Official *What did you get in the mail today?* Thread!!!

Hooray for RiverTea! Spring Tea, Mulberry White, and Tea of Kings all rock! :)

I can’t wait to try them!! I remember you tried rivertea like a million years ago and your reviews got me excited!

Ooh! And Boatsman makes for a pretty solid cold brew!

Oooh does it? I’m going to have to try that after I try it hot. I’m kind of disappointed that you can only order 50 g and no other quantity (says the girl who hasn’t tried a single one of them yet!)

Jealous! I’ve subscribed, but my box hasn’t arrived yet. Let me see what my choices where:
Darjeeling second flush
Sweet peach white
I think that was all—I can’t seem to find an email with a record of what I chose—maybe that gets eaten up by the website? Anyway, it said it was going to ship May 1, so that’s awesome that you already have yours!

is it the April box, or the May box come early?

May 1st! That’s what I thought! Really weird. Perhaps they got a lot of orders because of their $1 for first box offer, so they had to start sending them out sooner?

But anyway, I got the darjeeling one, too. And the Sencha. The sample I picked was Yunnan Breakfast and it looks more generous than I imagined.

Ooh! Exciting! Mine will hopefully show up quickly, too! I went with the selection of all of them because I really was interested in four of them, and I figure I can put the fifth one in one of the tea boxes I’m on. I can’t for the life of me remember which sample I got, though.

Yeah see I don’t know if there’s a way to know what you ordered, but hey-surprises in the mail are cool too!

Yeah, it’s the May box! I probably would have gone with all of them if there was a third tea appealing strongly to me. I was hoping for some delicious oolong but unfortunately it was formosa that I am not a huge fan of (well, perhaps I haven’t had the right one?).

I got a sample of the oolong last month and I quite liked it.

It’ll be a nice surprise when it shows up, whatever the sample is. I think the sample is one of the best parts of the box because if I’m not sure about one of the teas on the list for the next month, I can get a sample and decide if I want more of it, or if I just want to get something else instead.

I got mine too! Which was very surprising because my subscription was supposed to start with June and I never picked out the teas I received :-/

It took Andrew at Simple Loose Leaf all of 7 minutes to figure out the issue and respond to my e-mail! Seems the box was sent in error, so they’re just letting me keep it without charging me for the month. Which is very nice of them. A+ for customer service. Also, A+ for excellent packaging. It is super rainy here right now. Water soaked through the box, the tissue paper wrapping the teas, and the bags containing the teas. Only not, because the packages are very well lined. The tea stayed perfectly dry!

I’m quite pleased so far. Here’s hoping the actual tea is good too :-)

I got mine today, too! Sweet white peach & Darjeeling 2nd flush with a sample of Yunnan Breakfast Black. So excited!

Kaylee – that is really nice of them! I haven’t tried the teas yet, they are waiting in a… queue to be tried ;D I also liked the packaging a lot. Very simple but neat! And, apparently, rainproof :D

Jennkay – I am really curious about your Sweet White Peach tasting notes. Also, I am so surprised you didn’t pick the Sencha as I think of you as a huge green tea fan :D But I guess maybe you wanted to try something else, haha.

I received mine also today! I went for a sample of everything and a sample of Pu’er Tahiti.

Kat_Maria, I actually had to think about that one a lot because I really do love my Japanese green teas. But then I realized I already had so many, so why not branch out a little? Plus, the other two teas did not appeal to me, so I didn’t want to have little samples of them lying around wasted.

Have to love getting Mandala Tea in the mail. Enjoy your order. :))

Thank you. Can’t wait till tomorrow to try. I want no distraction.

That is a most excellent box of tea

Autumn Song is great. I enjoyed it for 3 days.

Surprise tea is the best!

LOL Yes it is!!! Love that someone took the time to choose tea for me. It’s always interesting to see what they chose and sometime you find things you would never have bought for yourself that turns into a favorite. :))