Organic Spring Twist

Tea type
Green Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Floral, Vegetal, Asparagus, Grass
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Average preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 7 g 9 oz / 257 ml

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  • “Time to give this one a fair shot! I followed the exact parameters this time (2 level tsp in 6 oz. water) so am expecting something good! Although it brews up quite light, this tea has tons of...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Thanks Stacy for this fantastic Sample! This is a new tea! Stacy is coming out with a whole slew of tea’s soon and I can’t wait to find out what’s in store for all of us who know just how good her...” Read full tasting note
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  • “What, I thought this was a sip down, but I still have another run with this tea! I enjoy this tea steeped via gaiwan – Spring Twist has a nice vegetal green bean flavor with smooth butteryness. I...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Liberteas Thanks! Dry – this one sorts of smells LIME-E to me :) I do enjoy the aroma. A gentle green with a touch of lime. After infusing…it’s more vegetal – like Spinach. Again, I do enjoy this...” Read full tasting note
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From Butiki Teas

Our Organic Spring Twist originates from an all organic estate located in Dexing City which is found in the northeast area of the Jiangxi Province in Southern China. This green tea is processed by withering, firing, rolling and then baking the leaves. Organic Spring Twist is a flavorful and mellow tea that is intoxicatingly sweet with a vegetal aroma. This tea has notes of fresh peas and the juiciness of a summer peach with a full smooth body. Please note that we have a very limited supply of this tea.

Ingredients: Organic Chinese Green Tea

Recommended Brew Time: 2 minutes
Recommended Amount: 1 1/2 teaspoons of tea for 8oz of water
Recommended Temperature: 175 F

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52 Tasting Notes

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1145 tasting notes

Gadzooks! Despite its age and having moved with me at least twice before I finally tried it, this is an astonishingly good tea. I picked it out of my cabinet because I was in the mood for a good green but sencha felt like too much work. I thought it was a green based on the name and some vague memory, but the leaves are rolled into tight little balls like an oolong, so I really wasn’t sure what to expect. After brewing this in my glass gong fu teapot (2 tsps, 4 oz, boiling water per instructions, 90 seconds), I let it cool for a bit while I read the new Black Panther. Has anyone else been following this? It’s quite interesting, though I have some qualms about the way it seems to be using the trope of man-hating lesbians (hint: there’s really no good way to use this trope, especially when those are the only LGBTQ+ people in the storyline). Anyway, I was engrossed in the book and absentmindedly reached for the tea. And this tea is so good that it knocked me out of the book. I barely even have tasting notes because I gulped it down so fast. It’s green and vegetal and glorious. Green beans with a hint of sweetness that lingers on the palate. Ever so slightly dry, but in a way that fits with and accentuates the vegetal notes. Just… wonderful. I’m reminded that Stacy had a knack for finding great straight teas in addition to her serious blending talent. We miss you, Stacy!

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333 tasting notes

This is lightly vegetal, with hints of fruit (cherry?)—it reminds me a bit of sakura sencha, even. There’s just a hint of smoke in the background to mix things up, too. This is a really nice tea, and I’ll be sad when I use up my stash. If anyone knows of another tea like this one, I’d love to know.

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1113 tasting notes

I took the last amount of this tea that I had and mixed it with some of Beautiful Taiwan Tea’s 2015 spring green twirl tea. I believe they mixed quite well, but I may have used way too much leaf… oh well, I a decent 4 cups out of it :)

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1758 tasting notes

This tea is fairly floral and fairly vegetal. It is fairly typical of a straight green tea, I think it is from China but am unsure. Notes of asparagus and grass are listed in the Steepster writeup and I don’t disagree with them.

I brewed this one time in a 16oz Teavana Glass Perfect Tea Maker/Gravity Steeper with 3 tsp leaf and 175 degree water for 2 min.

Flavors: Floral, Vegetal

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 3 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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4164 tasting notes

I just had to order one last time from the super sad Butiki sale! I also had to order a couple green teas in hopes that they would be like Laoshan green — my ideal green tea. This one looks a lot like Laoshan green both in the picture and in the teaspoon. Dustier green, as twisty as can be. I tried steeping it like Laoshan green to see if it was the same, so not following Butiki’s parameters. Not quite, but it’s an excellent green tea anyway. This one seems to lighter than the full flavor of Laoshan green. The flavor is almost too light to describe, a little pineapple, nutty. The second steep is a little salty and brothy, buttery. I love the lingering flavor! I’ll try this one again later with Butiki’s parameters.
Steep #1 // 1 tsp. // 32 minutes after boiling // 55 second steep
Steep #2 // 30 min after boiling // 2-3 min

Stephanie

I think of this one like Laoshan green but fresher. Both are a couple of my favorite greens too :)

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836 tasting notes

1 tbsp

Very sweet. Vegetal. Floral note that reminds me of chamomile. Slight buttery tone.

