+'HERE'S HOPING' teabox ROUND THREE - signups closed! USA only
The teabox is on the way to JeweledThumb today! It weighed 3 lbs 10.70 ounces. I never will get tired of these teaboxes. I at least liked everything I tried, nothing absolutely terrible.
What I added to the teabox for round #3 (I tried to look at wishlists!):
Capital Teas – Masala Chai
Fusion – Thai Chai
Harney & Sons – Florence
Harney & Sons – Paris
Della Terra – Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Della Terra – Winter Nog
Celestial Seasonings – Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride
Zen – Raspberry Vanilla Rooibos
Zen – Cranberry Acai herbal
Zen – Almond Marzipan rooibos
Zen – Bossa Nova oolong
Tea For All Reasons – Blueberry Buckle
Kusmi – Troika
Kusmi – St. Petersburg
Golden Moon – Jasmine Pearls
Nature’s Tea Leaf – Autumn Harvest
Tea Moments – 1001 Nights
52Teas – Weeping Angel
52Teas – Red Velvet Cake
Choice – Genmaicha
Ovation – Pineapple Blueberry Green
Ovation – Yunnan
EPI – Serene Chai
Teas I REMOVED from the teabox:
Little Red Cup – Keemun
Teavivre – Superfine Taiwan Qing Xing Dong Ding Oolong
Red Blossom Tea Co – Huang Zhi Xiang – Orange Blossom
Den’s Tea – Genmaicha extra green with matcha
Rishi – Earl Grey Lavender
Simpson & Vail – Gingerbread
52Teas – Graveyard Mist
Raizana Teas – Happy Tea
River Tea – Spring Oolong (raspberry)
Tea Forte – Hazelnut Truffle
Teas that had one teaspoon left I kept out of the box to try later:
Simpson & Vail – Green Blue Mist
Persimmon Tree Tea Co – Lotus
Tea District – Organic Wild Rose White Tea
Tea District – Acai Berry Raspberry Green
Ashby’s of London – White Blueberry
California Tea House – White Melon Yogurt
Tealish – Creamy Caramel
Removed from teabox, because I’ve seen it in the box before or there were just crumbs left:
Zhi – White Shizandra
Harney – Darjeeling Decaf
Zhena’s Gypsy Tea – Red Lavender
Harney – Hot Cinnamon Sunset
Adagio – Artichoke Green
Teavana – Lavender Dreams
Adagio – White Pear
Something unlabeled in a baggie – looks like black tea with coconut
Good luck little (not so little?) teabox!
I forgot to mention I had less of the nice pouches than I thought. I ran out after using some for the teas I sold, so some of the teas in the teabox sadly had to be in the thinner sandwich bags. I double bagged those anyway.
I received the box today! So much tea. Now to sort and try. Whee!
Yeah, I had to sort half of the teabox into the Simple Loose Leaf box I just got.. otherwise it is tough to go through! Glad it got there!
Update! I am done with the teabox and it will be on its way to CelebriTEA tomorrow barring some crazy work emergency.
Tested: (tasting notes on all but the Tea Forte – it’s cold steeping right now!)
Adagio Earl Grey Moonlight – 2 tsp
Adagio Cherry Green – 2 tsp
Tavalon Tea Summer Fruits – 3 tsp
Tin Roof Teas Japanese Gojiberry – 2 tsp
Zen Tea Almond Marzipan – 2 tsp
Ovation pineapple blueberry – 2 tsp
Tea Forte Sweet Orange Spice – 2 tsp
52teas Turtle Cheesecake – 2 tsp
Della Terra Key Lime Pie – 2 tsp
Tea Forte Blueberry Merlot – 3 tsp
Finished:
Utopia Tea Toffee Chocolate Hazelnut (just over a tsp was remaining)
total = 23 teaspoons
Removed:
Celestial Seasonings Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride – 2 sachets
Davidstea Blue Lagoon – 1oz
Davidstea Sleigh Ride – 24 grams
Jamestown Special Teas Hibiscus – 40 grams
New Mexico Tea Company Strawberry Black – 5 grams
SerendipiTea Chocolate A-Peel – 12 grams
Tin Roof Teas Japanese Gojiberry – 27 grams
Twinings Spiced Apple Chai – 1 sachet
Zen Bossa Nova – 8 grams
Zen Cranberry Acai Herbal – 6 grams
Zen Raspberry Vanilla Rooibos 8 grams
Added:
Capital Teas Lemon Chiffon Rooibos – 13 teaspoons
Davidstea Mint Julep Black – 1oz
Davidstea Coco Chai Rooibos – 12 grams
Davidstea Organic The Skinny (oolong) – 20 grams
Davidstea Read My Lips – 40 grams
Davidstea Red Velvet Cake – 20 grams
St. Dalfour Organic Classic Breakfast Tea – 3 sachets
Tealux Rooibos Vanilla – 13 teaspoons
Teavana Kamiya Papaya Oolong – 35 grams
Teavana Chateau Blanc White – 35 grams
The Republic of Tea Blackberry Sage Decaf – 6 sachets
The Tea Spot Blue Mountain Nilgiri – 30 grams
The Tea Spot Monkey Picked White – 15 grams
Tiesta Teas Banana Split Mate – 8 grams
Recieved the box today…it may have been here a day earlier
as I hadn’t checked my box in a couple of days…
I am speechless (Lady GaGa style ;-)
I have not had a chance to sort through it yet…
I will come back for a note before I send it back out.
