Who had the pleasure to have tried the Taiwanese black mountain tea from butiki teas?
Long long Time ago I had the luck to have tried this tea from a friend who shared it with me. When I got ready to order some I found out the company closed and sold all their stock. Now that taste is stuck in my memory of my bud taste( if there is such term) but I can’t seem to find an equivalent. Who has tried it and found something similar ?
This tea?
https://butikiteas.blogspot.com/2012/07 ... r.html?m=1
And reviewed here
https://www.teaformeplease.com/butiki-t ... ian-black/
Maybe something like this
https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa
https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa
https://www.tealifehk.com/products/hual ... ck-tea-50g
https://what-cha.com/products/taiwan-mi ... -black-tea
https://dragonteahouse.biz/taiwan-tea-b ... -tea-100g/
https://redblossomtea.com/collections/mi-xiang-teas
https://camellia-sinensis.com/en/mi-xiang-hong-cha/5022
https://butikiteas.blogspot.com/2012/07 ... r.html?m=1
.Mi Xian Black
Our Mi Xian Black tea is sourced from Ali Shan region in Taiwan. This exquisite premium grade tea utilizes the Chin Xin varietal and is pesticide free. Mi Xian Black is a relatively new style of black tea and is very rare. Similar to our Gui Fei Oolong, leafhoppers are allowed to bite the leaves in order initiate the plant’s healing process which produces a honey-like aroma. Juicy peach and honey notes mingle and linger. Some lychee and mild citrus notes can also be detected. This smooth and mellow tea is sweet with a creamy mouth-feel
And reviewed here
https://www.teaformeplease.com/butiki-t ... ian-black/
Maybe something like this
https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa
https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa
https://www.tealifehk.com/products/hual ... ck-tea-50g
https://what-cha.com/products/taiwan-mi ... -black-tea
https://dragonteahouse.biz/taiwan-tea-b ... -tea-100g/
https://redblossomtea.com/collections/mi-xiang-teas
https://camellia-sinensis.com/en/mi-xiang-hong-cha/5022
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2 situations here, perhaps:
1. Your difficult quest to duplicate a tea exactly;
2. The passage of time.
An exact duplication is difficult, even if you had the same farmer's tea etc. because of changes season to season.
We drinkers change. A couple of years allows for a lot of differences in what we like.
Quality Laoshan black tea was great for me for a year; then other Chinese black tea (from Hunnan) for a couple of years. Now those don't come close can't please nearly as well as the black tea that I now drink which offers a lot of what the Mi Xiang described in posts above describe. Yet, a day may come when I am not thrilled by this most dynamic tea which I think is a great hongcha/oriental beauty/????....(I don't ship to France or I might try harder to find all that there is to praise )
Sometimes we try hard to replace something but cannot.
1. Your difficult quest to duplicate a tea exactly;
2. The passage of time.
An exact duplication is difficult, even if you had the same farmer's tea etc. because of changes season to season.
We drinkers change. A couple of years allows for a lot of differences in what we like.
Quality Laoshan black tea was great for me for a year; then other Chinese black tea (from Hunnan) for a couple of years. Now those don't come close can't please nearly as well as the black tea that I now drink which offers a lot of what the Mi Xiang described in posts above describe. Yet, a day may come when I am not thrilled by this most dynamic tea which I think is a great hongcha/oriental beauty/????....(I don't ship to France or I might try harder to find all that there is to praise )
Sometimes we try hard to replace something but cannot.
It was this one: https://www.teaformeplease.com/butiki-t ... d-mountainLeoFox wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:26 amThis tea?
https://butikiteas.blogspot.com/2012/07 ... r.html?m=1.Mi Xian Black
Our Mi Xian Black tea is sourced from Ali Shan region in Taiwan. This exquisite premium grade tea utilizes the Chin Xin varietal and is pesticide free. Mi Xian Black is a relatively new style of black tea and is very rare. Similar to our Gui Fei Oolong, leafhoppers are allowed to bite the leaves in order initiate the plant’s healing process which produces a honey-like aroma. Juicy peach and honey notes mingle and linger. Some lychee and mild citrus notes can also be detected. This smooth and mellow tea is sweet with a creamy mouth-feel
And reviewed here
https://www.teaformeplease.com/butiki-t ... ian-black/
Maybe something like this
https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa
https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa
https://www.tealifehk.com/products/hual ... ck-tea-50g
https://what-cha.com/products/taiwan-mi ... -black-tea
https://dragonteahouse.biz/taiwan-tea-b ... -tea-100g/
https://redblossomtea.com/collections/mi-xiang-teas
https://camellia-sinensis.com/en/mi-xiang-hong-cha/5022
Thanks for all the links, looking through them now.
