Lavender Cream Earl Grey (Butterfly Tea)

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Bergamot, Ceylon Black Tea, Hibiscus, Lavender, Natural Flavours, Vanilla
Flavors
Bergamot, Lavender, Vanilla, Bitter
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Caffeine
High
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Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec 8 oz / 236 ml

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  • “Lavender and vanilla are usually a win for me. See previous/original comments on this tea. Today was another day that I v entered out with intentions to go to the beach for a walk after running...” Read full tasting note
  • “From the Great Canadian Tea Box Round 5 I feel like hibiscus is in everything these days, but hibiscus in an earl grey is definitely a new one for me. I can’t taste any of it once brewed, but...” Read full tasting note
  • “bah. lost my tasting note. Long story short. I hate blergamot. I hate floral teas. the smell of this one is terrible. like potpourri…and blergamot. blech. taste wise though? it’s not as...” Read full tasting note
  • “This blend is so incredibly fragrant. Both the lavender and the bergamot are powerful here. I read a couple of notes saying that lavender earl greys are pretty common. This is the first of those...” Read full tasting note
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From Aromatica Fine Teas

This tea brings together the best of all the earl grey worlds – bergamot, vanilla, cream and lavender. Why have them in 4 separate Earl Greys!? This is a sweet, creamy, delicious black tea with floral hints. The vanilla and cream soften the bergamot citrus edge. You can still enjoy this variation with milk.

Ingredients: Ceylon black tea, bergamot, vanilla, hibiscus, lavender petals, natural flavour

Steep It

1 tsp per 8 oz cup

boiling

3-5 minutes

From Aromatica Fine Teas:

Proceeds from this tea help support The Chilliwack Hospice Society. Butterflies are powerful symbols of transformation. Hope, determination, and courage allow a butterfly to emerge from its restraining cocoon. Once free, it is able to enjoy a new life of beauty.

Our tribute tea is blended from Ceylon black tea, bergamot, vanilla, hibiscus, lavender petals, and natural flavour.

Also called “Butterfly Tea."

http://amodatea.com/products/lavender-cream-earl-grey

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9 Tasting Notes

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Lavender and vanilla are usually a win for me. See previous/original comments on this tea.

Today was another day that I v entered out with intentions to go to the beach for a walk after running some errands. I live in a residential neighbourhood, but now there are several condominiums in various stages of construction. And my neighbours—insert vile curse word here—continue to wake me up and keep me awake with whatever silent electronic/microwave/radiating/technological or who even knows what devices from 3 am onwards every night.

Yeah, I am beyond done. I really needed some soothing nature to look at and be with. Something away from the dust and traffic and construction. That was the plan.

By the time I finished my errands, my feet were tired. I was tired. Well, I am always chronically tired-but even more so. And I was hungry.

No beach today. I ended up going the other way and picked up a couple of treats as self-bribes. I did manage to sneak in walks through lush well-forested neighbourhoods while taking care of things. I also had a bit of a rest on a park bench and visited with pigeons and squirrels until loud energetic children scattered them.

And it’s a sipdown!

#long time ago internet hiatus sipdown

Leafhopper

Construction noise is the worst. They replaced all the water mains along my street a few years ago and it was miserable. I also work from home, so I didn’t get a break. I hope you can get some noise-cancelling headphones or something to block it out.

Evol Ving Ness

Ugh! Thanks, Leafhopper! This has become an every summer-fall-spring thing now. I have almost become immune to the noise now, almost. It is the bed shaking violently at 7 am after a sleepless night that gets to me. That and whatever it is that they use to cut tiles. I need to get psychologically prepared to move.

Evol Ving Ness

And also, how is it possible for the humidity to work itself into cooler days?

Leafhopper

I don’t miss the vibrating furniture! I was actually worried about my teaware during the worst of it. (Priorities!) :)

And yes, the humidity has been awful this summer.

Evol Ving Ness

Ha! Priorities indeed! :)

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From the Great Canadian Tea Box Round 5

I feel like hibiscus is in everything these days, but hibiscus in an earl grey is definitely a new one for me. I can’t taste any of it once brewed, but that’s probably for the best. I’m surprised by how much I like this actually. It’s drinkable, and it’s definitely got the “cream” part of “cream earl grey”, but I still don’t think this is something I’d drink often.