I understand…the thought of an outdoor box with the sun beaming
on it…drying out some teas and having some flavors marry
when they are already betrothed to us …heart stopping…lol… ;-p
Sending box to TeaTiff…
Sampled:
52 Teas Cotton Candy
David’s Tea Read My Lips
Tea for all seasons Blueberry Buckle
Della Terra Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Dori’s Tea Cottage Pomegranate
Adagio Blueberry
Removed:
Adagio Summer Rose
Adagio Christmas
Golden Moon Jasmine Pearls
David’s Tea Mango Lassi
Added:
Tea Nation Earl Grey 6 sachets
Tea of Life Ginger Peach Rooibos 6 sachets
Hampstead Tea Rosehip Hibiscus 6 sachets
Aunt Sue’s Tuscany Pear Rooibos
Alwazah (Swan) Tea~sample
Chai(unlabeled)
Art of Tea Happy Tea
The des Poetes~ Dammann Freres
Verdant Yabao Snickerdoodle~sample
Verdant Cask Strength
Verdant April Showers
Verdant Jasmine Bouqet
This was not my favorite pear tea, but ok :-)
Someone sent a pear tea in the 12 Days of Christmas
that was to die for,but I don’t remember the name now…
Can I be an alt? I’d have loved to have been able to sign up for this one. But I hadn’t joined yet hehe :)
Hey Arshness, if you reddit, there’s a big travelling tea box taking signups. Dunno how good the tea will be, but it sounds like its a big one. http://www.reddit.com/r/teaexchange/comments/26ti6d/traveling_tea_box_2014_uscan/
Woot! Looks like the box should be waiting for me tonight when I get home. I am pretty excited. I prepared some teas to add in last night. Hoping to dive in pick out some awesomeness to try and get the box on its way to Awkward Soul tomorrow or Saturday.
Alright here are the stats.
Removed/Sampled
1t Kusmi Troika (finished)
1t Kusmi St. Petersburg (finished)
1t Teaforte Blueberry Merlot
2t Alwazah Tea 100% Pure Ceylon
7t Ovation Yunnan (finished)
1t Verdant Bai Mu Dan White
1t The Tea Spot Blue Mt. Nilgiri
1t 52 Teas Turtle Cheesecake Black
3t Capital Teas lemon Chiffon
1t Ahmad Cardamon
1t Black Current Lemon (Does anyone know where this is from?)
1t Rishi Bu-erh Ginger
1t Aunt Sue’s Tuscany Pear Rooibos
1t Homemade Tea Blueberry Limon
1t Design a Tea Ice Wine
1t Pekko Teas Nuwara Eliya Courtlodge (finished)
1t Butiki Creamy Eggnog
6t Dammann Freres The de Poets
Added
5t JustTeas Kathryn Earl Grey
5t Gong Fu Tea Shop Milk Oolong
5t Gong Fu Tea Shop Le Tour De France
2t Zen Tea Lapsong Souchong
5t Harney and Sons Diamond Jubilee
5t Harney and Sons Queen Catherine
5t Harney and Sons Indian Nimbu
8t Hugo Teas Full Steam
5t Shang Tea Golden Needle King
5t Shang Tea Tangerine Blossom Red
3t Zen Tea Coconut Oolong
If I can get the box closed it will be in the mail tomorrow:) This thing is exploding with tea!
ohmygosh you win the award for fastest teabox sent! thank you for adding the Kathryn EG. Also, I’m not sure about the Blackberry Lemon, I don’t remember that one when I had the teabox. And it isn’t the Handmade Tea – Blueberry Lemon since you already noted that one on teas you removed… hmm.
Sorry, I typed from my notes wrong. It was actually blackcurrant lemon. (Correcting it above).
That was fast! I saw on reddit’s tea exchange travelling box you can only have the box for 72 hours, which I thought that wasn’t doable, but sounds like it is!
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