Dark Matter 2016 (group buy) Live 3-6-16
Dark Matter 2016 is a group buy hosted by Liquid Proust Teas with the goal to obtain the a’tea’vment of satisfaction within the tea community coming together for a group buy revolving around dark tea while providing expose to new teas or a familiar ones once again with all the individuals who are participating to provide communication that leads to new knowledge and experience. As I hope you read that with one breath, it must be noted that this is the first Liquid Proust Teas group buy. Previously all group buys done by me (Liquid Proust) were done under and by Andrew Richardson. While that is still the case, from this point on they will be hosted on Etsy with the hopes that members outside of Steepster will have easier access to join, tracking information is automatically sent, payments don’t go lingering for weeks, and there are no slots that never get claimed at the end.
When: April 2016
YouTube: (currently not up)
Buy Link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/271056723/dark-matter-2016
Price: $25.62
Shipping: USPS calculated through Etsy
Teas:
White 2 Tea confirmed
1pc http://www.white2tea.com/tea-shop/2006-little-gold-melon-shu/
1pc http://www.white2tea.com/tea-shop/2015-red-star-puer-stuffed-xinhui-mandarin/
J Tea International
5g https://www.jteainternational.com/tea/micro-batch-collection/midnight-sun
What Cha confirmed
http://what-cha.com/oolong-tea/indonesia-harendong-dark-oolong-tea/
http://what-cha.com/oolong-tea/vietnam-red-buffalo-oolong-tea/
http://what-cha.com/new-teas/georgia-wild-guguli-hand-made-black-tea/
World Tea Podcast confirmed
xg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlHPyeKxQeE
xg 2012 Baozhong
Life in Teacup confirmed
5g Pine Needle (Yunnan black tea)
6g Tibetan Hei Cha YaXi http://www.lifeinteacup.com/hei-cha
Whispering Pines confirmed
xg of unreleased shou said to be, as I quote, ‘kick ass’
Yunnan Sourcing
6g http://yunnansourcing.com/en/liuanandotherheicha/1880-2010-bai-sha-xi-tian-jian-hunan-hand-roasted-hei-cha-50-grams.html
6g http://yunnansourcing.com/en/wuyimountainrockoolongs/3625-tie-luo-han-iron-arhat-premium-wu-yi-shan-rock-oolong-tea.html
Yunomi
5g http://www.yunomi.life/products/furyu-awa-bancha
see update on page 4
p.s this is the second of the three group buys I will do in 2016. The plan is to not do any for awhile as new crop comes in and I would like for others to spend money on supporting vendors by buying either the new teas coming out, buying more of what they enjoyed in the group buy, or the vast many other options that there are out there :)
Sounds interesting except that I already have the ones from White2Tea.
Yah. I’d be more interested in getting it without the w2t stuff (that is more accessible to most of us) and focusing more on places we aren’t getting monthly fixes from.
ditto for whatcha offerings. I know the shui xians can be obtained elsewhere for massively cheaper.
To which Oolong Owl is referring to: Those teas have been replaced with other options.
I ended up being disappointed that I missed out on your last group buy, so I’d love to join this one.
You would need to order more than 1 pc of the puer stuffed mandarin you know. They are only 25g or 30g each. You would probably need to order more like eight of them depending on how many slots there are going to be in this.
I have the w2t as well, but not the others. And I know you’ll add more, because you always do :-) So I’d love to be in.
Can’t mention the other stuff until it’s confirmed :)
(edit: just added some WP for you think about)
I have some of these teas and they’re really good!
Great choice for a group buy!
I’ll wait until the “official” announcement to confirm, but pretty sure that I’m in on this one – funds permitting.
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