Official *What did you get in the mail today?* Thread!!!
Just got two pounds of Warming Crimson Berry by Frontier National Products Co-op. I had only a sample and wanted to make sure I got plenty in case it was considered seasonal. Bright red color, berry and hibiscus (Not a hibiscus fan, but this is OK with sweetener)) and chili. It is so awesome to drink today, since it is 12 degrees below zero. I know that this is not a tasting note but it is so fun and warming.
I love when I get to post to this thread :)
Got my Della Terra order today. Ordered a bit more than I expected to.. but hey, they had a sale and I couldn’t resist. They also through in a sample of Honey & Spice.. not sure if it’s one I would have picked out myself, but it might be the first one I try :)
So I’ve been watching Buffy and Angel for the first time (I know, I know!) and love Giles to pieces. I also love celadon-colored kitchen stuff, so when I noticed the mug he regularly uses well, I was curious. That lead me down a rabbit hole and today the following awesome drinkware came!
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So YAY internet!
ebay. i thought the mug would be a one-off thing and it turns out it’s part of a popular/coveted line of vintage restaurant/serveware, the anchor hocking fire king jadeite line (they also had stuff in a rosy pink, milk blue, etc.). the good news is there’s a relatively large amount of it (given it’s vintage) still in circulation because it was designed for restaurants so it’s sturdy (the thickness is what attracted me along with the color), the bad news is it’s yeah, become a collector’s thing (martha stewart likes to brag about her collection here: http://www.marthastewart.com/851601/marthas-jadeite-collection ) so it’s not always cheap but some of it is. sometimes it can be found on etsy too.
My mom used to have some of the green mugs when I was growing up. I used to think they were ugly… Funny… Now if my kitchen was a bit of a different style, I could see myself displaying some of them :)
i tend to have weird taste for sure—i like heaviness/thickness, clean lines, relative plainness, and loud colors. (: most of my kitchenware, stuff like mixing bowls and juicers and plates and vases and whatnot, is a similar celadon hue (including my stand mixer!), whee. occasional ’50s rosy pinks and warm yellows too, and a lot of white porcelain.
My Herbal Infusions order arrived today! I ordered it on Sunday, it shipped yesterday, and boom!
I ended up with:
Strawberry Cacao – sample
Snowflake Earl Grey – 50g
Orange Cream Lapacho – 50g -- (Sil – this had better be good! :P)
Graham Slam – sample
Crème Brulee Chai – sample
Moose Tracks – 50g
Wild Blueberry White – SURPRISE sample
I had these delivered to the office, but I kinda want to take them home with me. :P So silly. The whole point was to have office teas!
Cavo – if you don’t like it, i’ll buy it from you. Or trade you…either way, i’ll get you something for it haha
(especially since i haven’t tried it since i was just starting out with tea drinking)
Apparently I’m up at 165 teas now with this (and a small calculation error in my spreadsheet!)
Sil wins. :(
yeah well let’s see what happens after this weekend…when i hit adagio and tea gscewndweioreowiurowejder :) oh and argo teas… and uh target…and random grocery stores…
Well I have 22 teas from Shadowfall incoming, but I might not get them until Feb. I still have a chance! :D
Have… fun… shopping on the weekend.
Speedy delivery! Now lets not compete… You will be competing in the Hiatus support group for not gaining in number of teas before you know it.
That creme brulee chai looks good.. Going on my shopping list… Haven’t seen that one before. Yum
Ha. That’s pretty much what we are doing now. We both want to be at/near 150. :P
And I haven’t tried it before, but I couldn’t pass it by…
My Verdant Tea order arrived today!
1 oz Master Han’s Wild Picked Yunnan Black,
a Reserve Sample Pack, which has 1/2oz each of
Mi Lan Xiang Reserve Dancong,
Master Zhang’s Top Grade Traditional Tieguanyin,
Master Zhang’s 15yr Aged Tieguanyin,
and instead of the listed Unroasted Qilan Wuyi Oolong an awesome surprise/substitution!!! Reserve Qilan.
I got:
An incredible package from Sil – thank you so, so, so much! ♥♥♥
Another incredible package from AnnaEA from DavidsTEA, she got me my favourite oolong!! You are just so amazing, thank you!!!
A lovely free sample from the very generous The Persimmon Tree that I’m anxious to try!
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