Great Canadian Travelling Tea Box - Round 3 - Sign ups CLOSED - June 2014

Hey guys,

I hope this doesn’t screw anything up but I think I’m going to have to sit this one out, really sorry for the lack of notice (it was due to come to me next)

I just know that I won’t really have time to drink a ton of these or review them all, I’m still catching up from the last TTB I participated in. I think it would just be wasted if I took it now.

I hope this won’t affect anything negatively. I’m hoping it can just go straight to Christina in Ontario next. Lala Would that work? My apologies again!!

Once Christina responds to me with her address, the box will once again be on its way. Sorry I kept it longer than expected, but I hope I made up for it. I might need a bigger box, actually…

Anyway:

Sampled
Cesar’s Tea The New Yorker – 2 tsp
Cornelia Bean Chocolate Kisses Chili – 2 tsp (and kept)

Removed
Cornelia Bean Chocolate Kisses Chili 2 tsp + 17 grams
Davidstea Pistachio Cream 27 grams
Davidstea Green Dragon Pearls 12 grams
Davidstea Grape Expectations 10 grams
Davidstea Stormy Night, Coconut Oolong, Tropicalia (5 grams each)
Davidstea Strawberry White 3 grams
Davidstea Persian Apple 8 grams
Organic Mint Cacao 8 grams
ihot Milk Oolong 6 grams
Nina Paris Tigre Blanc -6 tsp (still plenty left)
52teas Banana Grape Shou Mei 8 grams
52teas Dreamsicle Puerh 6 grams

Added
Davidstea Pink Passionfruit (iced and fave!) 25 grams
Davidstea Indian Summer (iced) 38 grams
Davidstea Paradise Found (iced) 45 grams
“topped off” the Tealux Strawberry Splash +6 tsp
^Adagio Wild Strawberry 40 grams (iced)
^Adagio Lemongrass 10 grams (iced)
^Adagio Citron Green 15 grams (iced)
Fauchon Automne rooibos (fave!) 5 tsp
The Tea Spot Blue Mountain Nilgiri 10 tsp
Teavana Kamiya Papaya Oolong 44 grams

(Other favorites of mine that I have previously added to the box include Teavana Spiced Apple Cider – though it seems I’m in the minority since it’s still in here, Davidstea Banana Nut Bread and Adagio Chocolate Chip)

Thanks again for letting me participate and letting me be an “honourary Canadian”.

^I like adding all three of them to make healthy strawberry lemonade. I usually use 1 part of each (and the combo iced is a fave).

Hi all,

I just wanted to give everyone a quick update: the box is still in transit from the US, and taking into account the US holiday, it looks like I’ll be getting it next week.

I just want to give people a heads-up that I may have the box longer than a week because the following weekend (the one AFTER the US long weekend), I’ll be going out of town to visit my in-laws, so won’t be able to go through the box those days.

And the box came in today! I’ve been having a kind of paranoid afternoon about work, so I think this will help cheer me up somewhat. Holy cow, does the box smell fragrant from all the different varieties of tea!

Alrighty! The box has been sent off to VariaTEA! Here’s what I changed about the box:

Added:
• Taiwan Jin Xuan Milk Oolong (flavoured) – Teavivre
• Formosa Oolong – Simple Loose Leaf
• Tahiti Pu’erh – Simple Loose Leaf
• The Earl’s Garden – David’s Tea
• Criss Cross – RiverTea
• Roasted Mate – David’s Tea
• Green Mate – David’s Tea
• Shincha Kuro – Capital Teas Ltd (favourite, one I hoard)
• Chocolate Orange Pu’erh – David’s Tea
• Ruby Red – RiverTea
• Strawberry Champagne – RiverTea
• Mulberry White – RiverTea
• Darjeeling 2nd Flush – Simple Loose Leaf
• White Persian Melon – Golden Moon Tea
• Sweet Peach White – Simple Loose Leaf (good iced)

