Huge One Day Sale Bonanza!!!

Stacy Lim, the owner of Butiki Teas, is celebrating her birthday on July 25th.  What better way to celebrate than by offering an exciting one day sale.  For all of July 25th we will be offering $10 of free tea of your choice with a purchase of $30.00 of tea or $25 of free tea of your choice with a purchase of $60.00 of tea.  Please read all the rules carefully.

The rules:

• Teawares and accessories will not be counted as a 'tea purchase' or as 'free tea'. 
• Free shipping offers do not apply, even if a $75 order is made.
• Free samples will not be offered during this sale.
• The initial purchase cannot include items that are currently on sale and cannot include samplers; however, the free teas portion may include sales items at their sales prices.  Our current teas on sale include:  Mi Xian Black, Flowery Pineapple Oolong, Cider Guayusa and Organic Assam.
• Purchases that qualify for this sale must be made on July 25^th Eastern Standard Time.
• The “free tea” must fall within the dollar limit.  For example if you purchase $30 in teas, your free teas cannot exceed $10.00, not even by $.25.  No exceptions. 
• Please let us know what free teas you would like with your order either in the “instructions to seller” section during check out or in a separate email.
• Failure to follow rules may make your purchase ineligible for this offer.

Please note that the office is closed on July 25th and no email confirmations will be sent until the following day.  Please allow for 2-4 business days for teas to be shipped out of our office. 

 http://www.butikiteas.com/

SALES, New Teas, & Upcoming Teas.

SALE-Until August 10th

Mi Xian Black-19% off, now $9.50 an ounce

Flowery Pineapple Oolong-23% off, now $5.00 1/2 ounce

Cider Guayusa- 22% off, now $3.50 an ounce

Organic Assam-50% off, now $2.80 an ounce

Check out our sales here: Butiki Teas Sale Page

Also, be sure to check out our "Samplers" page for other great deals: http://www.butikiteas.com/Samplers.html

New Teas-Recently Added Teas

2003 Reserve Four Season Oolong-Our aged oolong is sourced from the Dong Ding tea growing region of Nantou County in Taiwan and was harvested in the spring of 2003. The varietal is Si Ji Chuan also known as Four Season. Our aged oolong was crafted by blend master Chen Pei Wen and is re-roasted every 2-3 years to minimize moisture content. 2003 Reserve Four Season Oolong is a rich full-bodied silky tea. The charcoal-colored leaves of this smooth oolong produce notes of honey suckle, bark, and grass and has a natural sweetness with no astringency present. This tea is also low in caffeine.

Gui Fei Oolong-Our Gui Fei Oolong was sourced from Lugu Township in Nantou County, Taiwan and is a particularly unique tea. Green leafhoppers are allowed to bite the tea leaves which causes the leaves to begin the healing process which creates the honey notes in this tea and also begins the oxidation process. This tea utilized traditional Dong Ding processing techniques. Gui Fei Oolong has a natural sweetness to it and produces no astringency. Notes of honey, lightly burned toast, raw almonds and apples can be detected.

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.

Premium Taiwanese Assam-Our Premium Taiwanese Assam is sourced from Yuchih Township in Nantou County, Taiwan. Assam bushes were brought to Taiwan in the early twentieth century but have since been refined by the Taiwan Research and Extension Station. The long dark chocolate colored leaves produce a sweet fruity aroma. This malty tea has rich chocolate notes with notes of cinnamon, clove, and raisins.

Other Recent Additions

Tamarind Pop (Black Tea)

Golden Stars (Green Tea)

Nilgiri Frost Oolong

Zhen Qu (Black Tea)

Dragon Feelers (Green Tea)

Recent Arrivals & Recent Blends-Will be added to our website within a month or two.

Watermelon Xylophone

The Killer's Vanilla-Vanilla, Spearmint, Lavender

Premium Tie Guan Yin

Sparrows Tongue Oolong

Premium Keemun

Huang Shan Mao Feng

Drunk Bananas-Rum & Banana

Grapefruit

Maple Pecan

Just Almonds

Coconut Cream Pie-Upgraded version

Premium Bi Lo Chun

Root Beer Float-At the suggestion of some Steepsterites. This one will be a while.

*We are also working on a premium sampler. This will have one premium tea from white, black, oolong, green, and puerh tea categories.

Customer Feedback

We value all customer feedback. Right now we are really interested to find out if any of our customers have any recommendations for a special one day sale or promotion. We currently are unable to do a blanket percentages off (ex. 15% off all teas) due to the limitations of PayPal but there are plenty of other interesting promotion and sale ideas. What is the most appealing?

4 New Taiwanese Teas Added To Our Website!!!

Today we added 4 new outstanding Taiwanese teas to our website, 2 oolongs and 2 black teas.

