Yes, this tea is a phoenix...a legendary black tea that left the market along with the company that used to sell it. Due to the many requests I had to find a tea similar to it, I made it my top priority to not just find a suitable replacement, but to seek out the original source. Nearly two years later, here we are: re-launching TWMB.
For those of you that are familiar with TWMB, this is the same tea, but of course a different harvest. You will be comforted once again by the magical experience that you miss. For the rest of you...
Imagine, if you will, taking fig newtons and drizzling them with melted cinnamon-butter and dark brown sugar, then putting them between two thin slices of sourdough toast and eating that. That's essentially the flavor profile of TWMB. The rich honey-sweetness comes from leafhoppers — tiny little insects that bite the leaves, making the tea plant send healing sugars to the tips of the leaves. This tea is harvested in the summer months from wild growing mountain tea plants.
The aroma is absolutely incredible, with notes of dark dried fruit, toast, and honey, and the flavor is incredibly sweet and complex. Truly a magical tea!
Last night I had a killer migraine from nowhere that made me want abdicate my head, neck and shoulders and go live in my stomach or something. It's still kind of lingering on the left side but it's not even a quarter as bad as last night. I…Read full tasting note
Bah, I forgot to write a review on this yummy tea.
Update on those people upstairs that caused 7 cop cars, ambulances and more to come to our unit. They were evicted. Apparently, the guy beating the dog and his girlfriend wasn't a tenant …Read full tasting note
It's time to get one of my few remaining August reviews out of the way. I think I finished my pouch of this tea either shortly before my injury or at the end of the month when I was about done recovering. I recall it taking awhile for me to…Read full tasting note
Recently placed a relatively small Whispering Pines order. I needed more straight black teas, and this flavor profile is one of my favorites.
My first time trying this, we had a rocky start. But, subsequent cups had the sweet potato and bro…Read full tasting note
Another sample from Brenden! Thanks so much! I really appreciate it. I never tried the Butiki version of this, so I don't have anything to compare it to. But I think this is also sourced from the same place as the Butiki Wild was? I tr…Read full tasting note
Many thanks to *TheWeekendSessions* for the tea sample! This is something that I picked up from him when I was in Winnipeg, and I was really, _really_ excited about it! I knew WP was carrying this tea now - but I have…Read full tasting note
Quick log: I've been deeply satisfied with this tea, and again, I am so glad I pre-ordered it. The notes are all top notch, especially the immense blackberry ones I get in the tea. The minerals are also thickly spri…Read full tasting note
I started brewing this as I jumped on a Zoom call at work today, and the incredible aroma of this tea was quite distracting. Sweet potatoes and raw sugar. So incredibly decadent.