Thanks to Kittenna for sharing!

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 5 tsp 13 OZ / 375 ML

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1040 tasting notes

Anyone who follows me know that green teas aren’t really my favorite. I also adore swaps and getting teas that are outside my comfort zone from the generosity of other.
This one came from "TheTeaFairy* . I love all the cute things she writes on the packages – this one she wrote: “not too vegetal, never know you might like it”. Ok – I’ve been surprised before.

And I’m surprised again. This is probably one of the best green teas I’ve tried. It’s not too floral, it’s not too grassy, it’s not too vegetal – it’s just nice and light, not bitter. Fun little green tea. Green teas will never be my favorite, but I could drink a cup of this on occasion. Thanks TheTeaFairy

TheTeaFairy

OMG, really??? So happy, yay!! I love it with food, a nice palate cleanser.

Dexter

Interesting that you say that you love it with food. I drink green tea at Chinese restaurants – they put a pot on the table and I drink it. At home, not so much. Maybe I just need to remember to pull in out with Asian style foods. I was drinking it with the curry tonight – could that be it? Interesting comment, will take that into consideration, thank you for pointing it out. :))

TheTeaFairy

I drink most of my green teas with food, especially Sencha and Dragonwell, my two favourite types. It just pairs well I guess, you,d be surprised, you might even like the more vegetal ones that way.

Dexter

LOL now the hard part is going to be finding straight green in my house. I do have a tin of cheap Chinese market green that I like cold steeped with fruit tisane. Might need to find another sample or two to experiment with. LOL No you don’t need to send me any ;)) – I have a sample coming in my subscription box….

TheTeaFairy

Lol, too late, you know I will…

Dexter

I know but it was worth a try. :))

Stephanie

This one is great

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149 tasting notes

I was in the mood for a green this morning, and also for the pageantry of using my gaiwan (I can only hope that someday my fingers will be graceful…. it really would be a wonderful thing. lol).
I found this tea beyond lovely. :)
Vegetal and sweet, with light sugars leaving such a lasting finish. Elements of cooked spinach and broccoli (properly prepared….not the sulfuric mess of my childhood…) mingled with sugar cane and wakame. And oh that sugar cane! Long after the final sip, the lingering sweetness remains.
I have lost count of my infusions, and I’m still loving this tea.

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Cheri

Sounds awesome. I need some time to play with my gaiwan.

ifjuly

gaiwan sessions are the best!

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This tea is just not doing it for me. Brewing it with tap water (with the right parameters this time) only resulted in cup after cup of frustration and disappointment, so I finally gave in and tried it with bottled mineral water heated in a pot on the stove. The resulting tea is noticeably better, but still not very good. I definitely wouldn’t use the words “smooth” or “mellow” to describe it – I find it quite bitter and astringent, producing an unpleasant drying sensation in most of my mouth and throat.

I don’t know if I’m Doing It Wrong with the temperature (it was kind of awkward using my thermometer with the low level of water in the pot) or the water hardness or if the leaves age really poorly or what. I really wish I were getting what the other reviewers were getting. At the same time, I can’t really be bothered with a tea that seems so finicky when there are so many others that have given me brilliant results without having to work so hard for it.

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 6 OZ / 177 ML
Butiki Teas

Adagio breeze-oh no, looks like you have our old instructions. The current brewing parameters are 1 1/2 level tsp for 8oz of 175 F degree water. 2 minute steep time. Hope this helps.

Angrboda

I just wanted to say, I have not forgotten you! I just… haven’t done anything about it yet, but I’m going to. Soon! Don’t you worry! :)

adagio breeze

Stacy – those were the instructions on my label, which I thought were the old ones! I wasn’t too keen on that method either, haha. But I will give it ONE MORE TRY with the bottled water!

Butiki Teas

adagio breeze-Ah ha. I noticed that some people have even knocked it down to 1 level teaspoon. Also, wanted to mention that we use measuring spoons which have a round bowl as the measuring spoons that are flatter tend to allow for too much leaf. Good luck!

Butiki Teas

Also, if you notice any astringency or bitterness, just keeping adding more water until it hits the sweet spot. :)

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