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15006 tasting notes

bah. lost my tasting note. Long story short. I hate blergamot. I hate floral teas. the smell of this one is terrible. like potpourri…and blergamot. blech. taste wise though? it’s not as terrible as all that – i think it’s helped by the fact that it’s an EG cream. Appreciate the share omgsrsly keep the gross things coming :)

OMGsrsly

Oh! Is this the Amoda one? If so, it’s from Tegan. :D

Sami Kelsh

DUDE. Did you sign up for a gross tea exchange or something? If so, I have a few questionable brews I could try out on you…

Sil

haha more like the girls like purposely sending me things they know i won’t like but will feel compelled to try because/…JUST IN CASE, i might like it

Sil

and ok to the tegan omg :)

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2170 tasting notes

This blend is so incredibly fragrant. Both the lavender and the bergamot are powerful here. I read a couple of notes saying that lavender earl greys are pretty common. This is the first of those I’ve experienced so it seems so exciting to me. My first sip was just a small amount of bitterness and there wasn’t as much flavor as the aroma would have you believe, but it was still apparent that this has lavender and bergamot in the cup. I enjoyed it overall, but I do wish there was as much flavor in the taste as there was in the scent.

Second Steep
8 ounces water + 195 degrees + 10 minutes

Flavors: Bergamot, Bitter, Lavender

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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Sipdown (116)!

Man, I’m sleepy already – and I swear all I’ve done today is sleep! So, we’ll see how many notes I can post before The Voice is over, and then it’ll be time to cozy up in bed.

This one is from the Amoda February box. I don’t know how I felt about it seeing it included; it’s not an overly unique blend is it? There are a lot of lavender EG blends out there. One thing that is really cool about this one though is that part of the sales for this one go to The Chilliwack Hospice Society. I wonder, if I were to buy this one straight from the Amoda site would some of the proceeds still go to that charity?

I cold brewed my sample; there’s supposedly hibiscus in this (WHY!? GOD WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO EG!?) and I thought that’d make it the least noticeable. However I didn’t see a single piece of it in the leaf when I was measuring everything out. Was I just that lucky?

This has a really floral start; the lavender is almost soapy but doesn’t quite cross that line. It gets awfully close though; like middle schoolers’ pelvises at their parent chaperoned dances. LEAVE ROOM FOR JESUS! And the wave of lavender transitions into a really brisk black base and very heavy handed bergamot notes. Nothing too strong, though. It finishes on a really soft, velvety vanilla note that’s to die for. Best part for sure; and it’s what drove me to finish this as quickly as I did.

Overall, it’s relatively average but that finishing note makes it a little better than the usual lavender Earl Grey. Mmm!

TheLastDodo

‘Leave room for Jesus!’ OMG. I was pretty mad at the fact that they put hibiscus in this. Why would you do that???

Roswell Strange

Did you actually see any in your sample though? ‘Cause I’m convinced mine didn’t have any.

TheLastDodo

Huh. I did! They were few and far between, but quite noticeable. When I saw those it was like I had met the Mayor of frown-town.

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From the Amoda Tea box February 2015!

I love(d) lavender Earl Greys. I went through a discovery point in my life where I hated everything about lavender buds in my cup. While I am still probably in that phase, something about the combination of bergamot and lavender still gets to me.

The cream in this tea smells almost coconutty. Like cream of coconut. Steeped in my travel mug, it is slightly reminiscent of vanilla yogurt. I can’t say if it is a good thing or not. The first two mugs I drank straight, and the third cup I thought I would try adding some cream to it. It brought out the cream and the early grey-ness. The lavender, thank goodness, was pushed to the back burner.

I am at this point in the winter where I am bored by the winter-y flavors and heavy scents. I am waiting impatiently for the newest crop of spring harvests to arrive and am itching for some fresh AF tea :P

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6444 tasting notes

The cream is great in this. Everything else, not so much. In fairness, I am not a fan of earl greys or lavender so this was doomed from the start. Still, I could see someone who enjoys those flavors being pleased with this tea.

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