"The American Heiress" Book and Tea Club

Thanks Cavocorax, this is a great way to get organized and then we can divide everyone up. I am so excited about this!

I’m braaaand new-referred by ThreeWhales :) I’d love to get in on this.

Great! Glad you’re here, Reading Rambler!

Hi! Please count me in :) I have some loose Earl Grey to contribute.

I’m in.

I’m in, for a small amount. (Now I’m wanting to make Earl Grey cookies.)

I have plenty of the Buckingham palace garden party tea. Having never ordered tea before I didn’t realize what a pound looked like! I’ll never get through all of this! Lol!

I am so in on this:) I have several teas on hand from the Tea Palace in London. All black, as that is my preference. I will be glad to help organize if you need me.

I’ll probably pick up something from the London Tearoom, either Jubilee, which is an earl grey, OR maybe The Churchill, which I’ve been thinking of trying. It’s a smokey earl grey. OR maybe Duke & Duchess….OR The Fifth of November….

Yes, please:) they all sound wonderful.

This is getting fun already! If you’d like a sample of a caffeine free Lemon Ginger infusion from Darvilles of Windsor, PM me. I won’t be indulging in all the wonderful teas you have to share, since I have to limit my caffeine to only about one or two cups of real tea per day, but I am so looking forward to reading your descriptions of all these various teas! If I’m doing any early morning reading, I will be most likely sipping the assam blend I mentioned on the previous page, and I am very happy to share that as well, again, just PM me. Thanks! : )

I’m in! I love black tea, so I’ll be looking for some fun blend.

Ok – I think I’ve updated it correctly, but if you see something off, let me know.

How long should we wait to allow people to sign up? Who wants to split people up into groups?

I will be glad to set the groups.

I love black tea usually. Not sure what kind I’ll get yet…..

I’m in! Does the tea have to be Earl Grey? Because I don’t have any of those teas.

I think I’m going to go with Lady Londonderry for my tea—seems fitting!

TeaLover58, it can be any tea that you feel fits the book :D

I plan to read the book, but I’m going to pass on the exchange. I have so many teas already in my cabinet that I haven’t yet tasted :) I look forward to read all your tasting notes and discussing the book.

Em – sorry I misread that the first time. Will note that above!

@Cav: i think it’s that Em doesnt need/want any samples coz she has too much already :D

@Serenity: aw, for you i will offer the group a Honeybush Earl Grey <3 i will be placing an order in the coming days so it should be sent out before everyone is done with the book. when is the deadline btw?

yay, lotsa tea! ive always wanted to try the ones you guys are sharing. following y’all!

(had to start a new reply coz it wasnt showing up right on an edit)

@Terri: maybe you can list the teas you are up to sharing (oh, you already did) and we can pick which one (if you have a super hard time deciding ^^)

Thanks threewhales :)

I have a big list of unfinished books too! Reading one right now, so going to try and finish it before the new one gets in…guess I should get off of here and start reading!

whew, im not alone!

Interesting! Thanks for sharing. I really don’t know a lot of history, so this helps set the background for me. Can’t wait to start.

Yeah, thanks for sharing that site, Serenity! Great stuff to draw me in! I especially love the bit on the tattoos :D

That was interesting. Now I really am excited to start reading!

That is really interesting. Thanks for sharing it with us! Now we have to read it too!

And we all have to get tattoos to show our alliance at the Steepster tea and book club. Tea cups and books linked around our arms…or….

Well Serenity-that escalated quickly. . . ;)

Great! I added you to the list. (I hope I read it right that you were offering to share a sample too). You can pick whatever you think would fit the book. I’m doing a black tea blend – not an Earl Grey.

Okay. Being new to tea, not sure what would fit. Could you look into my cupboard and let me know if there is something worth trading? I would love to participate in trading if I have anything good.

Still not sure what my trade will be, but it will be a black tea, that I can tell you!

I think I’ve picked my tea to share! Caramel Sundae Escape, a black tea by Talbott Teas…best thing I had in my cupboard.

TeaLover, that sounds so good!!

Thanks Sandy’sCuppa, I’m excited to share my tea with some other tea lovers!

got mine today, looks good so far ^^

I like option 3 the best—I think we don’t have quite enough time for a TTB and I know I personally don’t have enough of my tea for 14 good sized samples. So I vote for either a secret exchange or small groups (maybe of 5/5/4?) to swap within.

One more option is a variation of opt #1: to divide it down to tea types, each person choosing their type, & all the people within a type send each other teas. Just a suggestion.
Otherwise, I favor option #1

I’m fine with whatever, but option 3 may be the most feasible for all involved. I like the idea too of having smaller groups like Alphakitty said. I’m not sure what everyone’s tea preferences are, it seemed like a lot of people like black tea so that may be a really large group if we divide by tea type.

I like option 3 the best. I know I don’t have enough tea for 14 people and the “secret tea santa” sounds kind of fun.

I vote for option four! If not that, then option three.

I vote for option 4, as I’m sure I have enough tea to send to 4-5 people but not enough for 14 I think.

I’ve got enough Earl Greyer to send to four or five people, but not more.

I like option 1 best, but if that doesn’t work for everyone option 4 sounds good.

im want to get black tea too hahaha, maybe we’ll have 3 groups of 5 each and then just put me and Serenity in one group. we can still share our teas with the rest :)

Having had time to contemplate this, I realize not everyone can afford to do option #1, although I loved the idea of it, so maybe option #4 is our best bet. I still suggest we try to make those groups based on preferences of black/puer, oolong/green/white, & no caffeine, or at least put me (and here, I’m being selfish & self centered) in a group with people who drink black tea, LOL.

@ yssah: thank you for thinking of me, you are so sweet! I’ve got soooo many herbal, decaf blends so I really am not up for a swap, but as I wrote in an earlier post, I’m more than happy to send out a sample of what I’m sipping!
@ threewhales: thanks for organizing the sharing; I’ll be so interested in reading what everyone is trying, but I don’t need to have any samples sent my way. : )

Small groups sound good to me!

TeaRunner, that’s fine, no worries! You can see my post above: I’m not participating in a tea exchange. The most important thing is to have fun, to read the book and chat about it, and to talk, too, about what tea(s) you enjoyed along with reading. Cheers!

TeaRunner, I’ve given up on ever getting caught up! There are teas I’ve drank, but haven’t logged. There are people I follow who’s posts I haven’t read. There is Steepster, then there is real life. I love this place, but I can’t just hang out here all the time. When I check in, I read the most recent stuff & then I let go, just like FB. Once in awhile I pick a tea & read everything everybody has said about it, or I pick a person & read all their recent posts. It’s the best I can do, & since nobody’s judging (except me…), it’s good enough!

@ Terri HarpLady: So there is hope?!

@TeaRunner: I say yes! The fun part of the swaps is the novelty of maybe trying something new, and seeing what other people picked. Hang in there, I think we all have tons of tea anyway. I’m still sending samples of St. Valentines out, & we finished the book already! So really, you’ve got until mid march or beyond!

I so agree with Terri:)

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