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Mmmmm….Thé de Lune! This tea is one of the few florals that I actually really enjoy. I am sipping on it now and watching Blackfish, a documentary about the killer whales at Sea World. The two are a very strange combination as the tea is so delicate and floral and reminiscent of sunny Parisian afternoons while the documentary is talking about the deaths of trainers and the dangers of keeping the whales in captivity. Nonetheless, both are very interesting. Thank you JustJames once again for sharing this tea!

Roswell Strange sent this my way and like so many other Butiki teas, the lychee flavor is spot on. The flavor is light, delicate, and slightly floral. A very tasty cup. Thank you Roswell Strange!!

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I don’t know what I did with this cup but it is tasting very weak and watered down today. I am getting vanilla water which is especially upsetting as this is the last of my sample. Oh well, c’est la vie. Anyways, thank you Veronica for sharing this tea with me. I am very glad I got to try it out.

This cooled quite a bit but it is still cinnamon roll in a cup. I like it best hotter but this one never fails to be tasty. I have one more cup of dry leaf left and I will be sad to see it go. I do have some Strawberry Pie Honeybush on the way so there’s that.

After this I am only one cup away from finishing this sample from Dexter3657. The only problem is, the more I drink this, the less pleasant it is. I recalled enjoying the first cup but this cup, today, is very strongly tasting of rooibos with some chemical additives. I have no idea what went wrong but I am debating about dumping this one out. Thank you Dexter3657, this tea has definitely been an interesting experience.

I made some of this to go in my tumbler but throughout the day something happened and this tea just did not hold up well. I had a few sips when I first went out that tasted of earl grey and some vanilla but by the end of the day it was undrinkable.

Backlog: I had a bit of this while I had lunch and the sweet, juicy, blueberry flavor was really hitting the spot. However, I ran out before finishing the glass and assumed this would be really great cold (I thought it would taste just like blueberry juice). Unfortunately it was kind of disappointing, not bad, but not as flavorful as I had anticipated.

Well I finally am able to try this tea hot and it actually does taste of pear. However, there is an artificial sweetness that is making the tea taste slightly strange. Due to that, this won’t be something I order but the sample won’t be too hard to finish up. Thank you Roswell Strange for helping me take this one off my list.

One of the perks of being in the states, 24 hour stores! My tea drinking time has been significantly cut down as I have been in malls until 2 am. YAY (for the shopping, not the lack of tea drinking)! Anyways, today I am at home and that means time to have some tea:)

The first tea I reached for was this sample that Veronica sent me. I considered picking this up in the Black Friday sale but had bought so much already that I decided against it. Honestly, having tried it, I am not too sad that I missed picking this up – not because I do not like it but because taste wise I am finding it to be a muted version Glitter & Gold with a bit of mint thrown in. Very good flavor but most likely I would end up reaching for Glitter & Gold instead. With that said, I won’t have any problem getting through this sample. Thank you Veronica for sharing it with me. I am really glad I got to try it.

I made this in my tumbler and planned on taking it with me today as my mother and I shopped. However, my mom has taken so long to get ready that I have just been sipping away at this and am almost done. Oh well, at least it is tasty and delicious. I may have underleafed this slightly as the flavor is not as strong as usual but I am still getting notes of the raspberry and coconut that I love so much. Yum!! At this rate, I will have enough time to finish this off and make another tea to take to the mall :)