Almond Indulgence (Formerly Almond Cookie)

Tea type
Black Tea
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Flavors
Cranberry, Dried Fruit, Almond, Citrus, Marzipan, Pastries, Spices, Bread, Cinnamon, Cookie, Smooth, Sweet, Orange Zest, Vanilla
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Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 30 sec 11 oz / 331 ml

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From Butiki Teas

Almond Indulgence combines our Organic Kundaly black tea with cinnamon, amaranth, and almond pieces together for a flavor that resembles an almond cookie. This tea has notes of citrus and earth and finishes with a sweet almond and warm cinnamon flavor. We recommend adding a little brown crystal sugar for a wonderful dessert drink.

Ingredients: Organic Kundaly Indian Black Tea, Blanched Almond Slices, Cinnamon, Amaranth, Natural Flavor (vegan)

Recommended Brew Time: 4 minutes
Recommended Amount: 1 1/2 teaspoons of tea for 8oz of water
Recommended Temperature: 212 F

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I debated reviewing this for some time, since it’s essentially gone forever – so sad! I’d never had Butiki Teas before and am now rather upset that I’m so late to the game. However, I want to have a tasting note, if only to record how awesome these teas are! I love almond flavored teas and this is one of the best I’ve ever had. Natural almond flavor, a little cinnamon, almost an almond pastry-like quality. Really good and I’ll miss it!

Flavors: Almond, Cinnamon, Pastries

Preparation
Boiling 6 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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After a week for 24 hours at the hospital with my Mother I was so happy to be able to enjoy a cup of this tea.

I am going to miss Stacy and Butiki tea SO much.

This tea is phenomenal! Just the right amount of almond and sweetness. A very enjoyable experience.

Flavors: Almond, Cookie, Orange Zest

Preparation
2 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML
Inkling

Ooo, this one sounds tasty!

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The scent is really strong, the tea not so strong. I would have loved to see more almond flavor in this. When I drank it when it was very hot, I tasted more of the almond. I also thought that adding milk brought out more of the almond flavor. It was a pleasant tea though.

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I don’t know how this tea has flown under my radar until now, but wow it’s great! I’m on my second steep of it, and the mailman only brought it a couple of hours ago.

I do get almond cookie from it, but a little more too. It’s not like the almond cookies I have had in Asian restaurants, it has more of a spice to it than those. Cinnamon for sure, maybe something else. I’m really digging it today.

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This is a Butiki tea that I’ve been curious about since I love almond-flavored things so much. NayLynn was nice enough to send me a sample in our swap, thank you! The tea itself is quite beautiful – dark leaves with plenty of sliced almonds and pretty pink flower petals. Dry scent is cinnamon and creamy and sweet. I steeped about 1.5 teaspoons for 4 minutes at 200 degrees.

Like a lot of other Butiki teas, this one doesn’t have quite enough flavor for me. It’s pleasant enough, the base tea is mellow and unobtrusive and thankfully not astringent. I can taste cinnamon more than almond, but there is something pastry-like about it. I would say it’s more of a cinnamon pastry with some almonds over the top. Pretty good, but not a purchase for me. :)

Flavors: Almond, Cinnamon, Pastries, Sweet

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
Lariel of Lórien

Odd, I didn’t really get any cinnamon.

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Ah, Winter. My excuse to drink more tea. Today was the birthday of Professor Tolkien, so I made lembas cake. It turned out well. This was my tea of choice. The flavour is nice, almonds and some cinnamon. Went well with my cake too.

The Road goes ever on and on…

Lupiressmoon

Sounds like a nice tribute.

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523 tasting notes

yummy tea! This will be my go-to autumn tea this year I think.

I noticed this tea again when I saw the new name, but I always avoided it before. I’ve never liked nut-based teas or cookie-flavored teas. The new name made me take note again and I decided to give it a try. I’m so glad I did!

I can best describe it as Butiki’s pumpkin creme brulé without the pumpkin. I make this comparison mainly to indicate the similarity in quality and strength of spices. Many spiced teas that I’ve had are underwhelming, but this is just right. If you like the pumpkin creme brulé, you’ll definitely like this one too :)

I can detect the almond notes, which I usually don’t like, but this tea is an exception. All the spices and flavors are perfectly balanced.

