Isn’t it funny how different perceptions between people can be? I vaguely remembered other Steepsters saying this wasn’t bad, but that it lacked flavor and had no cake element. It’s one of the reasons I put off trying it immediately when my big ol’ box of new Butiki came in. But I made a cup tonight and was totally bowled over by how accurate and powerful this smelled of really good fine crumbed white cake and delicious true-vanilla icing dry and steeping. Granted, it doesn’t taste as cake-y as it smells—but there’s no way any tea could, I think, as the aroma was just so overwhelmingly cakey and delicious, like better than smelling the real thing—but that vanilla crumb flavor is there, lightly, and seems to accumulate as I drink until by the end it really does feel like I’ve had the liquid equivalent of a piece of simple classic yummy vanilla cake. Beautiful stuff, and feels in line with how I don’t like garishly sweet supermarket bakery department cake but do like the kind of cake they often serve at weddings (the old fashioned kind, not the fondant stuff)—subtle in its way (regarding pointed sweetness mostly), but powerfully full of vanilla, heady but elegant feeling (it really is a lovely tea to look at, both the dry leaves and the liquor in the cup). I almost feel that coating on your teeth too after eating a piece of cake. The fact something this delicious and festive-occasion-tasting is herbal is just icing on the cake (har). After I finished my cup, I noticed the strong aroma of marshmallows and vanilla cake stayed in the empty cup for a long time—I kept dipping my nose back into it. Heavenly. I’m a huge sucker for sweet damp tight-crumbed white wedding cake though, so.
Yeah, I like this more than Creamy Eggnog, by far (don’t get me wrong, I like Creamy Eggnog but I think this has way more flavor). Again, I find it amusing (and wonderful) how different opinions can be!
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Yay! So glad that you enjoyed this one. I love it when people have different reactions to teas.
Sorry to say that I don’t think this one will be around for much longer at all. The reviews haven’t been good. I feel like the flavoring combination is spot on, so I think the marshmallow leaf might be the issue and it might be taking away from the flavoring. We might be trying this on a white tea.
Ooh white tea might make it interesting
Oh no! I guess this means I have to place an order right away.
Sil-I think so. I really don’t think its the flavoring here. I would definitely like to have some of the people who didn’t like the herbal version try the new version.
ifjuly-We are very low at the moment and will not be making more but I can always make a small batch for you when I am making a larger batch of the new version.
if i place an order for the max amount right now, is it in stock?
(in a panic i did, hope that doesn’t cause too much inconvenience if stock is too low…)
ifjuly-I just checked our current stock against today’s orders and we have 20 grams left. Didn’t realize it was that low.
oops. i’m really sorry for causing a problem, i think i tried to order 80grams. (: if you want to take this to PM here or email or FB to sort it out…not sure what would be easiest for you, insta-refund or maybe when you make the new version sending that along? i guess there’s no way to know how different the cost would be for the new one though…hrm.
uh, that was supposed to be a :/ face, not a smiley.
No problem, I will contact you via email. :)
I am really going to have to cherish the amount left! (big compliment :)
Interesting! I think this might work nicely as a white tea. I enjoy it, but it does feel a bit too sublte, until I realized that a dash of sugar enhanced the flavouring.
But, I have a terrible sweet tooth too.
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Yay! So glad that you enjoyed this one. I love it when people have different reactions to teas.
Sorry to say that I don’t think this one will be around for much longer at all. The reviews haven’t been good. I feel like the flavoring combination is spot on, so I think the marshmallow leaf might be the issue and it might be taking away from the flavoring. We might be trying this on a white tea.
Ooh white tea might make it interesting
Oh no! I guess this means I have to place an order right away.
Sil-I think so. I really don’t think its the flavoring here. I would definitely like to have some of the people who didn’t like the herbal version try the new version.
ifjuly-We are very low at the moment and will not be making more but I can always make a small batch for you when I am making a larger batch of the new version.
if i place an order for the max amount right now, is it in stock?
(in a panic i did, hope that doesn’t cause too much inconvenience if stock is too low…)
ifjuly-I just checked our current stock against today’s orders and we have 20 grams left. Didn’t realize it was that low.
oops. i’m really sorry for causing a problem, i think i tried to order 80grams. (: if you want to take this to PM here or email or FB to sort it out…not sure what would be easiest for you, insta-refund or maybe when you make the new version sending that along? i guess there’s no way to know how different the cost would be for the new one though…hrm.
uh, that was supposed to be a :/ face, not a smiley.
No problem, I will contact you via email. :)
I am really going to have to cherish the amount left! (big compliment :)
Interesting! I think this might work nicely as a white tea. I enjoy it, but it does feel a bit too sublte, until I realized that a dash of sugar enhanced the flavouring.
But, I have a terrible sweet tooth too.