CLOSED: Travelling Tea Box C Round 2
OK! I’m finished with the box. I plan to send it out on Tuesday.
I took:
Black Current, Harney & Sons (finished off last 2tsp)
Blueberry, Adagio (1tsp)
Bourbon St. Vanilla, English Tea Store (2tsp)
Double Berry Burst, Della Terra (1tsp)
Sweet Cranberry Black, Teavana (1tsp)
S’mores Genmaicha, 52Teas (1tsp)
Read My Lips, Davids Tea (1tsp)
Cherry Sencha, Georgia Tea Co. (1tsp)
Honey & Spice, Della Terra (all)
Neapolitan, 52Teas (finished off last 2tsp)
Maghreb Mint, Rishi (1tsp)
Rooibos Karamell, King’s Crown (1tsp)
Spicy Plum, Cameron’s (all)
Ginger Bread Man, Della Terra (1tsp)
Chocolate Orange Bliss, Ovation (1tsp)
I added:
Candy Corn Black Tea, 52Teas
Pumpkin Crème Brulee, Butiki
Apple & Molasses, Della Terra
Makaibari Darjeeling, Della Terra
Spicy Chai, esp emporium
Tilleul Mint, Harney & Sons (1 sachet)
Organic Bangkok, Harney & Sons (1 sachet)
Bouddha Bleu, Mariage Frères
Wild Blackberry, New Mexico Tea Co.
Angel Falls Mist, New Mexico Tea Co.
Pumpkin Spice, The Republic of Tea (1 bag)
Caramel Apple Red Tea, The Republic of Tea (1 bag)
Dark Chocolate Oolong, Whispering Pines (2 tsp)
All of the above are generous quantities except as noted in the parentheses.
I transferred the tea to a slightly larger box because there was no room to add anything to the previous box.
Who’s next on this? I don’t think it’s me, but I could be wrong!
It was TastyBrew, but she dropped out, so BrewTeally Sweet is next. You 6th after her.
Oh wait, now I am not completely sure. TastyBrew requested to be removed from the distribution list for “Another Traveling Box” but I don’t know if she meant for both boxes. I’m going to have to find out.
I thought I could get to the post office between classes today, but didn’t happen. Sorry guys!
I have more time available tomorrow so it will be going off to BrewTeally Sweet for sure tomorrow.
The box has been shipped to BrewTeally Sweet in California and should be there by Friday. :)
Yay! I can’t wait. Hopefully my flu is gone by then..and my tonsillitis is gone as well
gee, everyone seems to be getting sick right before they get one of the boxes. I read somewhere that tea drinkers get sick less often than everyone else. You guys are throwing off statistics! lol.
I got it right this second! I literally ran downstairs when u heard the mail man pull up! I am beyond excited. However I did catch something on Wednesday and I’ve been in bed for the past 3 days. I have been drinking tea but today I made myself a cup while waiting for the box and couldn’t taste a thing. So I will have to wait hopefully only one more day to start on my journey through the box. That will however not stop me from rummaging through all my options right this second!
It seems like everyone is sick right now. I’ve got a bug I just can’t seem to get rid of. I hope you feel better.
Aw thank you everyone. Once all my senses are back in tack I will definitely tackle this box and get it back on the road. I have rummaged through it and have picked “the chosen ones”. I’m going to try and tackle about half of the box. There are over 60 teas when I counted. Here are some photos!
When the box first arrived! http://www.flickr.com/photos/20741867@N05/10211843186/
The second I opened it!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20741867@N05/10211738044/
The TEAS and the cute little tasting notes and Shelley’s Nifty Database sheet making all the teas in the box very easy to pair with its owner.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20741867@N05/10211938933/
And of course, last but definitely not least!!!!!! TEA!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20741867@N05/10211836535/
And yes, im going to try and tackle about half of that!
that’s too bad that you can’t enjoy them right away! happy to see that it made it to you though :)
I’m just updating everyone! I am finally fully recovered from the flu and I have tried almost 10 teas but I will be going to work on this tomorrow and through the weekend and hope to have to box back on its way by Monday or Tuesday! I’m sorry that this happened if I would have known before Shelley sent off the box to me I would have tried to switch my spot!
Alright…. First of all I am so Sorry that is had been almost 2 weeks. I was sick with the flu for my first 4-5 days with the box and then life got hectic trying to make up the hours I had to miss at work and school. Anyways, I WAS planning on sending this off to AureliaFish tomorrow, but she has not had any activity in 3 months and I messaged her to make sure she was still on for this. I do have her address. Should I just send it anyway?
Well here is the rundown on my time with the box:
I wanted to try everything but I had to try and get this done in a realistic amount of time so I chose about 30 teas to taste:) And I did find quite a few new loves.