 

 

2003 Reserve Four Season Oolong

Premium Taiwanese Assam

Gui Fei

Mi Xian Black

2003 Reserve Four Season Oolong 

Our aged oolong is sourced from the Dong Ding tea growing region of Nantou County in Taiwan and was harvested in the spring of 2003. The varietal is Si Ji Chuan also known as Four Season. Our aged oolong was crafted by blend master Chen Pei Wen and is re-roasted every 2-3 years to minimize moisture content. 2003 Reserve Four Season Oolong is a rich full-bodied silky tea. The charcoal-colored leaves of this smooth oolong produce notes of honey suckle, bark, and grass and has a natural sweetness with no astringency present. This tea is also low in caffeine.

Gui Fei Oolong

Our Gui Fei Oolong was sourced from Lugu Township in Nantou County, Taiwan and is a particularly unique tea. Green leafhoppers are allowed to bite the tea leaves which causes the leaves to begin the healing process which creates the honey notes in this tea and also begins the oxidation process. This tea utilized traditional Dong Ding processing techniques. Gui Fei Oolong has a natural sweetness to it and produces no astringency. Notes of honey, lightly burned toast, raw almonds and apples can be detected.

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.

Premium Taiwanese Assam

Our Premium Taiwanese Assam is sourced from Yuchih Township in Nantou County, Taiwan.  Assam bushes were brought to Taiwan in the early twentieth century but have since been refined by the Taiwan Research and Extension Station.  The long dark chocolate colored leaves produce a sweet fruity aroma.  This malty tea has rich chocolate notes with notes of cinnamon, clove, and raisins.

Check them out on our website: Butiki Teas

-Stacy Lim, Owner

Beer Bread Recipe

I realize this is completely unrelated to tea but I figured I would post it here since I've had quite a few requests for this recipe in the past. The great thing about beer bread is that it tastes completely different depending on what type of beer is used. I highly recommend experimenting with different types of beer. I personally love using a quadrupel Belgium beer. Yums! At some point I will have take some pictures of my oh so famous beer bread.

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
12 ounces of your favorite beer
1/4 cup melted margarine/vegan butter

1. Preheat oven to 375F. Lightly grease a 9X5 baking pan.
2. Mix all the dry ingredients.
3. Pour the beer in & mix until moistened. Transfer to baking pan.
4. Top with melted vegan butter
5. Bake 45-55 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.

Goodbye Old Friend, Hello New Friends!

I am very sad to say that our Organic Blue Nettle is officially sold out.  Our Organic Blue Nettle was such an interesting and very loved tea so it is sad for me to see it go.  

On the positive side, we have added 2 new wonderful teas, Nilgiri Frost Oolong and Golden Stars.  For those who love our Organic Blue Nettle, I would highly recommend checking out the Golden Stars and also our Dragon Feelers.  Both of these teas have some similar notes and mouth feel to the Organic Blue Nettle.  

Our Golden Stars are handcrafted and tied into the shape of a star. This tea originates from China and is a smooth full-bodied tea that is juicy, buttery, and vegetal. Notes of sweet fresh spinach and artichokes can be detected as well as light lingering lemon notes. This delicate tea is delightful and refreshing. 

http://www.butikiteas.com/Green.html

Our Nilgiri Frost Oolong originates from Nilgiri, in Southern India and is graded TGFOP (Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe). Since this tea is grown at a high elevation, the leaves are exposed to a light frost during some nights of the winter months. The long thin chocolate colored leaves are hand twisted and produce a weighty body. This smooth tea has notes of citrus, peach, pecan, and oak. There are many qualities similar to a Nilgiri black tea; however, the frost oolong is much gentler and sweeter. This tea is produced in very limited quantities due to the short harvest period and special conditions that must exist. 

http://www.butikiteas.com/Oolong.html

New Teas!!!!!

In the next two months or so we will be adding about 30 new teas to our website!  We are blending several new flavors as well as adding several high quality plain teas.  These two teas are the first of many to follow.

Zhen Qu

Our Zhen Qu originates from Yunnan, China and has downy black and gold curly leaves. This lightly malty tea has wonderful honey notes that linger and mingle with floral, chocolate, and pecan notes. Our recommended steep time produces a well-balanced tea and is less dry but we also recommend trying this tea at longer steep times for a more intense flavor. 

 

Dragon Feelers

Dragon Feelers is a handcrafted green tea that originates from China. The soft green leaves resemble the belly of a dragon. This full-bodied smooth tea is buttery and sweet with artichoke, pea and marine notes. Dragon Feelers is a delicate, yet refreshing tea.

For more information, check out: http://www.butikiteas.com/Teas.html