2015: How much will you spend on tea this year?

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Hoooooookay. This time I will finish posting for this year. I was so ashamed of myself last year o///o

Projected budget: $200 – maximum

January total: $0

I feel good about myself! The first month I’ve spent nothing on tea since June or July.

February total: $0

March total: $0

I’m planning an order (or two max.) in April.

I made three orders ._.

One was a planned Upton order, and two were Teavivre.

The first Teavire is my birthday gift to myself (I bought my very first tea tray), while the second was more spontaneous…..I spent more on teaware than tea actually, bulk of the money on the tea tray.

Utpon: $25.06
Teavivre 1: $90.00
Teavivre 2: $22.00

April and yearly total: $137.06

If I’m only counting tea then it’s $40.96.

I spontaneously spent…rounding up to $40 in May for the 52Teas clearance sale.

Tea total comes to: 80.96.

June total: $0

Made orders at Crimson Lotus and Verdant. Again, not counting teaware.

July total: $145.96.

I made my Teavivre anniversary order, and then a spontaneous order with Steepster because I wanted to snag a closing box.

Total, as of August: $176

September: $0

Yearly total: $176

I’m envious of people who can keep their tea spending under 4 figures XD

There’s so much I want to buy but it’s all best with gongfu. I can’t drink tea like that at work. Also, I need to be good about saving up money for life. It really helps to plan future orders and to stick with them and only them :3

I spent more on teaware than tea this year Dx

Buy a kamjove for work… It works perfectly. I drink puerh at work and my wonderful oolongs

I’m actually more than content with an infuser mug and brewing Western style. Wouldn’t I need to get up constantly from my desk to get hot water? I don’t think we’re allowed kettles at our desks.

I drink pu’erh and only get up to pee.

I use a Zojirushi thermos. I also use it when I go hiking, it keeps water within 10 degrees for a solid 10 hours with n problem.

Oh gosh, I don’t think your reply showed in my notifications back then x_x

Thanks! I’ll look into Zojirushi thermoses. Seems like excellent quality.

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Teasenz said

What I hear from many tea friends not being able to finish most teas they’ve bought is the biggest reason why they often go over their budget. The same holds for me…Recently, I am exploring Indian teas, but I just bought way to many…

This year I am trying to order smaller bags, and sometimes try samples first.

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yyz said

Uhmm, I should probably start this..

No planned budget this year but keeping track..

January Tea: justea ( at grocery store) 13.95
Aliexpress @27 ( I actually spent more but it’s not all for me)
@44 ,Verdant

Teaware: China town Toronto @35.00 ( tea tray and teapots( probably poisoning myself, I know, but maybe not:-))

Verdant 8.00

February tea golden coast @25.00
Sample box from an Instagram follower 8.50 ( shipping)
Grandtea 19.50

Teaware golden coast @63.00

March
Aliexpress Linsongwen Lin 55.34 ( feeding Dancong exploration)
April

Beautify-life aliexpress. Fujian blacks. 24.36

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Golden-Medal-Top-Quality-100g-Tanyan-Gongfu-tea-Early-Spring-Fujian-black-tea-hong-cha-sweet/32260048654.html + others

Yd tea raw puerh (not expecting much but I got it for $15.00)

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Good-varieties-of-Yunnan-puer-Raw-tea-357g-Big-snow-mountain-wild-trees-2009years-menghai-tea/32265462667.html

Total 232.62 Tea. 106 Teaware

yyz said

May teaware China Town T.O. teapots $18.00 (3 of them)
Gaiwan. $3.99 ( basic white one)

Aliexpress puerh knife 6.79

China Town Mississauga. Gaiwan. 8.00

Teaware May total 36.78

Tea. China Town.30.99 ( includes a cake of puerh)

Total. 263.61. Teaware. 142.78

yyz said

June $0

However it seems that July could be dangerous….

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January 2015: $2.75
February 2015: $0.00

Total to date: $2.75

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Dr Jim said

February total = $41 from two stash sales and a sampler from Wymm tea. $115 YTD.

I’m not counting a weird order I placed with Chawang Shop on February 8 because they haven’t billed me for it or shipped it. Perhaps I got caught in the Chinese new year but it seems like an awfully long delay.

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I really only buy tea from DAVIDsTEA, so I’m going to use my Frequent Steeper points balance as my total. Someone posted about Pretty Tea in another thread, though, so I’ll be very tempted to try them out.

Budget: $40/month

January and February combined: $184

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Budget: 600 (aim for 50 per month)

January – Total: 156.37
Butiki: 26.49
52Teas Subscription: 14.99
Shipping for tea from Cameron B.: 5.95
Butiki: 32.99
Shipping and tea from TheLastDodo: 5.95
Butiki (because I can’t control myself): 70.00

February-Total: 185.79
52Teas Subscription – 14.99
Teavivre -61.30
Whispering Pines – 51.50
Tea Setter – 57.00

Yearly total rounded to the nearest dollar:341

I am not going to revise the overall budget, because even if I end up going over I’d like to know the disparity between my expectation and reality. Two very different worlds if this is any indication…

Edit: Favorite tea companies with my favorite teas, please stop closing. I can’t afford to keep stocking up. Though with Butiki and Tea Setter gone, maybe I will spend less overall? Probably not.

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beelicious said

Feb Update
A day early but I’m not spending a cent on tea the last day of this month! Very clearly, a budget is not going guilt me into a spending freeze… I’m already way over budget and that’s even when I’m cheating and not including teaware… Oh dear!!

Budget: $1000 (USD)
Total as of Mar 1: Tea $678.88 Teaware $213.50

January
Lupicia: $65.50
Kickstarter: $14
Butiki: $318.40
London Tea Club: $18.74
Whispering Pines: $97.50

January Total: $514.14

February
Mandala Teas $21 ($159)
Zen Tea Life $45.19
London Tea Club $18.05
Taiwan Tea Crafts $26.25 ($54.50)
Naivetea $54.25

February total: $164.74 ($213.50)

No regrets!!!

beelicious said

Absolutely zero regrets! I’m swimming in amazing tea!!

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YTD: $953.22

March
Nannuoshan: 54.00
The Tea Kings: 34.56
Mandala: 34.00
Shared order with cookies: 8.00
Yunomi: 5.00
Misty Peak Tea: 62.88
3Leaf Tea: 48.20

Update: I have thrown the fake budget I made out the window. I knew when I made it that I would be surpassing it eventually. Just didn’t think that it would only take me 3 months… heh.

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sren said

I’ve decided to give tea as gifts for teachers, coworkers, etc. because I think tea is a great, somewhat unusual gift… and…. I earn reward points from DavidsTea :):):)

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