2022: How Much Will You Spend On Tea This Year!?
Sadly, I have no idea how much I ended with last year. I promise to be keep more track this year. No conversions. Period.
January: Let’s call whole Pod Lampionami stuff (there was a cake and tea for me and best friend): 1008 CZK
February… 800 CZK. Two pouches of tea, Wooricha (50g) & Ha Giang Ché Den (100g). Dobrá čajovna.
March, 43 CZK — Box of Pickwick
744.11 CZK — CGfoods. Brands: Richard, Curtis, Battler, Hyson, Naturavita. Tea bags only.
Haha, I am trying to cut back, and you’ve got me spending more! But I look forward to tasting those Georgian teas!
About me: I have been buying tea since 2016 (June 1 will be 6 years since my first Davids Tea website order). I’d like to find the time to truly evaluate the $$$$$$ I spend on tea/tea ware (I have a bedroom just for tea that is overflowing plus a 4502493924032 large plastic bins in the basement plus a decent stash at work). I’m a hoarder by nature (not just of tea) but I will continue to find a balance between enjoying new things and not wasting/appreciating what I already have.
2021: I’d have to check, probably $10-$15K USD. I didn’t do too much traveling (just trips to Austin, Chicago, and Seattle) which is my other major spend.
2022 goals: $600 monthly limit / $7200 for the year. Sipdown trying to make my “tearoom” area into an actual nice space to store/enjoy tea/relax. Find all the teas with chocolate, candies, sugar, stevia, coconut, nuts, etc. / any tea 2018 or older (unless an aged tea or a traditional tea that can be older) and working on drinking or sharing or finding creative uses.
January 2022:
$50.60 ($24.99 on tea / $25.61 on teaware) DAVIDsTEA USA 1/4
$20.63 ($10.99 on tea / $9.64 on teaware) DAVIDsTEA USA 1/7
$50.88 ($50.88 on tea) DAVIDsTEA USA 1/10
$122.40 ($122.40 on teaware/accessories) Tea Thoughts 1/10
$37.30 ($37.30 on teaware) DAVIDsTEA USA 1/11
$120.79 ($120.79 on teaware) DAVIDsTEA USA 1/12
$90.31 ($90.31 on teaware) DAVIDsTEA USA 1/14
$108.22 ($54.12 tea / $54.10 on teaware) DAVIDsTEA USA 1/19 (#7 for Jan)
$78.94 ($50.13 tea/ $28.81 on teaware) DAVIDsTEA USA 1/20 (#8 for Jan)
$75 ($75 on teaware) Tea Thoughts 1/21
$72.91 DAVIDsTEA USA 1/26 (#9 for Jan)
$174.85 ($174.85 on tea) Amoda 1/28
TOTAL for January: $1002.83 ($86.86 on tea / $406.05 on teaware + accessories) / 12 orders
February 2022:
TOTAL for February: X
2022 total:
I’m setting myself a budget of $500 this year.
2019 TOTAL: $383.53
2020 TOTAL: $528.07
2021 TOTAL: $449.05
2022 TOTAL: $590.98
$143.83 Dammann Frères (4-January)
$42.00 Camellia Sinensis (10-January)
$104.34 Camellia Sinensis (10-March)
$73.24 Mountain Stream ($55.60 USD, 21-March)
$71.32 Georgian Tea (6-June)
$24.97 Teerausch (20-August)
$37.72 Tante T (207 DKK, 4-September)
$14.56 Tante T (80 DKK, 9-September)
$80.00 Nabo (28-September)
customs/duties on DF? I really need to just say F it and order from there or MF this year.
No extra charges on DF — I’ve ordered from them once per year for the past 3 years without any issues on customs. This year the total was actually $285 CAD (not incl. in my total due to cost split). :)
@Sil, my two orders from DF in Nov-Dec had no extra customs/duties as well. Shipping costs were on par with US/CAN prices (no free shipping threshold unfortunately).
I was dinged for customs/duties on MF though, which sucked as they are pricier begin with.
@crow – yeah pretty sure i’m doing an MF order since DF doesn’t sell the one tea i want online. But tea up to 20KG isn’t supposed to be hit with duty or whatever
Let me know how the MF order goes if/when you get around to it! Might’ve been the advent calendar (non-tea item?) that triggered the duty on my parcel. Or it was arbitrarily applied brokerage fees – can’t remember now.
