerned about the last of my Butiki teas making it to me; they get here when they get here :P
They will eventually. I should be working less as of May 1. I should actually have a couple evenings a week to enjoy my life/get things done :)
Haha I totally forgot that I never told you guys how much Butiki cost. I will soon though I’m really not too worried about you guys paying me back.
And Kittenna, I feel like I should just mail out boxes to you and indigobloom
I have it on my “owing people/people owing” list, but without an amount. It will all get sorted out, I’m sure. Would like to do a Toronto meetup soon, and then things for Roswell can be compiled (if people other than me have stuff to pass along).
VariaTEA – I am not that desperate for it, haha. Not with shipping prices the way they are, and how busy I’ve been. :D