2017: How much will you spend on tea this year?

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Lynxiebrat said

This thread is reminding me alot of the tea buying hiatus thread…

But anyways, my goal is the same as most other peoples: Sipping down what I got.

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curlygc said

I’ve already made my first purchase of 2017 – a Lin’s Purion teapot from Camella Sinensis that I’d been eyeing for awhile. I couldn’t pass it up with the favorable Canadian exchange rate and 15% off sale.

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i feel like

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$1k usd tops! I hope.

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Aiming to spend $400 this year…hopefully :)

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Arby said

Oops, I accidentally bought teaware in February. It just made its way into my cart somehow. I’m not sure how that happened. ^^ In other news, I have some gorgeous new teacups coming in the mail.

All totals in CAD ($1 USD = $0.76 CAD, $1 CAD = $1.31 USD)

January ($88)
$30 – Dazzle Deer teacup
$13 at David’s Tea for restocking some of my usuals
$45 aliexpress purchases of pu’erh pick, a teacup, and small cakes of sticky rice puerh

February ($227 – I seem to have spent my yearly budget all in one month…oops)
$142 for a teapot + a bunch of teacups – White2 Trading Limited.
$90 for a decent 130mL clay teapot + a few cups – HU13.com (wholesale prices!)
$15 at Teavana because Golden Dragon is being discontinued! Ahhhhhhh my life is over. I bought 3 ounces (but used starbucks points for two free ounces).
$30 – David’s Tea Valentines teas

March ($120)
$100 Yunnan sourcing order
$13 Verdant
$7 at Fujia to buy decaf genmaicha

April ($120)
Will be going to Hawaii and have a budget of $100 for Hawaiian grown teas to bring back with me
$25 for 16 oz Davidson’s decaf green tea on Amazon
$15 100g toasted rice (making my own decaf genmaicha)
$20 at Whole Foods to buy two teas
$60 Teas from Hawaii

May ($75)
$20 David’s tea iced teas
Free! Teavana iced teas (bought using starbucks points)
$55 at 52Teas because cotton candy genmaicha needs to be in my cupboard

June $62
$7 – New gradient DT tins
$50 – 52Teas fundraiser
$15 – David’s tea because I ran out of disposable teabags ($12) and wanted one of their new teas ($3 sample).

July – $73
$18 – Tickled tea
$40 – What-cha…I was just going to order the sticky rice oolong. I’m not sure what happened
$15 bought a glass teapot online

August – $40
$30 Trader Joes
$10 Amazon

September – $25
$5 Amazon
$20 Tea cups + pots at thrift store

October – ??
??$ – Group buy

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Ken said

I think I spent about 800 just in january, I dont expect that to happen again as the initial setup expenses of getting gaiwan, a decent tea selection and a yixing really sent the costs through the roof. I expect to spend about 150 a month on average after this.

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toby8653 said

So far 466.66666666USD for two cakes.
Yikes

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Helene said

I like the idea of keeping a log, which I have not done last year. I think I spent around $100 Cdn in 2016. This year I will finish drinking what I have and will probably buy again in 2-3 months. I did not set a budget yet.

UPDATE: Placed a $100 order with Yunnan Sourcing.

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Well i am new to gong fu brewing and the world of quality teas so my costs added up last year because i bought lots of teaware and lots of teas mainly from Meileaf for about 400USD.

This year so far i have spent:
85USD – end of the year sale at Grandtea
105USD – at bitterleaf
120 – For tea and teaware at Verdant tea.

I hope to keep my costs below 800USD by the end of the year.

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