Little Terri's Long Awaited Ultimate Sipdown Extravaganza!!!
I need to go back to work tomorrow – real life returns…. so after holidays, an insane shopping trip to Vancouver, an amazing swap box from Sil and I am ending holidays at 233…..
My progress has slowed down, but hasn’t ended, so here are a few SDs for the last several days:
356. Hong Oolong – Dragon Tea House – Dag
355. Ambagalu – Tea Time – Sil
354. Imperial Long Jing – ? – Dag
353. Janet’s Bukhial – Sil
352. Assam Boisahabi – Tea Gschwender – Sil
351. Keemun Black…sigh… Little Red Cup – Sil
I guess that’s it! For now, that is!
Tea at Sea – Yunnan Green Tea – 232
Steam – Organic Strong Irish Breakfast – 231
The Chinese Tea Shop – 1995 Aged pu’erh loose – 230
Today’s sip downs:
350. Borengajoli – Teatime – Sil
349. Mie Sencha – Takeo Tea – Dag
348. Traditional Tieguanyin – Verdant
347. Himalayan Buckwheat Roasted Tea – Yunnan Sourcing – Sil
Hasta Mañana!
I managed to sip through quite a few teas today!
346. Darjeeling – Twinnings – Sil
345. Arya Diamond – Thunderbolt Tea – Dag – This was especially nice!
344. Arya Emerald – Thunderbolt Tea – Dag
343. Turzum Himalayan Mystic – Dag
342. 2006 aged wild mt Black #256 – Taiwan Tea Crafts – yes, Sil, I finally polished this off. It didn’t taste quite as much like root veggies as I remembered…
341. Four Seasons Oolong – Green terrace Teas – Sil
340. Egypt Chamomile with Almond – Healing Tea Leaves of the World – someone left this at my house awhile back…
339. Yunnan White Jasmine – Verdant
338. Jasmine Yin Zhen – Dag
337. 1910 English Breakfast – The Devotea
336. Cacao Chai – Traveling tea
Some of these weren’t from today, but I’m getting there! My goal is to get to 300 by the end of the month!
considering i reached my goal that let me make a purchase, made 2…i’m going to try and get down to 100 for month end lol
3 teas from TTC (one is divine..even IAN liked it..“holy shit this tastes like apple pie..ther eis NO way this is a straight tea”) and 8 teas from “bellyrub” as i like to call it.. a couple i’ve had before from boychik and some i just randomly picked that ppl who seem to like similar things to me enjoyed..lots to share when it gets here heh
Only 2 sip downs today:
335. Golden Orchid – Whispering Pines
334. Hunan Cloud & Mist – Capital Tea – from Sil & YYZ :)
I SO want to get down to 300 by next tuesday!!
I gonna Try! Of course, I’ll be busy all week end: 2 rehearsals & a gig! No complaints though, I love my life :)
333. Handcrafted Oolong – Justea – Sil & Jenn
332. Charcoal Roasted #112 – TTC
And that ends my 2nd month of the Sipdown Extravaganza! I didn’t get down to 300, but that doesn’t matter, because I actually have to add in a few more teas now! Maybe in April I’ll get down to a reasonable tea collection ;)
That’s still pretty good! i anticipate a mini explosion in april/May myself…just trying to decide whether to bring a suitcase for tea to Paris or not hahaha
Mandala – Jin Cha Mushroom Ripe – 226
TeaGschwendner – Strawberry Bamboo – 225
It’s slow going, I’m suddenly not really motivated and a little overwhelmed by choices – but trying to systematically work my way through them.
TeaGschwendner – Anna’s – 224
TeaGschwendner – Cherry Banana Flip – 223
Yunnan Sourcing – Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong Fujian Spring 2014 – 222
Treasure Green – Waning Crescent Pu’erh – 221
I’m kind of in the same boat. I drank everything that was just 1 cups worth. Well, maybe not everything, but I’m missing all of my favorites, so I’ve been slacking on the sip downs a bit.
Before I went to Vancouver I didn’t have any small samples left, everything was more than 15g. While there I picked up a few, OMGsrsly gave me some, and I came home to Sil’s box. I now have quite a few small two cup samples, but I’m still struggling to find a balance between trying the new stuff, drinking the old stuff, and drinking samples. LOL this is what we get for having out of control stashes and continuing to buy. I wonder if I will ever learn….
My official starting number for the Month of April is 338, I don’t think I really added that many teas, so I think maybe I forgot to cross off a few that I polished off. Oh well, I’ll figure it out by the end of April. My goal for this month is to get through at least 1 sip down per day, so here’s what I’ve had so far:
337 Feng Qing Gold Tips Purebud Black, spring 2014 – YS
336. Autumn 2013 Fu shou Mei feng Qing Black tea of Yunnan – YS
335. 2013 Autumn “Golden Needle” Dian Hong Yunnan Black tea – Yunnan Sourcing
I have a couple of choir gigs this weekend, one tonight & another tomorrow night. This tea has been my companion through multiple steeping at breakfast & during my morning practice sessions. I’m sorry to see it go :)
Spend the day drinking through some of the What-Cha samples that Sil sent to me. It’s been a fun day and got through several:
What-Cha – Darjeeling Second Flush 2014 Junpana AV2 yellow – 220
What-Cha – Huoshan Huang Ya Yellow – 219
What-Cha – Korea Jeong Jae Yeun’s Hwangcha – 218
What-Cha – Georgia Natela’s Gold Standard – 217
What-Cha – Ceylon Golden Tips – 216
What-Cha – Fujian Golden Monkey – 215
O5Tea – Sheng Coin – 214
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