Official "What did you buy at the sales" voyeur thread!

I was good! I only got Concubine Oolong from Tea From Vietnam, though the temptation to get more things (especially more Laoshan Black) is strong. With luck I will hold out :P

Happy days!

I’m probably forgetting something but here is my haul so far:

52 Teas: Blackberry Lime Turnover, HindbaerSnitter, Lime Jello Salad

A Quarter To Tea: Earl of Time, Chocolate Cherry Latte, Smoky Sweet Potato Pie Keemun, Ginger Spice Pear Cake

Adagio: Ginger peach sample, snowbud sample, green pekoe sample, white monkey sample, kukicha sample, jade snail sample, silver sprout sample

August Uncommon Tea: Fall/Winter 2015 Kit

David’s Tea: Popsicle Nordic mug, Cardamom French Toast, Ice Cream Collection

Harney and Sons: Vanilla Comoro, Peaches & Ginger, Midsummer’s Peach, Black King

MyHabit: Palais des Thes The Des Lords and The Des Concubines

Simpson & Vail: Imperial Yunnan Black, Tippy Yunnan Black, and some coffee for my husband

Stash Tea: Honeycomb embossed stoneware tumbler, Gondola cup and saucer, Cinnabar hobnail tetsubin tea cup

Tea District: Glendale Frost Orange Pekoe, Blueberry Rooibos, Raspeberry Black, Strawberry White, Organic Lung Ching, Cast Iron Trivet

Tea From Vietnam: Dragoncloud, FIsh Hook, Golden Lily, Red Lily, Ta, GABA

Tealyra: Antu Valley Nepal 1st Flush, Assam Golden Lion 1st Flush, Doke Black Fusion Hand Made, Fujian Mao Feng Supreme, Lime Time, Yunnan Imperial Mengku Old Tree Golden Buds, brewiTEA Infuser

Verdant: Lotus Cha He, Pear Painted Mug and Strainer

Zen Tea: Phoenix Pearl, Ceylon Decaf, Seven Treasures, Bamboo Buddha, Fengqing Golden Buds, and a mini infuser cup – Chunmok

Edit:
Bought more!

Eco-Cha: Gift Set (no club)

MeiMei: Organic Sichuan Zao Bai Jian Green, En Shi Jade Dew

MoxTea: Viking Moxie

Edit 2 for Silk Road Teas: Lichee Congou, King Red

It’s been so long since I’ve purchased tea and I think I’ve figured out most of my “staples” in the past year, so the damage is done…but mostly at Black Friday pricing, so I can’t cry too hard!

Joseph Wesley: 02, 06, T1
Canton Tea Co: Canton Chocolate
Harney: Malachi McCormick
Par Avion: Breakfast Americano
American Tea Room: Grand Bazaar and Black Jack (HAD to try these!)

…now just waiting for Tippy’s codes….

I mean to be done. But I am still going to have to look tomorrow and on Cyber Monday at a couple of things…

Quarter to Tea
Earl of Time
Star Crossed Assam
Vanilla Cider Panna Cotta Jade Oolong

Harney & Sons
Assam Golden Tips sample
types of tea poster
4 empty tins (4 oz)
3 tagalongs to give to festival volunteers (Cranberry Autumn, Vanilla Comoro, Tower of London)
and some samples to give as a gift…

What-Cha
Ceylon Kirkoswald Golden Tips sample
China Fujian Wuyi ‘Jin Jun Mei’ sample
China Fujian Zhangping Shui Xian Pearl
China Yunnan Dragon Pearl
Nepal Golden Tips Black Tea

Simpson & Vail
Jane Austen blend
Shakespeare blend
decaf Victorian Earl Grey
decaf Peach
and a gift :)

Tea Forte
Herbal Blend chest for my mom who just found out she has to cut back on caffeine
Cafe cup as a gift to go with the herbal blends
Caramel Nougat Noir tea

Tiesta Tea
Apparently I bought a mug and a brew master gravity steeper. I put it in my cart, got up through the Paypal stage and then decided I wasn’t going to do it, closed the browser window. Got an email about 10 minutes ago saying my order was being processed…Guess we’ll see. :)

I made out a few more orders and then didn’t complete them. Talked myself out of needing things. For now.

