Monthly TTB Club - Closed!
Now I’m second-guessing myself. Would you all prefer something more informal? My idea for a tea swapping group would be that I would keep track of who had what boxes and it would be up to the participants to decide who to swap with and when. It would be much easier for people to join or leave something like that, and you could swap boxes as frequently or infrequently as you wanted. It would probably end up being easier for me, but it would be more work for the participants and you might not have the regularity of getting a new box in the mail every month.
Didn’t mean to make you second guess yourself. I like the circular mailing list. That way everyone has a fair chance at the same box, and like you said, everyone receives their box in the end. And you wouldn’t have to worry too much about the whole burden on you since we’re all responsible in part for communicating with the person before us and after us on the list. I think there’s also a way to make a group chat, so if anything does come up, then everyone can learn about it and plan how to deal with it together. Your original idea is a great idea.
I thought it was going to be a set rotation. Each person would send to same person every month and send the next box on, by the end of the year every person would have received each box once. If we are sending randomly, it will be crazy to keep track of and some people will be missed. Let us know what is decided. I think I prefer the structured route to ensure every person gets a chance to have each box.
I definitely don’t mind organizing everything, I just wanted to make sure this was what people wanted. It sounds like it is, which sets my mind at ease.
Sorry another question >.< what sized box? I have one that’s 7×4×6. Is that ok?
No need to apologize. That size box would probably work. If you have a kitchen scale, you can weigh the package. We’re aiming for between eight ounces and a pound of tea per box. Otherwise you could pick up a small flat rate box to fill, or just be prepared to adjust your box at the post office if necessary.
Will we all be included in a group message when everything starts?
I’ll post a message here. It should show up in everyone’s notices. I’ll put up the mailing order when I close sign-ups. Plan to contact the person you’ll be mailing your box to the last week of January, and send out your box the first week of February.
I’ve never done a swap or travel box before, but I’d like to try the black/pu-erh please.
Since this is such a new thing, and requires long term investment I’m limiting it to people who have been regularly active for the past six months and who have participated in a swap or travel box. Maybe you could join us for the next round?
I’m planning to close signups and post the mailing order on January 25, make sure you sign up this week if you’re interested!
I’m going to have to pass on this one. I just have too much going on. Have fun though!
What a fun idea. I could probably do the “Fruits & Flowers” Box but I am in Saint Louis and will going to be in Florida starting February-March, then Michigan in March-April, then back in Saint Louis for May. Fingers crossed you do another round!
Just to be clear, do you want to join us this round or not? If you know in advance what address you’ll be at, it wouldn’t be a problem.
Hi, I noticed that the green/white/oolong, and unflavored boxes are still unclaimed. Since that and puerh (me) is pretty much all I wanted I think it best for me to drop out now rather than risk the variety boxes.
That’s disappointing, but I can understand your reasoning. Maybe you’ll be more interested in the next round. This one shouldn’t take too long with the small group we have.
Sign-ups are closed. We have fewer people than I’d hoped for, but hopefully everything will go well and the next round will be bigger. Here’s the mailing order (I’ll post it in the info as well):
Skysamurai, Minnesota
TraceyC, California
ThainofBuckland, North Carolina
rosebudmelissa, Maryland
Be sure to get the addresses this week, so you can mail out your boxes next week.
Will you be making a group message? We can put all of our addresses in that.
Since we’ll each be mailing to the same person every month, I think it makes more sense for each of us to ask for addresses separately.
Yeah, that’s true. I didn’t really think of that, and since there’s four of us, there shouldn’t be any complications.
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