Cantaloupe and Cream

I tasted this from a sample that was added to my order. after trying it I immediately thought it would make a great summer tea. It’s really nice & smooth with a real cantaloupe aroma, flavor with a touch of cream. I had a little sugar handy just in case I may have needed it, but didn’t use it.
Another great tea from Butiki

This is SUCH a delicious tea—I felt deeply, deeply affectionate toward it right off the bat. For one thing, it’s extremely pretty to look at; also, the nose is intoxicatingly mahhhhvellous. The tea itself is a lovely golden colour, like liquid magic hour sunshine, and the flavour! Fruit and flora dance upon your tastebuds like little cantaloupe-bearing angels.

No, none of that is exaggeration.

This is my first white tea in ages, and really, it’s doubtful I’ll ever need another.

(Just kidding. But this is delicious!)

Delicious. Delicate with a very nice (and not at all fake-tasting) cantaloupe flavor. Beautiful leaves both dry and wet. I tried some of this from my sister’s Butiki order and will definitely be getting some of my own next time!

First time buying this from Butiki Teas, and it’s as fantastic as I remembered from the small sample Stacy was kind enough to send me way back when.

This tea is so delicious with some liquid Stevia and milk (I use almond milk). Tastes just like a fresh cantaloupe. Fantastic tea to have with something sweet, or to drink alone as a guilt-free dessert. The white tea base still shows through.

Overall, a mellow tea for a relaxing Saturday afternoon. If you like cantaloupes, this is the tea for you.

I came across this happily while I was organising my sipdown box today (yes I do that), and realised that thanks to Janelle and VariaTEA, who both sent me samples I had almost finished with, I had enough left over for one final cup with Stacy’s recommended 1.5 teaspoons of tea if I combined them both.

Reading through the notes for this one it seems to have been a lot of people’s first foray into the wonderful world of Butiki, and I think it was mine too. That was some time ago now, though, and I’m quite surprised I haven’t written a note on it yet. Though the tea has lost flavour over time (I’m going to stop saying that now because seriously, after a year away from Steepster this is true of almost all my teas, sadly) it is surprisingly not all that different to the way I remember it tasting when it was fresh, a couple of years ago. The first few mouthfuls had a disturbing cinnamon flavour which I’m blaming on myself storing it next to Della Terra’s Cinnamon Diletto, but luckily this faded as I drank and the main flavour was that ever-present cantaloupe. I’m not sure I got the floral and vegetal notes which Stacy mentioned from the base tea, but that I think is likely from the age, since I think I remember tasting the floral notes more in previous cups. The cream I don’t necessarily get, and never really have – to me, this is really more of a straightforward cantaloupe tea. I added half a teaspoon of sugar which I hoped would bring out the creaminess but it didn’t really do anything much. I’m afraid I don’t love it anywhere near as much as everyone else seems to, though I have enjoyed every cup I’ve had. This is NOTHING to do with Stacy, obviously, and everything to do with the fact that as I’ve mentioned in reviews of other teas I just don’t like cantaloupe. The flavour is spot on, but it’s just mimicking something I don’t choose to eat – in fruit salads and melon medleys I always leave the cantaloupe. A sad sipdown because it’s another Butiki tea gone forever, but beyond that I can’t say I’m going to miss it. I’m so sorry to everyone who loves this tea, it’s just not the one for me.

Sipdown 43/375.

Beautiful tea. Exactly what it says it is and tastes like just that. Truly beautiful as is.

Thanks, tigress_al, for sending me some to try. This cup is a real pleasure.

I bought some of this in one of my very first Butiki orders. I tried it once and though, meh. So it sat and it sat and it sat. I have been enjoying some flavored white tea before bed the last few weeks and thought I would give this another go. Wow, I am not sure what I was thinking the first time I tried it. This is delicious. Creamy for sure. Hints of juicy cantaloupe. This tea is also very naturally sweet. It was such a great cup last night. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. So sad that these teas are gone forever:(

After being gone from Steepster for so long while my kiddo was cooking, it is nice to be back and see some new companies making a go at blending tea. I am excited to try some of the new things out there, will just have to get my cupboard under control first.

So good! I can taste the cantaloupe and it’s sweet and natural. The cream flavor is definitely at the forefront, though – rich and a nice compliment to the fruit. What a tasty tea!

Mild but flavorful, smells nicely of cantaloupe