Here's Hoping Traveling Teabox Round SEVEN (US only) Signups closed.
The box is going out to Babble today. I didn’t get to sample as much as I wanted because I had my wisdom teeth removed and it didn’t go so well. The box was fun though! I saw a lot of companies that were new to me. :)
Below is what I sampled and added. I didn’t weigh the teas, but I can assure you I added a lot more than I took!
Tried:
Bluebird Tea Company – Strawberry Split
Raspberry Lemon Tart – The Bees Teas (finished)
Berkshire Apple & Fig – Tea Guys (finished sample)
Yunnan Sourcing Spring 2015 Moonlight White
52 Teas Spiced Cucumber Melon (kept about half)
2015 Tokoron Shincha
Added:
Bitaco Colombian Tea – Black
Bitaco Colombian Tea – Andean Princess Black
Bitaco Colombian Tea – Cacao Kisses Black
Bitaco Colombian Tea – Green
Bitaco Colombian Tea – Tropical Green
Bitaco Colombian Tea – Forest Mist Green
Whispering Pines Black Bear
52 Teas Smaug Tea
Yunnan Sourcing Black Gold Pearls
Yunnan Sourcing Imperial Grade Laoshan Spring 2016
Hey guys. Just wondering but who put in the Verdant North Shore Pu’er? I can’t find anyone mentioning it.
Hey all – just a box update. Inkay and I met and I got to personally deliver the box. So it’s as good as shipped.
Here’s my final damage:
Teas I sampled:
Roasted pumpkin mate
Bitaco Colombian Tea – Andean Princess Black
Bitaco Colombian Tea – Tropical Green
Bitaco Colombian Tea – Forest Mist Green
52Teas – Tomato, Basil & Black Pepper
TeaSource – Evening in Masala
Davidstea – Buchu Superfruit
Teavivre – Yunnan Palace Ripened Puerh Loose 2005
Teas I’m taking/finishing off:
Tealife- 2011 Braided Leaf Raw Pu’Er
White2Tea -Lao Cha Tou
White2Tea – 2006 Nannuo
Lahaha – Pu-erh
Dammann Freres – Coquelicot Goumand
Whispering Pines – Ontario Pu-erh
Bitaco – Black
Bitaco – Cocoa Kisses
Bitaco – Green
Yunnan Sourcing Imperial Grade Laoshan Spring 2016
52 Teas – Gingerbread Houjicha
52 Teas – Blueberry Mojito
Nepali Tea Traders Emerald Spring Green
David’s Tea Grilled Pineapple
52teas Blueberry Mojito
Adding:
Mountain Tea – Lishan Winter (Oolong)
Lupicia – Assam Calcutta Auction
White2Tea – 2016 Poundcake
Tea Smith – Sweet Pomegranate
Tea Smith – Emerald Sun
Tea Smith – Subtle Strawberry
Boston Tea Party – Young Hyson
American Tea Room – Brioche
American Tea Room – Nirvana
American Tea Room – Tangier
Love Some Tea – Tropical Sunset
Love Some Tea – Apple Delicious
Basilur Tea – Blood Orange
3 Tea – Peppermint Ginger Green
Louisville Tea Company – Cafe Puerh
Aiya – Matcha Zen Cafe Blend
I’m also throwing in some random tea bags from my travels including..
TWG Tea – Intercontinental Osaka blend
TWG Tea – Royal Darjeeling (both from Japan)
Random Turkish tea
Lupicia – Mimosa
Lupicia – Onion Skin Tea (only in Japan .. yes it’s as weird as it sounds)
Lupicia – Afternoon Tea
Annnd I hope this is okay but I threw some sample packets of alternative sweeteners in there with coupons. Hoping a fellow tea head will enjoy it :)
It’s great you guys got to hand deliver the box. Saved you on shipping too. :D
The Tea Box has landed (in New England). Looks like I’ll have lots of fun for the next couple of weeks.
Inkay – Please don’t forget to post the list of teas you removed and added.
DrJim – Have fun!
I plan to do it tonight once I am home. I forgot my personal laptop during my weekly migration this week and I had the list on there. :(
I typed this up last night and then fell asleep before I posted it. Anyway, here it is!