Sampled:
• Premium Taiwanese Assam – Butiki
• Wild Strawberry – Adagio
• Lemongrass – Adagio
• Citron Green – Adagio (this and the other 2 Adagio teas were mixed together and iced)
• Fireside Chat Rooibos – Cornelia Bean
• Chocolate Kisses Mint – Cornelia Bean
• Irish Cream Cheesecake – Butiki
• Blue Mountain Nilgiri – The Teaspot
• Carrot Cake – Della Terra
• Panda Pearls – Metropolitan Tea Company
• Paradise Found – David’s Tea

Kept:
• Peach Apricot Honeybush – Tea Granny
• The New Yorker – Caesar’s Tea
• Pink Lemonade – SBT
• Strawberry Splash – Tealux
• Key Lime Pie – Della Terra
• Japanese Sour Cherry – Silk Road
• Tilleul – Harney & Sons
• Organic Nonpareil She Quian Dragonwell – Teavivre
• Sencha Mango – International House of Tea

Thanks again so much for letting me take part.

Edit: I think I also added some Eve by Nina’s Paris.

Came home from work to find a giant box on my table. Thank you Christina!! Now I am even more excited from my weekend off from work :)

Would love to know what people are putting in that is the tea they hoard….that way even if the tea isn’t there by the time it gets to me, at least I have ideas on teas to check out.

Happy to announce I am quickly getting through the box. I am hoping to have it out on Monday. With that said, as I continue to sample and pack up my own teas to add, is there anything anyone would like to try from my cupboard?

Also, the box has a lot of DAVIDs tea and since it is a Canadian box and most of us have access to a DAVIDs store, I am actively avoiding adding any of those. However, I do recommend that you guys try Birthday Cake as a cold brew as it is delicious :)

Hey everyone !I hope that the tea box is going good so far. I am so sorry that I have not been on steepster the past month and a bit. I’ve just been so busy finishing up planning my upcoming wedding. I am stoked that I am on the list, and I feel the spot I’m in is good because things are slightly stressful right now. I hope everyone is having a great summer !!!!

Despite an impromptu road trip/mini-getaway to see a friend this weekend, I was still able to get through the box. Yay! That means it is all packed up and ready to be shipped off to vc tomorrow after work. Thank you everyone for the chance to participate yet again and try all the awesome teas. Hopefully you like trying what I shared as much as I enjoyed trying everything. Anyways, a bit of a breakdown of my time with the box:

I sampled:
Sweet Cherry – The TeaCupany
Ruby Red – RiverTea
Strawberry Champagne – RiverTea
Mulberry White – RiverTea
Purple Tea of Kenya – Butiki
Maple Tea – Canada True
Paradise Found – DAVIDs
Indian Summer – DAVIDs
Wild Strawberry – Adagio
Lemon Grass – Adagio
Winter Blend – Tealish
Sweetie Pie Rooibos – Tealish
Blue Moutain Nilgiri – The Tea Spot
Sweet Peach White – Simple Loose Leaf
Outrageous Chocolate – Cornelia Bean
Bamboo – Harney & Sons
Caramel Cream Ceylon – International House of Tea
Panda Pearls – Metropolitan Tea Company
White Persian Melon – Golden Moon Tea
Vanilla Mint – Golden Moon Tea
Bettea’s Blend – 52 Teas

I finished/ removed:
Refresh Mint – Tazo
Vanilla Rooibos – Tazo
Pink Passionfruit – DAVIDs

I added:
Nina’s Japon – Nina’s Paris (fave)
Magicienne – Nina’s Paris
Sunset – CaesarsTea (iced)
Cinnamon Star – Tea Desire
Buddha Bamboo – Tea Desire (fave)
Cookie – Lupicia
SBT: Strawberry Zabaglione (iced)
Birthday Cake – Butiki (fave)
Soba Cha – Harney & Sons (fave & iced)
Nutcracker Sweet – Celestial Seasonings (fave teabag)
Strawberry Meringue – Cornelia Bean
Assorted Blooms (peach, strawberry, or lychee) – DAVIDs (I did try to avoid adding more David’s tea but these are pretty and I havent seen them in stores lately so hopefully you guys don’t mind)
Caramel Popcorn Matcha – Red Leaf Tea (fave and I like it best in cold milk so it sorta works for “iced” :P)
Bananas and Cream Matcha – Red Leaf Tea (fave)