Puerh Travelling Tea Box - Round 3 Finished

yikes, I’m shipping from west to east.

That with post office price, or paypal/online price?

Online… which is cheaper. Seven pounds doesn’t ship cheap for such a distance :/

Ouch.

yuck, that case maybe a large flat rate might be cheaper, though the next person would have to get a new box to avoid the “flat rate reused box gets lost” issue.

O.o

I’m not sure if it would all fit in a large flat rate box though…
This was what I saw: https://instagram.com/p/9mZbGqRYCq/

Now, I did reduce a lot of clutter by bagging everything up and eliminating doubles by taking them out as my portion; however, there is just a large volume dedicated to this box.

In all reality, was sampling teas from members of Steepster and free tea to try from W2T/EOT worth $30? Absolutely, but I was not expecting to pay that much on shipping. I saw AllanK paid roughly $14 from NY to OH which is one state . It probably comes down to weight and the size of the box which is a good 18×10×7.

I also note that just about everyone who has had the box so far put in more tea then they took (despite the 20 “free” grams). The box was already on the heavy side when I shipped it out.

If it is too big when it gets back to me I may try to split it into puerh “newby” and puerh “pro” boxes. I thought about doing this last time but didn’t have enough tea to pull it off.

hmm, maybe we can sorta split it even now? 7 pounds is already a lot. if the contributors can identify which teas can go into a small newbie box, we can start it here and save on shipping back to the East. if somebody in your side sees teas allotted to newbie box that they want to try, we can just put it (or a portion of it) back in :)

Out of that 7 pounds there is only about 4.5 pounds of tea. I don’t find that to be a large amount. There is variety and it is going to multiple people. When else will you have the opportunity to try so many teas for $25 in shipping cost? It really isn’t much of a deal. Allan sent it to me for $13 which was great… Just a distance thing

oh. what else did you put in? lol. in that case, 4.5lbs is not big enough to split yet. i can age the cakes here while waiting for the right time :D

The cardboard for a box that is almost 3 feet long and material that is holding the tea… It adds up in regards to weight. Also, that comment is really confusing… You said 7 is a lot and 4.5 isn’t big enough to split?

I’m the one who’s going to eat the big shipping since I need to send it across country next and I’m okay with that since LP did. Dr Jim gave me to go ahead to look for a cheaper shipping, so I’ll explore that once I get the box and know the weight once Yssah is done.

Let’s worry about splitting the box once it’s finished the run I say.

Thanks for the kind offer Yssah, but I think I’ll pass. If I split the box, I’d add some more tea from my stash and the rules would be different for the newby box (allow flavored tea, and black/oolong). Probably also need a better name than newby box since this may also appeal to old hands. While most preferred pure puerh, there were a few votes for flavored puerhs and other teas.

BTW: Awkward Soul/Oolong owl is on the hook for shipping from CA to FL. I suggested that parcel post would be more appropriate than priority mail for that leg.

well, i didnt think that the packaging would weigh that much and thought a pound or two of newbie teas can be separated and there would still be 4lbs left. i was agreeing with you

my mom already separated 15-20g of the teas and sent the rest to me so i have lotsa newbie puerh teas aging in tropical weather lol. they can wait until the newbie ttb comes around tho. i should’ve asked her to leave behind more so i can put in extra too. sorry about that. i just asked her to put in stuff as long as it doesnt exceed an ounce as per the rules :P

anywho, glad that it’s all good.

so there are a couple of teas that have just 6g left..should i take just 3g in case someone else wants to try them or should i get the whole thing coz nobody is up to getting 3g samples? lol

Some people can use small samples, so don’t feel obligated to take 6 grams, but take it all if you want.

ok. just checking if it will make people happy or sad to see 3g of a tea hahahaha. if it will make someone happy, then i will leave 3g :D

it’s been mailed yesterday. sorry it took a while!

added a total of 275g (15-25g of each of the ff teas from puerhshop:

2014 Dayi Lao Cha Tou Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
2012 MGH 1212 Mengsong Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
2006 Organic Menghai Jujubee Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
2007 Pursue YSYX Pu-erh Tuocha
2008 Tea Drunk Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
2012 MGH 1204 Grade 7 Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
2012 Yiwu Zhengshan Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
2007 Xiaguan Tibetan Flame Brick
2011 Xiaguan Canger Tuocha

2011 COFCO Chunzhiyun Bulang Mountain Green Pu-erh Tea Cake
2011 MGH 1109 Mangfei Green Pu-erh Tea Brick
2012 MGH 1214 Eco Big Tree Green Pu-erh Tea Brick
2011 MGH 1110 Gaoshanzhai Green Pu-erh Tea Cake

and got 3-4g of 42 teas in the box totalling 244g
i sent my mom a list of the ones that i thought were still available but she said that 17 weren’t there anymore and the ones that were finished here were: 2009 big classic remote mountain ripe YS and yunomi awa bancha summer) – sorry im not able to be more detailed, didn’t want my mom to stay up too late…)

Woot!

Happu Thanksgiving!

yay!

That’s not nagging, it’s just bringing awareness to what was agreed upon.
I reviewed everything I have drank through so far and now I have to order from EOT because Grill isn’t taking the hints that I want him to ‘accidentally’ mail me the entire Wild Peacock cake.

I think I’ve left reviews on what I drank, at least the vendor teas. I e been looking forward to others reviews as well just to compare notes. Usually makes for good discussion

I have actually left reviews for all the White2Tea and Essence of Tea that I have drank. There are a couple I pulled out that I haven’t gotten to yet.

Thanks guys. I did notice some reviews you guys had written in my (somewhat haphazard) survey. It’s easier to bug everyone than to try to single out who’s being good and who needs a nudge. And frankly, I needed a nudge as well. Part of the problem is that we tend to stick samples in a box and forget them (at least that’s my problem) so part of the message is to dig out the EoT and W2T teas to review. Looking at the list, I also realize the box hasn’t made as much progress as I thought, so there aren’t all that many reviewers.

Smart move on the flat rate box. Glad to see it didn’t cost you an arm and leg to ship. Thanks also for the re-org.

Don’t take more than 5 grams of any of the EoT or W2T teas. No limit on others. Add up the total weight you took, subtract 20 grams, and replace that weight.

Ok great, just wanted to make sure!

It’s crazy how many different teas are in there!