The Sheng Olympiad of 2017

How does one start such an unexpected post? I wasn’t someone who liked puerh towards the end of 2014, but because of the community I haven’t see daylight from this rabbit hole yet and it’s been a wonderful journey that keeps providing new people in my life with a massive amount of experiences to share.

This year I hosted the 2016 Sheng Olympics and I learned a lot about what it meant for companies to offer samples. As you can see in this recap, there’s a ton of work involved:
http://imgur.com/a/9Hngt
http://imgur.com/a/EYiyN
http://imgur.com/a/MLIsE
All of which was done on my own with no help from anyone. This year, I had the help of a few sponsors who helped with cash flow and some vendor help as well.

I spent a lot of time learning about the puerh world and found that one cannot know it all and that we all have our own bias due to taste being subjective. This is all to say that each year I will choose a new area as well as try to spotlight a new company that is up in coming as puerh is a growing enjoyment for the western world.

Please refer to the 2016 thread to see the selection and process: http://steepster.com/discuss/12151-2016-sheng-olympics-group-buy

This year everything is held through my Etsy store:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/495688955/the-sheng-olympiad-of-2017 if you want to drop a review of my service later
or
http://www.liquidproustteas.com/listing/495688955/the-sheng-olympiad-of-2017

Please note that not everything has been discussed here and that this is posted early because I am working overtime right now, but all of the tea is safely in my possession and I am blogging the process as I break, weight, and label everything.

I will say that the final price to cover my fees and tea came to $24.4251 according to the breakdown I put in Excel so I set the price at an even $25.00
The additional money will end up going to my pay it forward puerh project which I comment on when I take a candidate and ship to them as seen here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/tea/comments/55i6sy/pay_it_forward_free_puerh_for_those_low_on/

Please ask questions and I will cover them in depth via my blog or answer on here as I go.

Thanks a ton everyone! I find it incredibly awesome that I have 100 slows, two of which are mine :) , that will spread throughout the online tea community and prompt some awesome discussions while causing new friendships leading to trades, knowledge, and possibly even more puerh drinkers for the community!

-Andrew / Liquid Proust

My international friends, shipping will look high. These are not small packages but please contact me so we can do a private purchase and get a better rate

Held spots:
3, Zach
1, Rasseru
2, Daniel
1, mayoiiboshi
1, ens
2, mrrdotcom