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

I got my Global Tea Hut and the Misty Peak sheng balls!

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Got my RiverTea order just now in the mail!

The little gift this time was super cute: a clear plastic tea infuser shaped like a musical note – the tea goes in the bottom “bulb” part of the note, and the stem and tail stick out of the cup.

It’s hard plastic, though, so I’m not sure whether it’s a good idea to put in hot water – at least it’s good as a decoration!

I got my tea swap from Rebekah! She is so wonderful at picking teas! They all look lovely. :)
Pink Lemonade David’s Tea
Caramel Corn David’s
O Christmas Tea Capital Teas
Underway Capital Teas

Yum yum!

I got too much tea today.

White2Tea:
5 White Whales (one went to a friend)
Samples of: 2006 Yunhai Nannuo, 2005 S. Mengku DXS, 2013 Dashu Bulang.
Gifts for friend: two CNNP ripes
Free Samples: 90’s HK storage (for me) some ripe pu’erh that isn’t on the site (gave it to the friend, I don’t like ripe)

From the same friend (he got back from Taiwan)
150g of a 1990 sheng
50g of a 1980 sheng
30g of a 1978(?) aged oolong
Some sheng minituos
50g of a 2005 sheng from Wistaria Tea House
a packet of Tieguanyin (not sure if it’s green or roasted, don’t really care as he just gave it to me for free)
60ml Gaiwan (super happy about this because I couldn’t find one for under $20 online)
Tea table
random tea tools (bamboo tools, gourd strainer)

Good thing I have a second box from W2T coming in.

My swap from Cameron B. showed up as I was leaving the house this morning; I’m very excited about trying all the new stuff – especially the Numi savory teas which seem so weird to me.

Of course, it means my cupboard is gonna inflate a little but everything should be easily sipped down! And I think there are a few things I can pass along to VariaTEA too so we can both try ’em :)

My Mandala order! So happy! Garret threw in a couple awesome samples! And the little tea set I ordered is so freaking cute! Gonna try it out this afternoon!

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I got my Mandala order… I couldn’t stand the thought of missing out on the Daxue cakes. One is not enough for me!

I also got two types of little golden mini shous from Dragon Tea House!

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Got my first Yezi tea order! :O

Got my small order from Whispering Pines today. So excited and had to sniff them all. Only sample size of everything except Sleeping Bear (which I was pretty sure I am going to love since I love green tea).

I got my Design-a-Tea samples! :) I’m not expecting much from them, but they were only $5 for 5 samples with free shipping, so why not? Here’s what I chose:

Vanilla Nutmeg Black
Blueberry Chestnut Black
Maple Cider Oolong
Apricot Caramel Green
Mango Amaretto Rooibos

And they sent me a free sample of Strawberry Caramel black tea. :)