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

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I got my swap from Cheri! She sent me some Japanese greens from Yunomi and Flap Jack Oolong from her Tea Sparrow subscription.

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I got my swap from Roswell Strange. It smells so good!

VariaTEA said

Yay! As a constant recipient of her swap packages, I know you are in for a treat. Hope you enjoy it :)

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carol who said

Not in the mail but an actual brick and mortar … what? Is there really such a thing anymore?

I went to the ever unpopular Teavana. I had a $5 gift card from Starbucks and an online coupon for 2 oz. of Pumpkin Spice Brûlée when you bought 2 oz of tea. Well I needed a refill on my My Morning Mate and JavaMatevana (2oz each) and they gave me the 2 oz. of pumpkin spice brûlée (regular price $12.98!!!!!!!) for FREE even though it was an online coupon. Total price for 6 oz of tea…. wait for it… drum roll.. $9.20!

Then I went to David’s Tea. (Might as well go crazy all on one day) I was going to buy a tin of Chocolate Rocket. $14.95. Well… there was a deal… buy three for $30. So… that’s $10 each ( 100 grams/3.5 oz each) !!!

So I got ONE POUND of tea for $40.

You may have noticed that all of these teas are mates. I’ll be so invigorated for the next few months that I may take over the world. Notice I said invigorate, not hyper ;-p

I have several swaps going out this week… guess what you’ll be getting!! :D

Happy dance!

Cheri select said

Does this mean you’re coming over to clean my house, carol?

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I got awesome mail from two of my favorite tea peeps today- Cheri and CameronB

Thanks so much! <3

carol who said

I love the expression ‘tea peeps’! Hahaha

I was going to call them “teaople” like tea+people, but the spelling didn’t look right LOL ;)

How about teaples, like meeples?

I love it! :D

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I got my Sad Butiki Order. Time to add these cute lizard baggies to their friends (aka my Butiki stash)… Thers’s going to be more coming by the end of the year, too, I’m sure :)

The order included:

Lemon French Macaron 1 ounce (12 cups)
Anji Bai Cha 1 ounce (18 cups)
Wild Huangshan Mao Feng 1 ounce (20 cups)
Dinjoye Estate Assam 1 ounce (18 cups)
Giddapahar Darjeeling Extra Special 1/2 ounce (6 cups)
Hello Sweetie 1 ounce (8 cups)
Limited Hand Rolled Giddapahar 1/2 ounce (6 cups)
Thurbo Darjeeling 1 ounce (13 cups)
Malty Irish Breakfast 1 ounce (12 cups)
Zhen Qu 1 ounce (18 cups)

Looks like you got some good teas.

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Inkling said

Just got my samples from the Great British Tea Store…including a bonus that I didn’t even order! My Butiki order is on its way as well. This is going to be a fun week. :)

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Cheri select said

I got my swap from Cameron. Woo!

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My first (but decidedly not my last since there are still new teas coming out) Butiki order came today. I got:

Maple Pecan Oolong
Dinjoye Estate Assam
Glenburn Darjeeling Moonlight
Organic Kundaly
Peach HoppiTea
Pumpkin Creme Brulee
Tamarind Pop
Nilgiri Frost Oolong
Pineapple Cilantro Cream
Lavender Chamomile

Ost said

Sounds like you got a good selection! :D

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Inkling said

I got my Butiki Teas order:

http://i62.tinypic.com/2vacnll.jpg

They smell AMAZING and I am so excited to try them all!

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Hillel said

No tea in the mail today, but I finally got a scale. I just got wicked tired of estimating conversions from grams to teaspoons. I went with this pocket-sized version (http://www.oldwillknottscales.com/my-weigh-durascale-d2-660.html), but I promised myself that I won’t even open the package until I clean up my tea storage area (which will make my beloved very happy).

On another note, I just ordered my ticket for the Saturday of the Philadelphia Tea & Coffee Festival. Anyone else going? Want to meet up?

boychik said

Congrats on a scale. I dunno how did I live without it. Have fun on festival. Be sure to visit Damn Fine tea and Joseph Wesley. Let us know how you like it

AllanK said

That is a very cool website. I got my scale from Puerhshop. I have no idea how to calibrate it. This one you can calibrate, cool.

Hillel said

Boychik, Brooklyn isn’t that far from Philly. Come join the fray! If I were driving, I’d pick you up en route, but I’ll be on the train (and borrowing a car from my father in law to get to the venue).

boychik said

@Hillel sorry I can’t for various reasons but I’m telling you it’s so much fun. I was at NYC Festival. I felt like a kid in a candy shop. Bought lotsa tea. I suggest you to plan your vendors, arrive as earlier as possible. They do run out of samples. I highly recommend you to visit NYC Fest next year ;-)

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