I tried/took:
-Vanilla Tea: Upton Tea (finished last tsp)
-Spicy Chai: ESP (2 tsp.)
-Florence: Harney & Sons (tasted 1tsp. & then took 4TB for myself)
-Chocolate Cake: DAVIDsTEA (2 tsp.)
-Candy Corn Black Tea: 52Teas (2 tsp. & added more candy corn to the bag for everyone since I had just purchased some for Halloween goodie bags)
-Apples & Molasses: Della Terra (1 tsp.)
-Bourbon Street Vanilla: English Tea Store (2tsp & kept 3 TB)
-Angel Falls Mist: New Mexico Tea Co. (1 TB)
-Chocolate Dipped Orange: Adagio (1 tsp.)
-Rose Vanilla Rooibos: The Loose Leaf (1.5 tsp. & kept 1 TB)
-Pumpkin Spice: Republic of Tea (1 Teabag)
-Gingerbread Man: Della Terra (2 tsp.)
-Dark Chocolate Oolong: Whispering Pines (1 tsp. and kept the last tsp.)
-Mexican Sweet Chili: Yogi (Last Teabag)
-Kiwi Lime Ginger: Tea Forte (1 Teabag)
-Rooibostee Karamell: King’s Crown (1 tsp. & kept 2 TB)
-Coconut: Adagio (1.5 tsp.)
-Mint Tilleul: Harney & Sons (Last Teabag)
-Pumpkin Creme Brulee: Butiki (1.5 tsp.)
-Maghreb Mint: Rishi Tea
-Caramel Apple (Red): The Republic of Tea (Last Teabag)
-Chai Spiced Apple: Twinnings (Last Teabag)
-Godiva Roche: English Tea Store (1 tsp.)
-Wild Blackberry: New Mexico Tea Co. (1 TB & kept 3 TB)
-Bouddha Bleu: Mariage Freres (1 tsp. & kept 2 TB)
-Organic Bangkok: Harney & Sons (Last Teabag)
-White Melon Yogurt: California Tea House (1.5 tsp.)
-Chocolate Orange Bliss: Ovation (1 tsp.)
-Tie Kwan Yin Oolong: Dan Feng’s Tea (1 Teabag)
I added:
-Victorian Vanilla: Our Sweet Earth
-Paris: Harney & Sons
-No. 55 Lord Bergamot: Steven Smith Tea Maker
-Almond Oolong: Adagio
-Read My Lips: DAVIDsTEA
-Super Chocolate: DAVIDsTEA
-Amaretto: DAVIDsTEA
-Malted Choco Mate: 52Teas
-Coco Chai Rooibos: DAVIDsTEA
-Organic Egyptian Chamomile: DAVIDsTEA
-Organic Chai: Tazo
-Jade Oloong Chai: DAVIDsTEA
-Blueberry Limon: Handmade Tea
-Seed Harvest: Handmade Tea
-Coco Choco Tea: Gold Leaf Spice & Tea
-Peppermint Herbal: Harney & Sons
-Mayan Chocolate Chai: 52Teas
-S’mores Chai: 52Teas
-White Monkey: Little Red Cup
-Jade Oolong: Little Red Cup
-Jasmine Green: Little Red Cup
I hope AureliaFish Enjoys this.
Why don’t you send AureliaFish a letter today asking about the box and then just hang onto it for a day. Ask her to respond on Steepster, so you don’t have to wait for 2-way mail.
Mailing the entire box isn’t cheap and she may just have lost interest in tea.
Interesting idea. Can someone try PMing her for me please. My don’t seem to be going through and in the mean time I’ll send a letter.
If you don’t hear back soon, you could swap AureliaFish with the next person on the list. That would give us an extra week or so to hear back from her.
That works for me. I looked ahead and the next two people on the list are very active on Steepster, but after them, Chelle and ChuckieRoy haven’t done anything in the last month. I’ll PM them to ensure that they are still interested.
Thank you you are awesome! How long should I wait to hear back until I skip her?
If you send a letter it takes a day or two to arrive, so I’d wait at least two days, or else just go ahead and send it to Wheezybee and we can get AureliaFish back into the rotation in a couple of weeks if we hear from her.
Okay everyone. So! AureliaFish decided to be skipped. I have family coming to visit tomorrow so I will try to ship the box off to Wheezybee early early tomorrow morning but if not it will definitely be in the mail by Monday!
The list has been getting shorter. This is the fourth person who has withdrawn and two of the next 4 people on the list haven’t had Steepster activity in over a month.
Okay so I sent out the tea box today and should be with wheezybee by nov.4 at the latest. :) is was a little over $15 to ship.
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