I can’t get over how much my palate has changed the past several months. The first time I had this — I think it was as a sample on my first Butiki order — I remember that until I added some sugar I literally couldn’t taste anything. Now I taste more flavor straight than I did back then with added sugar!
The leaves are pretty Christmasy, green with red bits. The aroma of the dry leaf is intoxicatingly sweet, almost like smelling frosting.
It starts off with that sea-weedy flavor typical of green tea and then the sweet and creamy taste kicks in right at the end. While I’m not sure I’d say this tastes like eggnog exactly, it’s wonderfully sweet and I could definitely imagine craving this around the holiday season. It’s very vanilla-y which is a good thing, as I love vanilla. This is one of the very few green teas that I actually quite enjoy. :)