True! I’ve been wondering if I’m chasing the holy grail and I should just enjoy my other stock .Ethan Kurland wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 12:03 pm2 situations here, perhaps:
1. Your difficult quest to duplicate a tea exactly;
2. The passage of time.
An exact duplication is difficult, even if you had the same farmer's tea etc. because of changes season to season.
We drinkers change. A couple of years allows for a lot of differences in what we like.
Quality Laoshan black tea was great for me for a year; then other Chinese black tea (from Hunnan) for a couple of years. Now those don't come close can't please nearly as well as the black tea that I now drink which offers a lot of what the Mi Xiang described in posts above describe. Yet, a day may come when I am not thrilled by this most dynamic tea which I think is a great hongcha/oriental beauty/????....(I don't ship to France or I might try harder to find all that there is to praise )
Sometimes we try hard to replace something but cannot.
Keep my curiosity growing, I have you on my list as soon as I move back to USA in a couple of months
https://www.tea-masters.com/en/red-tea/ ... ight-10_grTeafortea wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 3:00 pmIt was this one: https://www.teaformeplease.com/butiki-t ... d-mountainLeoFox wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:26 amThis tea?
https://butikiteas.blogspot.com/2012/07 ... r.html?m=1.Mi Xian Black
Our Mi Xian Black tea is sourced from Ali Shan region in Taiwan. This exquisite premium grade tea utilizes the Chin Xin varietal and is pesticide free. Mi Xian Black is a relatively new style of black tea and is very rare. Similar to our Gui Fei Oolong, leafhoppers are allowed to bite the leaves in order initiate the plant’s healing process which produces a honey-like aroma. Juicy peach and honey notes mingle and linger. Some lychee and mild citrus notes can also be detected. This smooth and mellow tea is sweet with a creamy mouth-feel
And reviewed here
https://www.teaformeplease.com/butiki-t ... ian-black/
Maybe something like this
https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa
https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa
https://www.tealifehk.com/products/hual ... ck-tea-50g
https://what-cha.com/products/taiwan-mi ... -black-tea
https://dragonteahouse.biz/taiwan-tea-b ... -tea-100g/
https://redblossomtea.com/collections/mi-xiang-teas
https://camellia-sinensis.com/en/mi-xiang-hong-cha/5022
Thanks for all the links, looking through them now.
https://thejadeleaf.com/collections/bla ... s/shan-cha
@LeoFox, I got into tea just when Butiki was closing and haven't had any of their teas. However, the Mi Xiang Hong Cha from Camellia Sinensis that you linked above is nice if you enjoy honey black teas, as I do. It's easy going, with lots of honey and stonefruit, and it's hard to mess up.
Whispering Pines Tea has something called Taiwanese Wild Mountain Black, and its description has what might be a coded reference to Butiki. I haven't tried either of these teas, so this is just another lead. Glad the Mi Xiang Hong Cha from Camellia Sinensis came close!
I stay clear from that vendor... I did one and only order from him in 2016. Never again . Stale and sour teas.GaoShan wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:50 pmWhispering Pines Tea has something called Taiwanese Wild Mountain Black, and its description has what might be a coded reference to Butiki. I haven't tried either of these teas, so this is just another lead. Glad the Mi Xiang Hong Cha from Camellia Sinensis came close!
I've been quite happy with Taiwanese tea from hojo for now so I kind of stopped searching.
Thx for your tip!
Sorry to hear that. I haven't ordered from them due to their high shipping cost to Canada, but the teas I've received from swaps have been good to great. It's too bad that Hojo charges such high fees to ship to Canada, or I'd check out their Taiwanese hongs.Teafortea wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 9:43 amI stay clear from that vendor... I did one and only order from him in 2016. Never again . Stale and sour teas.GaoShan wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:50 pmWhispering Pines Tea has something called Taiwanese Wild Mountain Black, and its description has what might be a coded reference to Butiki. I haven't tried either of these teas, so this is just another lead. Glad the Mi Xiang Hong Cha from Camellia Sinensis came close!
I've been quite happy with Taiwanese tea from hojo for now so I kind of stopped searching.
Thx for your tip!