Literally almost crying. Among the saddest sipdowns I will ever have. Butiki was the first small tea company I ever fell in love with, and stacey’s teas will never be replaced in my cupboard. I remember feeling such a mix of feelings when I found out Butiki was closing: panicked sadness for sure, but also an incredibly selfish irritation: how could this happen? How on earth could stacey, you know, have other things to deal with? other plans? other priorities? why wasn’t she sharing her blending secrets so the rest of the world could discover and fall in love with her teas? and even as I thought those things, i realized how much I could understand. Those discoveries, that magic belongs to her. It’s her legacy, and her right to keep it. I mean, i won’t even share my mom’s chicken and rice recipe with friends who’ve been begging me for it for years, and it hasn’t reached nearly the audience stacey has. And so here’s to you, Stacey: to an artist who’s legacy will be remembered, missed, admired, and yearned for for decades to come. There won’t be another like you, and there won’t be another tea like yours. I hope you are happy and doing well, because heaven knows you deserve it! Your blending abilities and artistry helped me find more beauty, made me fall in love again, helped me dream, grounded me, made me remember such wistfully achingly wonderful memories, and also just tasted friggin amazing.
I got it all today: creamy caramel and vanilla, the mault of the assam, and this was seriously the last dregs, the bottom of the can. No whole tea leaves even left, and it still blew me away.
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Such a lovely tribute. So very sad that I missed Butiki teas while it existed.
I loved this tea.
I miss Butiki.
+1 to all of that.
Yes, all of this. I too had a sad Butiki sipdown today…
It is so sad. evolving, I’m sorry you missed it, too. I do hope you get to try some of her teas though.
Thanks, keychange. The ideal situation would be for her to get tired of whatever she is doing now and to resume blending and selling tea. One can always hope.
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I’ll be so sad when my last Butiki tea is done :(
Live well Stacey!
Stacey’s teas were like cups of heaven on earth! I miss her teas too. All I have left is some of her Ceylon. :(
You have so eloquently spoken what is in so many of our hearts! Truly moving and very true. Kudos on your lovely sentiments. I shall be inconsolable when I have sipped all my Butiki down also! I had to say farewell to coconut cream pie this past weekend. :(
I sipped my last of this earlier this year, and it was indeed quite a sad moment. Beautifully said.
Such a lovely tribute. So very sad that I missed Butiki teas while it existed.
I loved this tea.
I miss Butiki.
+1 to all of that.
Yes, all of this. I too had a sad Butiki sipdown today…
It is so sad. evolving, I’m sorry you missed it, too. I do hope you get to try some of her teas though.
Thanks, keychange. The ideal situation would be for her to get tired of whatever she is doing now and to resume blending and selling tea. One can always hope.
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I’ll be so sad when my last Butiki tea is done :(
Live well Stacey!
Stacey’s teas were like cups of heaven on earth! I miss her teas too. All I have left is some of her Ceylon. :(
You have so eloquently spoken what is in so many of our hearts! Truly moving and very true. Kudos on your lovely sentiments. I shall be inconsolable when I have sipped all my Butiki down also! I had to say farewell to coconut cream pie this past weekend. :(
I sipped my last of this earlier this year, and it was indeed quite a sad moment. Beautifully said.