Little Terri's Long Awaited Ultimate Sipdown Extravaganza!!!
Apparently i didn’t update in May. Oopsy. Oh well.
June Update
manage to get through this month without buying anything – didn’t do as well in May BUT i still managed to hit my sipdown goals even though it’s getting harder. Ending June with 41 teas in my cupboard and down to about 2490g (of which 24 are puerhs totally about 1700g) lol I do have a number of teas inbound, but even if their weight was added to my cupboard i’d still be hitting my weight goal.
I didn’t update in June, but I don’t think I really had very many sipdowns, plus I placed a small Verdant black tea order (mostly drank up now) and and now it’s July already! I’m still around 150 teas. Maybe I can get down to 125 by the end of July. :)
July Update
Ending July with 46 teas in my cupboard and no real movement on getting my weight down. I’m happy with that though since i added about 500g to my cupboard this month and manage to get it all down. Sadly i have teas showing up next month which means i’ll have to go hard this coming month to stay on top of things.
I started July with 154, and although there were a few sipdowns here and there that I never got around to logging, I also ordered teas from Verdant and Teavivre (2 days ago, couldn’t resist the sale). I’ve included the Teavivre teas in my updates, even though they won’t be here for a week or so, so I’m starting Aug with 173 teas in my collection. I do have small quantities of several things, so hopefully this month I’ll get back down below 150 :)
OK, it’s time for me to get back on the Sipdown countdown, and start drinking up some of my teas, especially the smaller quantities, because I have a TeaVivre order coming soon.
Starting the month with 173 (that includes the teas that haven’t arrived yet)
172. 18 Ruby – Traveling Tea – the remainder is in a box for Sil!!
171. Lapsang Souchong Wild Black Tea – Teavivre
170. Wild Tree Purple Varietal – YS
169. Jin Jun Mei – Verdant
168. Zhu Rong – Verdant
167. Purple Needle Black tea of Jing Mai Mntn, sp 16 – YS
August Update
Ended the month down a few teas from July at 42 but I didn’t hit my weight or number goal as i’m back up to 2550g in my cupboard with a few teas likely to arrive in September. Still, at least i’m trending down from the beginning of the year :)
September Update
I picked up a few teas this month so I didn’t make either my sipdown goal or my weight goal BUT i did end the month with the same number of teas and a little less in the weight department as well, so i call that a win!
42 teas – 2495g
October Update
Didn’t make any of my goals this month really, but i DID continue the downward trend AND drank up a little more puerh. 39 teas – 2090g
Two months to go!
Geez, last time I set a sipdown goal was July? Oh well, it was a busy late summer, and no that we’re into Fall, I need to get back on track!
I have been drinking up my black teas, and was on an oolong drinking mode for a little while, and even drank some Puerh, but sipdowns in that department for awhile. I’ll do a tea count later today and get on it!
Meanwhile, dear tea sister Sil, I’m so proud of you! First, for keeping up this little discussion page with your monthly updates, and even more so, you’re down to 39 teas? You Rock!
I have too many teas, and I’m going to have to do a month long sipdown challenge.
I currently have 348 teas.
I want to be at 310 teas by December 7th. I have lots of little samples around, so I think I can make it as long as I don’t have sleep issues with all the caffeine I’ll be drinking.
EDIT: 55 sipdowns from Nov 6-Dec 7!
November Update
I made my cupboard goal from a timing perspective – my oldest tea is now less than 6 months old (not including puerh). I also made my sipdown goal (though with all the inbound teas, i’m sure i won’t make December now. I just didn’t make my weight goal, but all things considered i AM making puerh progress…and until that’s better, weight goals will be hard if i want ANY other tea in my cupboard.
Ended November at: 33 teas; 1980g (yay for being under 2k! when 1.5 is puerh) and July 2017 is my oldest tea!
December Update
I’m ending the year without having completed my goal, but now i can make a more realistic goal for 2018. Final numbers for 2017 were 42 teas, 2690g and my oldest non puerh being within 6 months. I think for next year, i really need to look at where i get from Jan to November since December is always a cupboard explosion as a result of black friday sales.
January 2018 – Goal Setting!
Here’s where i’ve started for the past 2 years since i actively started tracking:
2016 – 148 teas, 7900g
2017 – 58 teas, 4000g
2018 – 26 teas, 1415g; 16 puerh, 1275g
This year i’m going to get a little more sensible and i’m separating my puerh from my other teas. Goals for 2018:
20 teas, 1000g; 10 puerh, 1000g
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