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Lupicia Grab Bags

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ChaMei said 2013-01-01 22:06:15 -0500

The $100 bag appears sold out on the website. Wonder if the tea accessory is more substantial with the pricier bag. I am expecting a tote bag and and really hoping I don’t get a metal tea ball.

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ChaMei said 2013-01-05 14:03:46 -0500

Seems more and more likely I won’t get a tea accessory of any kind at all. Update: I didn’t.

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ToiToi said 2013-01-02 00:44:32 -0500

I was wondering if anyone knows what’s inside $60 bag?

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Lady 0f Spaydes said 2013-01-02 01:12:31 -0500

If I’m not mistaken, its random.

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ToiToi said 2013-01-02 01:42:50 -0500

Oh, I might be wrong but I think it’s not random – each bags contain certain stuffs. (I remember asking person at lupicia before) I see someone posted what’s inside the $30 bag but not $60 one so was wondering if anyone picked $60 from store or something :)

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momo said 2013-01-02 01:58:35 -0500

Wow if it’s not actually random that sucks, I got a $30 one for myself and then one to split with a friend. It makes it sound like it’s just pre-selected in the sense that you can’t pick what it is. Meh. I’m still gonna hope for random.

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Alphakitty said 2013-01-02 02:03:18 -0500

I’m pretty sure they are random, the ones from 2012 contained different things. The entire point of a grab bag is that it’s random, plus they’d blow through their stock pretty fast if all the bags were the same

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momo said 2013-01-02 02:06:47 -0500

Yeah I was gonna say also that makes no sense to make every bag the same based on that alone.

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Kittenna said 2013-01-02 03:48:26 -0500

momo – I hope the $30 for yourself was the one I ordered!! :P

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momo said 2013-01-02 10:57:29 -0500

lol yes, it was later on that when I told a friend about it she wanted one but not the entire thing so I figured I’d have it sent to her and we’d deal with it sometime.

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Sil said 2013-01-02 11:00:10 -0500

you know it’s bad when i’m like hmmmm maybe i should pick up a second bag.. sigh

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SimplyJenW said 2013-01-02 13:03:42 -0500

I know there were people on my Knitting Community that ordered doubles of the $30 bag from last year. They ended up with duplicates of everything.

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Sil said 2013-01-02 15:19:47 -0500

Still curious if anyone picked up the 60$ bag and what was in it, or if anyone else got a 30$ with different things from awkward soul :)

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Azzrian said 2013-01-02 17:45:48 -0500

I think duplicates is a bad idea! At least from a merchandizing stand point. If I were going to offer a sale like this I would want every bag to be slightly different to encourage people buying more than one!

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Kittenna said 2013-01-03 01:46:16 -0500

I think that’s the reason for different sizes though. So my logic was that if Sil & I picked up a $60 bag, we’d have no duplicates, whereas if we each got a $30 bag, there’s be more chance that we’d end up with the same teas. That said, I don’t think all bags of the same price point should be identical…

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irishgirlieknits said 2013-01-03 04:35:18 -0500

My shipping notice said I’ll receive my $30 bag tomorrow! Can’t wait to see what’s inside :)

I’m in the bay area and it shipped from Oakland, superfast!

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heartswell said 2013-01-03 09:53:04 -0500

Been excited for these ever since I got the newsletter! Just got the $60 bag even though I’m bln the edge of broke. Can’t wait to go through it :D Think it’ll include some of the newer/seasonal teas?

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irishgirlieknits said 2013-01-03 15:07:54 -0500

My $30 bag arrived today! Here’s what I received:

Special Tin of looseleaf Momoko
Looseleaf 50g:
Matcha Kirara Rice Tea
Piccolo
Grapefruit Green
Pineapple Oolong
Afternoon Tea

10 tea bag packet:
Paradise Green
Momo (peach)

And a tea infuser

Looks like $62.50 worth of product! Can’t wait to try some of these!

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Azzrian said 2013-01-03 17:32:16 -0500

Thats nice! So it seems based on this post below seen on page three by another steepster that the bags are not all the same:
Awkward Soul said 2 days ago
I was going to order for sure, but I dislike Lupicia’s shipping costs / all other teas I wanted are out of stock.

My husband was happy to take me to the lupicia about 20 minutes away, woooot!

No tea ware, but lots of good stuff, got the $30 bag

Momoko
Good Morning
Champagne rose
Fantasy
matcha kirara rice
rooibos mediterranee
darjeeling, second flush
grapefruit green
strawberry vanilla

I already have strawberry vanilla, but oh well, now I have more!

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momo said 2013-01-03 17:38:30 -0500

There’s still the possibility that all the online bags and in store bags are different though.

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Azzrian said 2013-01-03 17:39:13 -0500

Good Point!

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Jules1 said 2013-01-04 01:00:26 -0500

OK, these look fantastic! I bought one online and can’t wait…absolutely LOVE most of those. I’ve been wanting to try Fantasy and Kirara too. I really hope mine is like this!

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kimlovestea said 2013-01-03 18:13:29 -0500

Hmm, I didn’t get a shipping notice yet. Has anyone else ordered, but not received a shipping notice? And on another note, can you request black tea or green tea, or is it a mix?

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Azzrian said 2013-01-03 18:17:39 -0500

Its a mix you can’t make requests. I got my shipping notice today just about an hour ago.

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Jules1 said 2013-01-05 01:26:33 -0500

I ordered on Wednesday morning and haven’t received a shipping notice, just the order confirmation.

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Awkward Soul said 2013-01-03 20:09:44 -0500

Saw a retweet from lupicia of someone’s happy bag, said it was a “large” so i’m guessing the $60 from the number of teas.

https://twitter.com/Driver_B/status/286682432965603328/photo/1

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Alphakitty said 2013-01-03 20:16:00 -0500

If the bags are pre-set I’d be SO happy if that was what I got—I’m hoping for the momo oolong and mango.

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Tamm said 2013-01-03 20:25:41 -0500

Wow, that is an amazing bag of goodies! If I didn’t need to save my money I’d be totally on this!

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Sil said 2013-01-03 20:27:46 -0500

oooh here’s hoping!

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Claire said 2013-01-03 20:32:18 -0500

I caved! Went by the Lupicia store in SF today and I couldn’t resist a $30 bag.

The list:
Momoko (in a tin)
Champagne Rose
Caramel and Rum (Rayn will be very happy about this)
Matcha Kirara Rice Tea
Fantasy
Darjeeling Second Flush
Decaf Sakurambo
Kotobuki

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irishgirlieknits said 2013-01-03 21:05:11 -0500

Can’t wait to hear what is in yours because I am seriously tempted to go get another! Did they have quite a few left?

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Claire said 2013-01-03 21:07:25 -0500

They had about 5 left of the $30 bags and at least 6 of the $60. I told myself I wasn’t going to get one but well – it’s Lupicia, can’t go wrong!

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irishgirlieknits said 2013-01-03 21:12:23 -0500

Oh, good to know! Those all sound good too and sounds like the ones in the stores aren’t all the same.

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