Incidentally, when I first tried pumpkin creme brulé, I was new to tea and I deemed it the “best tea ever.” It’s still a favorite, but I’m not always in the mood for it. I greet this current tea after a tea-hiatus and have similar feelings towards it. I think that autumn-spice type teas call to me most when I haven’t had a lot of tea for a while. They are a special treat not to be overdone, much like the festivities of the holidays. :)

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I should have already reviewed this one already because I have been enjoying it for a while. Oops! :)

Dry: Shorter cut dark black tea leaves blended with amaranth and almond slices. It smells pretty much like an almond cookie straight from the bag. If you like dessert almond flavors then this is for you.

Steeped: Lovely red-brown clear liquor. Tiny bit of dust at the top of the cup, but I am wondering if it is from flower bits getting a bit smushed by almonds and tea because the tea itself doesn’t seem to have dust or anything on the leaves. The almond and spices are coming through more strongly in the steeped tea for sure. Smells wonderful!

Taste: This is one good almond tea. From the description, it is made with Organic Kundaly Indian Black Tea, which I don’t think I have ever had separately before. Initially the sip tastes just the tiniest touch citrusy and the almond comes through in aroma and taste quite nicely. Cinnamon touches the blend, but does not overwhelm it as this spice can in some other teas I’ve tried from different vendors. I am not a huge cinnamon fan normally, but it works with this tea in a very zen fashion. The black tea base must not be a potent flavor on its own as I can barely detect it over the almond spice notes, which actually works out great. While I wouldn’t think this is the most complex tea on the palate, it lives up to its namesake just right- a perfect cup of almond indulgence. :)

Flavors: Almond, Cinnamon, Citrus

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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I drank this right after drinking Marriage Frères Pleine Lune today. I guess I was in the mood for almond! I feel like if I combined these both together, it would be my ideal almond tea. This was excellent, not at all artificial tasting, but could have used something to make it taste sweeter and more marzipan-like. Before I read that this had cinnamon in it, I was interpreting the cinnamon sweetness as fruitiness. It’s so interesting how expectation changes how you experience things…I think I might like an almond tea with some raspberry or strawberry so it would taste like those almond cookies with the jam in the middle.

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec 5 tsp 24 OZ / 709 ML

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138 tasting notes

Ceylon!

at least that’s what i thought, initially….as it turns out, the base for this tea is from a plantation in my most beloved state of India: Kerala!!!! i could wax rhapsodic about why i love this place, but that would trigger a flood of positive associations and effusive ramblings which might overshadow the review of this tea. that is perhaps best left for another tasting note, or depending upon your tolerance for digression… the Cone of Silence.

my infatuation with Kerala aside, i thought the flavor of the tea in this blend was particularly nice. i don’t know precisely why. it didn’t have that ‘quasi-plastic raisin note’ i’ve been getting of late in the many different Assams i have ordered (which is totally irking me!) the best way i can describe the base here is that it has a gentleness & ‘oolong-like’ delicacy. very similar in taste to a Ceylon, but not as brisk. lightly sweet, smooth and clean, with the slightest floral tinge that surfaces every now and again.

the dry leaf is most generously scented with the fragrance of Amaretto, and the aroma of the steeped tea reminds me quite a bit of (don’t wince): Red Rose’s Cinnamon Streusel! probably more for the flavoring and not the actual tea itself. Cinnamon Streusel is delicious, by the way. in that flavoring, i also perceive Amaretto, but something decidedly more cherry. for the sake of parsing straws….

what i think more seasoned tea drinkers would appreciate about this tea are its subtle nuances, refined texture and the fact that you can tease apart the tea flavor from the flavoring. and yet, you get a sense of both. i added a tsp of brown sugar, but couldn’t bring myself to add any milk, because this tasted perfect without it.

apart from the exquisite almond and amaranth flavor, this tea is like a “Ceylon Oolong” if ever such a thing were possible.

also, i may or may not be suffering a slight panic attack from the cup of Grandpa’s Anytime Tea (a CTC, hold onto your pants!) that i just ingested. more on that later.

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