I spent around US$870 last year, which is more than I probably should have. About US$250 of that was on teaware, which is something I plan to cut down on this year. TeaForum has been a bad influence, leading me to top-quality but pricy vendors. I managed to buy as much tea as I consumed, so technically, my stash hasn’t grown any bigger, but I’d like it to get smaller in 2022. (We all can dream…)
Ideally, I’d like to keep my spending below $800 CAD, but a more realistic goal is below $1,000 CAD. I’m going to be part of a big group buy this month and will hopefully do another one for oolongs this summer, and these should account for the lion’s share of my spending.
January:
TheTea: US$106.27 (195 g)
Thés du Japon: US$53.84 (165 g)
March:
Da Xue Jia Dao: US$177.50 (242 g)
May:
Teavivre: US$11.90 (55 g)
Wuyi Origin: US$63 (175 g)
June:
Bok: US$300 (750 g)
August:
Lochan Tea: US$69 (825 g)
November:
One River Tea: US$78.50 (200 g)
Floating Leaves: US$137.15 (450 g)
What-Cha: US$71.38 (185 g)
The Steeping Room: US$25.20 (50 g)
December:
Wang Family Tea: US$177.10 (450 g)
I’ve never properly tracked my spending, but since we record everything on a budget spreadsheet now I can get a decent estimate. In 2021, it looks like I spent $1907.53 CAD on tea (and teaware, and shipping) from pretty much 3 companies – DavidsTea, 52teas, and Dessert by Deb. I should look up my 2019 and 2020 spending – 2020 is likely out of control, as I went crazy with the pandemic, but 2019 should be more conservative.
Goal for this year? Buy less… drink more… haha.
Historical Spending (estimated, all tea-related expenses)
2021: $1907.53 CAD
2020: $1747.47 CAD
2019: $1435.83 CAD
2022 running total: $963.09
January: ($88.61)
$27.97 – DavidsTea
$60.64 – DavidsTea
February: ($222.55)
$56.03 – 52teas
$111.12 – DavidsTea
$55.40 – DavidsTea
March: ($204.16)
$90.73 – DavidsTea
$61.57 – DavidsTea
$51.86 – DavidsTea
April: ($154.52)
$55.86 – DavidsTea
$51.94 – Dessert by Deb
$46.72 – 52Teas
May: ($293.25)
$12.50 – 52Teas
$5.49 – DavidsTea
$252.82 – 52Teas (subscription)
$7.48 – DavidsTea
$7.48 – DavidsTea
$7.48 – DavidsTea
June:
nothing!
July:
DT, 52teas, DbyDeb, along with Tea Thoughts and Friday Tea are my main companies I spend my $$$ on as well :)
I wish my spending was more diverse! But then it would be really, REALLY insane… I really miss the physical DT location where I could get much smaller samples and not explode my cupboard by 50g for each new tea…
Budget for the year: $1000 USD ($360 for the White2Tea Club)- so $640
Goals for this year: drink down some of the puerh that I’ve accumulated (figure out what I like???) & update my spreadsheet to reflect what I have and put it away. My brother said ‘Wow, there’s tea everywhere!’ when he visited. & more gong-fu brewing
Feb
What-cha: $48.23
Little Woods: $32.30
Total
$80.53
Mar-June $0
I put a halt on the tea buying for a bit due to needing to spend money on the house instead. Plus I have too much tea already…I’m starting to make a list of sipdowns that I’d like to restock. I plan to pick up a favorite when I’m in KC this summer.
Including shipping if applicable.
January
$202.48 – Thés du Japon – 485g + 4 free samples
$81.80 – The Tea – 144g
A Thirst for Tea – 142g + free sample
Spirit Tea
February, March
$0
April
$61.50 – Mountain Stream Teas – 125g + free sample
$61.50 – Kettlee – 175g + 2 free samples
$69.20 – Wuyi Origin – 175g
$80.56 – Yunnan Sourcing – 450g + free sample
$88.50 – Tea Masters – 25g + 25g free sample + 2 chabu
$121.50 – Mandala Tea – 227g + tea thermos + smart soak + descaler
The goal is to spend less than last year and focus on finishing off teas.
2022 Total: $
March:
DavidsTea- $
Tea Chai Te- $24.50
April:
Tealula- $4.00 (3 samples)
June:
Adagio -$25
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