Official "What did you buy at the sales" voyeur thread!

I didn’t do too bad. Got some things in the early sales from JWT and Taiwan Sourcing and just made my first-ever order from What-Cha. :)

Joseph Wesley:
100g #3 Classic Chinese
50g Shui Xian

Taiwan Sourcing joint order:
Summer 2015 Black sampler
50g 2015 Taiwanese-grown wuyi

What-Cha
50g of:
China Fujian Golden Monkey ‘Jin Mao Hou’ Black Tea
China Yunnan Jingmai Wild Arbor Black Tea

Samples of:
China Fujian Anxi 2008 Heavy Roasted Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea
Discover Europe – Black Tea
Kenya Hand Rolled Purple Varietal Oolong Tea
Kenya Premium White Tea
Nepal Golden Tips Black Tea
Vietnam ‘Red Buffalo’ Oolong Tea
Vietnam ‘Wild Boar’ Black Tea

Mandala

One ounce of each of the new puerhs
some young tea nuggets
not so mini tuochas

Teavivre

I really find the sachets super awesome and convenient for travel so I got more rice ones and some chrysanthemum ones too.

Strawberry oolong for iced tea because it was a super good deal

A couple of samples of some camellia flowers and chrysanthemum flowers

Yunnan Sourcing

I placed two orders recently IN BETWEEN the sales (because what I wanted was almost sold out) so I’m trying to hold off but I want MOAR!

Someone take away my credit card! I really want stuff from Crimson Lotus and W2T too…argh!

I had to order the smallest order from Zentealife.com because… PHOENIX PEARLS ARE BACK!!! Also I hope the EGC is still my favorite.

Other than that, the only tea I’ll be ordering this BF is from Simpson & Vail. But more tea isn’t really essential in my life right now. I probably need a good pair of shoes for the winter more than I need MORE tea. But if I didn’t just place an order recently, I would have ordered from A Quarter to Tea. Definitely next year!

Uggh.. I should not be spending right now, but of course… I can’t pass up deals like this!

Uggh.. I should not be spending right now, but of course… I can’t pass up deals like this!Tea from Vietnam:
Ta, Golden Lily, Gui Fei, GABA oolongs (it was the same price for 3 or 4 teas, so I of course went with four).

Uggh.. I should not be spending right now, but of course… I can’t pass up deals like this!Tea from Vietnam:
Ta, Golden Lily, Gui Fei, GABA oolongs (it was the same price for 3 or 4 teas, so I of course went with four).Verdant Tea:
This cup: http://verdanttea.com/teas/lone-willow-hand-painted-tea-cup/
And Master Zhang’s Reserve Tieguanyin (I wasn’t going to order, but then they twisted my arm on the reserve TGY!)

Uggh.. I should not be spending right now, but of course… I can’t pass up deals like this!Tea from Vietnam:
Ta, Golden Lily, Gui Fei, GABA oolongs (it was the same price for 3 or 4 teas, so I of course went with four).Verdant Tea:
This cup: http://verdanttea.com/teas/lone-willow-hand-painted-tea-cup/
And Master Zhang’s Reserve Tieguanyin (I wasn’t going to order, but then they twisted my arm on the reserve TGY!)The rest of the weekend remains… We shall see how I fare…

Uggh.. I should not be spending right now, but of course… I can’t pass up deals like this!Tea from Vietnam:
Ta, Golden Lily, Gui Fei, GABA oolongs (it was the same price for 3 or 4 teas, so I of course went with four).Verdant Tea:
This cup: http://verdanttea.com/teas/lone-willow-hand-painted-tea-cup/
And Master Zhang’s Reserve Tieguanyin (I wasn’t going to order, but then they twisted my arm on the reserve TGY!)The rest of the weekend remains… We shall see how I fare…I bit at the Finest Brew. No one has tried thier matcha sticks or purple buds yabao, so $10 seems to have slipped out of my pocket today :)

Amoda
Choco Shou | Camellia Sinensis
One Night in Rio! | Camellia Sinensis

Herbal Infusions
Twelve Days of Christmas Teas

Zen Tea
BossaNova
Strawberry Cream
Phoenix Pearl
Taiwan milk Oolong 2015 winter
Rooibos – Cream Caramel
Rooibos – Fireside Chat
Herb – Slim & Slender
Herb – Evening Lights
Herb – Bamboo Buddha
Black tea – Ginger Peach Decaf —free tea
Masala Chai – —free tea
Black tea – Earl Grey Cream

Teavivre
Shi Piao Yixing Purple Clay (Zi Sha) Teapot
Aged Chenpi Ripened Tangerine Pu-erh 2012
Anxi Monkey King (Ma Liu Mie) Tie Guan Yin Oolong
Strawberry Oolong
Guang Dong Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong
Organic Superfine Keemun Fragrant Black

Capital Tea
Natural Mango Black
Rooibos Masala Chai
Russian Blend
Bemolapur Estate Assam STGFOP1 – 2014
Boisahabi Estate Assam FBOP (CL – SPL) – 2015

I wasn’t going to buy any tea at all during the sales. And I made it all the way to Sunday, and then the wheels came off my will and wallet:

Whispering Pines:
Huron Gold Needle cake

White2Tea:
Bosch cake
72 Hours (sample)
Ruyao Triad teapot
Midwest Nice
And, just to push it into the next “free tea” tier, 2003 Hongyin shu (sample)

Someone take away my credit cards, ffs.

I usually drink keemun or dianhong every morning western style, took advantage of the 30% off on those on Teavivre along with a gift card thanks to Kiwi! My wife loves the Rose dianhong so I got her that too!

I have really splurged this year.

Mandala Tea – Heart of the old Tree and a sample of the new Wild Monk
Beautiful Taiwan Tea Company – The big sampler pack
Verdant Tea – Quite a few Laoshan teas in the 25g size.
Tea At Sea – 2 teas and 2 infusers.
Aliexpress – with their 11/11 sale I got a tea tray, easy gaiwain, a herbal tea and Lapsang Souchong tea.

In spite of overspending I have to pat myself on the back that I never bought any teas in HUGE amounts except for the herbal tea on Aliexpress. It’s just so cheap there they hardly ever ship in tiny amounts.

I wanted to get my favourite tea at Whispering Pines – Eldergrove but I can’t control myself to keep it at the one tea and I’ve overspent already. I am finished for the year. Now I will have to focus on drinking it down.

I’ve made my purchases. No need to update for tomorrow.

Mandala
Heart of the Old Tree 2012 cake
Rama Lama Bulang 2015 cake
Rou Gui

Teavivre
Glass Chai Hai
Huang Shan Dried Chrysanthemum (Gongju)
Bucolic Jasmine Herbal Tea sample
Premium Tai Ping Hou Kui Green Tea sample
Huang Shan Mao Feng Green Tea sample
Moonlight Lotus Herbal Tea sample
Yunnan Dian Hong Ancient Tree Black Tea sample
Yun Nan Dian Hong Black Tea – Golden Tip sample
Yun Nan Dian Hong Black Tea sample
Yun Nan Dian Hong Black Tea Full-leaf sample
Aged Chenpi Ripened Tangerine Pu-erh 2012 sample (free)
Fuding Shou Mei White Tea Cake 2011 sample (free)

3 Leaf Tea
a couple samples of the Spiced Chai because they ran out of the larger amounts (mostly a hot chocolate Christmas purchase for a family member)

Whispering Pines
Elder Grove
Clari-tea
El Dorado Chai

I haven’t bought any tea this week. I feel all wrong. Someone needs to cut back my meds.