11/11
Between 5 stores… all the drip cups

Dragon Tea House
Tie Lou Han Fujian Iron Arhat Oolong
Bao Cheng Aged Shui Xian Wuyi Shui Hsien

Black Friday

Yunomi
Azuma: Matcha Ipponmatsu
Yamane-en: Uji Matcha Unryu, The Cloud Dragon

ETTE
The Moon Represents My Heart

Finest Tea Brew
Caddy of Bullion Black
Caddy of Premium Silver Peony

David’s Tea (with free gifts =) )
Jumpy Monkey
Pumpkin Chai
Jasmine Black
Chocolate, all of the chocolates

Saturday… the day I looked at sales again

Taiwan Sourcing
1976 Heirloom
GABA Green Tea – Spring 2015
GABA Black Tea – Spring 2015
GABA Roasted Oolong Tea – Spring 2015
GABA Oolong Tea – Spring 2015

Cyber Monday

Verdant
A kilogram of sheng for the 2016 Sheng Olympics :)

I have to be good – I know I’ve said that before and wasn’t, but this time I really mean it. I have to be good.
Only one order – not planning on any others.

A Quarter to Tea
Banana Nut Pancakes
Turtle Dove
Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake
Chocolate Cherry Latte – HAD to have more of this
Ice Cream Shop Tea Sampler (Peach Melba – Banana Split – Spumoni)

That’s it I’m done – walking away….

ETA: OK I didn’t walk away….

Teavivre
Fengqing Dragon Pearl Black Tea
Blueberry Fruit Tea
Waterlilies Fruit Tea
Lapsang Souchong Wild Black Tea (Ye Sheng Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong)
Strawberry Oolong Tea – 7g Sample
Menghai Golden Buds Tribute Ripened Pu-erh Cake 2009 – 10g Sample

I had points and a gift card so I really didn’t spent THAT much…. I have to stop now…

So for the most part I’ve managed to stay strong and resist temptation this month. Snagged a rice pattern travel gaiwan from Aliexpress during the 11/11 sale.

And temporarily broke my tea buying ban to pick up some Ta oolong from Teas from Vietnam the other day as well as a Secura electric kettle from Amazon.

I’m very tempted to get some WP Golden Lily and perhaps a Shui Xian cake. Then there is a gardenia scented oolong and some nifty teacups on a new site I discovered today….err think I need to reel myself in and stick to my tea hiatus.

I might be one of the few that managed to pull this off, but I had quite a bit of money left in my tea budget this year so I decided to fully take advantage of BF this year. Still undecided if I am done or not. I am starting to run out of some H&S favorites……

A Quarter To Tea
Another sampler with:
Eggnog Pound Cake
Banana Split White Tea
Turtle Dove Black Tea
Frosted Carrot Cake Genmaicha
Star Crossed Assam
Ginger Spice Pear Cake
Vanilla Cider Panna Cotta Jade Oolong

Zhi Tea
2oz Gonfu Black !!!
Coconut Assam Sample
Violet Femme Sample
Cacao Chai Sample

TeaVivre
Samples of……..
Fengqing Dragon Pearl Black Tea
Keemun Imperial Black Tea
Keemun Aromatic Snail Black Tea
Lapsang Souchong Wild Black Tea (Ye Sheng Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong)
Bailin Gongfu Black Tea
Premium Keemun Hao Ya Black Tea
Superfine Tan Yang Gong Fu Black Tea
Yun Nan Dian Hong Black Tea Full-leaf
Yun Nan Dian Hong Black Tea

August Uncommon
Fall/Winter Starter
Sampels of…….
Low Country
Passage du Désir
Biarritz
Field in Innsbruck
Cocteau
Combray

If anyone is still going to order from August Uncommon let me know….. I have 10 dollars off for a friend.

I think I did pretty well on spotting some deals…

Whispering Pines
Wild Da Hong Pao
Claritea
Art of Darkness
Dark Roast Anxi TGY

Teavire
Gingseng Oolong
Happy Piggy Tea Pet
Glass Cha Hai
Dian Hong Ancient Tree
Dian Hong Nonpareli
Da Hong Pao

The Finest Brew
Wuliang SHan 2014
Jingmai 2014
Banton 2014
South Hill Waxy

and then the big whale…

White2Tea
Volcano Drip Cup
Cake Batter Drip Hat
Ruyao Aurora glazed Teacup
Ruyao Triad Teapot
90’s Hk Style
2012 GFZ Orb
1996 CNNP Green in Orange
2002 White Whale
2005 Naka
Bang Dong Hong
2014 54-46
2005 Rocket Yiwu
2015 Smooch

and hopefully I’ll be able to restrain myself until after cyber monday…

“fingers crossed”