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

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I got a 2008 Yong Pin Hao ripe brick and an ounce of Dian Hong from Mandala Tea yesterday. CAN’T WAIT to gong fu it up tomorrow morning with that ripe puer. Love my puer Saturdays. Planning on hitting up Beautiful Taiwan for some oolong soon. Next puer order has to be from Crimson Lotus. Crimson Lotus sent me some awesome ripe coins of his as a sample a while back and I’ve been meaning to put in an order for a brick from there.

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I got the most amazing pre-birthday surprise today in the mail! What I thought was simply a swap package from NayLynn ended up including a tin (one I had specifically had my eye on at World Market) and a whole package of Jet’aime that smells amazing. What a sweet thing to do, NayLynn! It really brightened my day like you wouldn’t believe! I took a picture, but my instagram is not cooperating right now.

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Oh goodness! I got so excited opening up that first package that I didn’t even realize that my Tealux order also came in! I got 10 different sample-sized teas to try! I love their packages, and some of them seem like they have sooooo much tea in just 1 oz!

Ost said

Tealux is awesome!! :D What did you get??

cookies said

I got mine yesterday too. They always seem to be filled way more than their labeled weight, I’ve gotten up to an extra oz.

Ubacat said

I love Tealux! Great teas! Enjoy!

Ost, I got:
Assam “Black Beauty” #8
Margaret’s Hope Muscatel Darjeeling, 2nd Flush
Milk Jin Xuan Taiwanese Oolong
Rwanda Rukeri
Dong Ting Bi Luo Chun
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Sencha Berry Fig
Green Paradise: Cucumber Mojito Lime
Fig Formosa Oolong
Un Momento Tiramisu

cookies: Oh good! It’s not just me then! I’m not so good at eyeballing weights, especially with teas that are extra light and fluffy. These seemed huge, though. Maybe it’s because they are called samples? So, they want you to be really happy with them?

Ubacat, do you have any favorites I should try in my next order??

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I got my 100g of Bohea from Dragon Tea House! Couldn’t help it, it was on sale and so cheap. :D And free shipping!

cookies said

Mine is out for delivery today and I’m so excited for it.

I haven’t tried it yet. It fit perfectly into my new washi tin, squee! :D

oooh :)

ooooh

AllanK said

What kind of tea is Bohea?

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Ubacat said

I got my Yunomi order today. I only placed the order on Sunday last week! Got the Gyokuro sample set, two Sencha samples, & two free samples. When I tried to put the Sencha samples in my inbox it was showing out of stock. So I sent them a note when I placed my order and they put them in. What excellent service! Looking forward to trying their teas!

Hooray! I agree that they have very good customer service. :D

Ubacat said

Tried one out this morning and left a review. Excellent! I was having trouble posting yesterday on Steepster. That’s why I had two posts this morning so I’ve deleted one.

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AllanK said

Today was a small mail day. I got a new Cha Hai in the mail from Berylleb King Tea on EBay.
http://instagram.com/p/uTc4cETDeQ/?modal=true

SarsyPie said

Love the shape!

AllanK said

I liked it too.

Ubacat said

Very nice!

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carol who said

Yea! The Teeny Tiny TTB 2.0 came today.

As has happened before, the substitute mailman has crammed the TTB into the back of the mailbox (it’s about 1/2 an inch larger in the back.) Of course, once again I am attacking the mailbox like a drug fiend trying to get my next fix. Oh wait, I am trying to get my next fix (tea).

My neighbor (a former police chief) is out there laughing at me and making comments about my “drugs” falling on the ground and threatening to get a k-9 drug dog out there to start checking my deliveries.

I’ll need to put it in a new box but it’s here and I’m happy.
SarsyPie said

I wonder if everyone receiving large volumes of tea packages gets jokes about them being drug-related. People say the same stuff about mine! LOL. I don’t really care, but I do sometime wonder if anyone will overhear and take it seriously! O.O

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carol who said

LOL! I wonder if we will all be on some DEA watchlist.

TEA watch list :)

carol who said

Hahaha! Really big ROTFL :D

Cheri select said

I have a gram scale and lots of little baggies, too.

When I got my very first swap package, this is EXACTLY what I was thinking as I took out all my little baggies and smelled each one. I felt like I was smuggling them all when I took them in to work. And every time my little tin of samples gets low, people start joking that I’m going to be grumpy soon because of the withdrawals.

AllanK said

Some idiot thinking tea is a drug is no joke. There was a case, I forget what state, of a couple was assaulted by a swat team and their house searched top to bottom because a field kit for drugs came up positive when testing their tea. They are suing but the damage was done. No drugs were found. I rarely post pictures of swap packages because they can look like drugs to the unawares on instagram.

It’s technically dried plants and herbs.

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carol who said

ROTFLMAO!

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Yeah! It looks like Steepster is working. I received my awesome secret pumpkin package from Cheri and a super cute swap package from NayLynn. Thank you so much ladies!

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