This tea would have fared better if it hadn’t been the last stop on my Dammann Frères journey. It’s a bit unfair, I know – I will try my best to keep an open mind. It’s just that both the dry tea and the steeped tea are saturated with this – as I have now …
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Caramel Vanilla Assam – Butiki Teas
This is one I really wanted to love a lot – it sounds like it’s made for me, and it smells like it’s made for me. There is no end to how luscious this tea smells in the bag. It’s not quite up there with Lupicia’s Cookie or Mariage Frères Mariage Impérial, but it’s seriously good, nonetheless. …
Cookie – Lupicia
I deserved a treat, and this tea is the ultimate treat. Just smelling it makes me grin like a madwoman. I use the Perfect Measuring Spoon from DT a lot, not so much because it measures very perfectly (because it really doesn’t) but because it has such a pleasant, sleek, ottery roundness to it; just …
Blackberry – A.C. Perch’s
I had a tiny craving for this the other day, and one more just now. I was going to send the rest of it to a friend, but maybe just one more cup before it goes. Honestly, I have no idea why I enjoy this so much. A pretty basic berry-flavoured black? It’s an evil tea, though. …
Pumpkin Crème Brûlée – Butiki Teas
Oh, oh, oh. Where was it. I had this luscious dessert back in October when I was in Chicago – a pumpkin bread pudding. It killed. Right! Yes! Sable! It was their warm pumpkin-pecan bread pudding, with bourbon whipped cream and toasted buttered pecans. Droolface. Seriously. The dry tea doesn’t smell that much – mostly there’s a …
Soleil Occitan – Comptoir des thés et des épices
Now this is the last of the Comptoir teas, and this time I’m not mistaken. It’s a bit confusing, as this smells almost exactly like Le Thé d’Amandine by the same company. (Reviewed here: http://gluttonette.com/?p=493) Obviously, these two teas have completely different flavor profiles on paper, some of which comes through in the brewed tea. Weirdly, this one …
Ruby Pie – Butiki Teas
So I just took BuddyTV’s ‘Which Buffy the Vampire Slayer character are you?’ quiz, and, to my great surprise, I am Rupert Giles. I will have to somehow process this. Maybe everyone who drinks tea is automatically a Giles? Anyway, this clearly calls for some (more) tea. This is another sample from Stacy (Happy birthday, …
Foxy Roxy’s Banana Walnut Treat – Butiki Teas
I can’t remember if this was one of the surprise samples Butiki’s Stacy generously included with my order, or if I asked for it – either way, I’m excited to try a banana tea. This smells so good in the bag – quite like banana bread. I wish I had some dazzling banana bread story …
Blackberry – A.C. Perch’s
Okay, so you know how frustrating it can be if someone keeps calling you the wrong name or constantly mixes you up with your sibling, or something along those lines? Right. Well, words have feelings, too. Pallet This is an image of a pallet: https://bit.ly/3emkvSz Palette This is an image of a palette: https://bit.ly/2NuuN7v Palate Yes. Mouthfeels. I bet …
Jewelled Apple – Tea Palace
This is one I absolutely would have bought for myself based on scent alone – it has a caramel-sweet (without being cloying) apple compotey (without being artificial) roundness to it, which is very comforting all on its own. The dry tea itself is quite nice, too, full of large pieces of dried apple. Steeped, the …