Little Terri's Long Awaited Ultimate Sipdown Extravaganza!!!
December update
I didn’t get through as many as last month, but I did get through 43, and my goal was 35, so I still reached my goal. I also drank most of the teas I bought in the past few months. MY goal in the coming month is also 35, and to help with this I have created a focus box for myself. After cleaning out my tea cupboard, I found a lot of little bits left in bags. I can finish those up pretty easily.
January Update
Goals for 2018: 20 teas, 1000g; 10 puerh, 1000g
January I’m at 18 teas – 1135g; 16 puerh – 1230g.
However I have some teas still to come at me from VariaTEA, so i’m a little higher than that but still on track…so far.
Go Sil! You are doing very well. How can you survive with 18 teas? I’d go crazy with a lack of variety.
it’s actually the worst lol. BUT i’ve learned that this small of a cupboard probably isn’t what i want, so it’s been good to learn that. I suspect that my ideal cupboard looks more like 25-30 teas + samples and 5-10 puerh.
Just need to have small quantities of things to be able to rotate in variety from time to time.
I thought I was gonna die from lack of black teas while I was waiting for my YS order to come, that’s what I get for going with the cheapest shipping option. But then I got my box from you, tea sister, and you saved me with a nice variety of teas to sample and enjoy!! Thanks so much! Of course, I was never even nearly close to running out of tea, because I still have so much Puer…
Anyway, my YS box arrived on my birthday, which was awesome, and I’m also still working on the box you sent :)
February Update
Goals for 2018: 20 teas, 1000g; 10 puerh, 1000g
January – 18 teas – not sure; 16 puerh – 1315g.
February – 13 teas – 590g; 15 puerh – 1290g
(late) update for Jan 9-Feb 10
I got exactly 35/35 sipdowns. Still don’t feel like I’m making a dent in my cupboard, but I’m going to keep going in order to get my numbers down to something more manageable. I’ve been making very slow progress since Feb 11, however I’m trying to finish off some of my larger tins (and also I’ve been giving away a bunch of ones I don’t enjoy drinking)
March Update
Goals for 2018: 20 teas, 1000g; 10 puerh, 1000g
January – 18 teas – not sure; 16 puerh – 1315g.
February – 13 teas – 590g; 15 puerh – 1290g
March – 35 teas – 555g; 13 puerh – 1185g
I’ve gotten through 34/35 teas, but a few of those are larger tins (more of an accomplishment than small samples). Unfortunately I’ve obtained more tea than I used up.
I’m still working through a bunch of larger amounts of tea, but I’m starting to use up my oldest teas, which is great. From April 1-30 I want to get through 25 teas, including a bunch of bagged teas that have been sitting around forever.
April update
Goals for 2018: 20 teas, 1000g; 10 puerh, 1000g
January – 18 teas – not sure; 16 puerh – 1315g.
February – 13 teas – 590g; 15 puerh – 1290g
March – 35 teas – 555g; 13 puerh – 1185g
April – 4 Teas – 175g; 10 puerh – 1055g
Insanity ensues…..good thing there will be plenty of orders later on in the year to bring my numbers back up a little.
You only had 4 teas in April plus the 10 puerh?! I thought I was low in April (my tea order got held up by Canada Customs. Took just as long with Customs as it did to come from China) , but 4 teas is pretty low. I had 12 teas at the end of April (no puerh) , but 5 of them were herbal. I felt my tea options were really running out. Some of them are down to only a few cups too. Thankfully I got my 2018 teas yesterday. Between now and June I go a little crazy with tea orders.
Yeah, finished out april at those numbers. I actually hate it lol The good news is that i have a better feel for how big i want my cupboard to be so that i don’t feel like i have no choice. I’m still keeping at it as much as possible though, so that it forces me to drink up my puerh. Once that’s got a bigger dent in it, i’ll have a larger cupboard after some orders :)
May update
Goals for 2018: 20 teas, 1000g; 10 puerh, 1000g
January – 18 teas – not sure; 16 puerh – 1315g.
February – 13 teas – 590g; 15 puerh – 1290g
March – 35 teas – 555g; 13 puerh – 1185g
April – 4 Teas – 175g; 10 puerh – 1055g
May – 2 teas – 90g; 1- puerh 1035g
While I’ve essentially hit my goal, I want to keep at it since i know there will be orders in November, if not before then.
June update
Goals for 2018: 20 teas, 1000g; 10 puerh, 1000g
January – 18 teas – not sure; 16 puerh – 1315g.
February – 13 teas – 590g; 15 puerh – 1290g
March – 35 teas – 555g; 13 puerh – 1185g
April – 4 Teas – 175g; 10 puerh – 1055g
May – 2 teas – 90g; 10 – puerh 1035g
June – 9 Teas – 250g; 11 – puerh 1065g
Numbers are up this month, but not by a significant number and i’m still at my goal. A few more teas will trickle in before the end of July, but hopefully by that time i’ll have made progress on sipping a few more down. Not captured here are the roughly 35 samples i still have to drink down from VariaTEA :)
July update
Goals for 2018: 20 teas, 1000g; 10 puerh, 1000g
January – 18 teas – not sure; 16 puerh – 1315g.
February – 13 teas – 590g; 15 puerh – 1290g
March – 35 teas – 555g; 13 puerh – 1185g
April – 4 Teas – 175g; 10 puerh – 1055g
May – 2 teas – 90g; 10 puerh 1035g
June – 9 Teas – 250g; 11 puerh 1065g
July – 8 Teas – 185g; 10 puerh – 1065g
Not captured here are the roughly 25 samples i still have to drink down from VariaTEA :) Additionally August numbers will likely be higher due to the incoming 52 teas order placed.
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