Took
Black Bear – 8g
Yaupon – 8g
Zen Tea Phoenix Pearls (finished) – 5g
Zen Tea Ruby Black (finished) – 7g
Solei Wuyi Rock Oolong – 6g
JK Tea Shop Wuyi Da Hong Pao – 8g
Lupicia Assam Calcutta – 8g
Republic of Tea Milk Oolong – 8g
Hunan Dark Tea (finished) -8g
Tea Source Toasted Maple Houjicha (finished) -5g
52 Teas Pumpkin Chai – 4g
Zen Tea Coconut Chai – 8g
52 Teas Chocolate Malt Honeybush (finished) – 10g
Smaug Tea – 6g
Onion Skin – 1 bag
Holiday Spice Plum Green – 2bags
Lupicia White Christmas – 1bag
Revolution Honeybush Caramel – 1bag
Total: 99g, 5bags
Added
Yunnan Sourcing Early Spring 2017 Sun Dried Buds White Puerh Varietal – 15g
What-cha Kenya Hand-rolled Purple Oolong – 15g
What-cha Georgia Old Gentleman Black Tea – 15g
The Teaguy Anxi Ti Quan Yin – 20g
Stoneleaf Tea House Amacha – 2g
Little Fuding White Square from LP x2 – 10g
Adagio Teas Chocolate Chip – 18g
Adagio Teas Cream – 19g
Stoneleaf Tea House Maple Roasted Oolong – 10g
Yunnan Sourcing 2012 Bamboo Aroma Tian Jian Heicha – 12g
White2Tea Little Gold Melon Shou x1 – 20g
Tazo Cocoa Mint Mate – 5bags
Yunnan Sourcing 2015 Yang Luo Han Shou Puerh – 20g
Total: 176g, 5bags
Also, I know this round will be fully complete soon but still figured I’d share that at its current size, shipping of the box is $20+
I’m sure it gets pared down at the beginning of each round, but perhaps shipping cost or box weight updates whenever it increases a significant amount would be helpful as the box is being passed along? I don’t know, thoughts?
You were a bit unlucky to be shipping from FL to MA. The cost is a function of both weight and distance.
Thanks for the list, Inkay! Awesome job on that. And sorry about the cost to ship. I was going to say what DrJim said – it’s also about distance and I try to keep the shipping order close to each other, so the box isn’t zipping around the country and costing everyone so much.. but if anyone wanted to post the weight of the box and cost of shipping from X state to X state, that would be great.
I shredded the wrapper getting it open, so can’t find a weight posted, but it cost $23.90 to ship from FL to MA. The receipt probably gives the weight.
True, distance is definitely a factor. If nothing else, at least weight would help each person be able to calculate ahead of time about how much it will be when it’s time for them to send it along. Weight when I shipped was 8lb 3oz, so it left FL about a pound heavier after Babble and my additions.
It was USPS, so far they’ve been the cheapest option for me but I’ll make sure to always research the other two just to be sure.
FedEx Ground also has coupons which usually makes it cheaper or at least comparable.
http://www.fedex.com/us/coupons/coupons-offers.html
I’ve finished the box and should mail it back to Tea-sipper tomorrow.
I sampled the following teas (93 grams total):
Lahaha Keemun
Whispering Pines Black Bear
Zen Tea Coconut Chai
Connoiseur tea Market Spice
Zen Tea TGY Iron Goddess
TeaSource Breakfast Assam
Lupicia Assam, Calcutta Auction
Simpson & Vail Root Beer
Simpson & Vail Cinamon Chocolate Brownie
TeaSource Candy Apple White Tea
Lahaha Blooming Tea
TeaSource Wuliang Mt Black
Zen tea Japanese Treasure
Bitaco Andean Princess Black
Soleil Wuyi Rock
American Tea Room Tangier
What Cha Kenya Hand-rolled Purple Oolong
What Cha Georgia Old Gentleman Black
TeaGuys Anxi Ti Quan Yin
Tea Smith Shui Hsein oolong
52 Teas Cinamon Pear
Perrenial Tea Room Golden Monkey
Mountain Teas Li Shan Winter
Bitaco Mist Forest Green
Lupicia Mimosa
Lupicia onion skin
Verdant 2007 Xingyang Shu
soeil Eden
Nelson’s Honey Pear
Stash Premium Vanilla chai decaf
Pike’s Market Cranberry
Bitaco Tropical Green
Simpson & Vail Strawberry Cupcake
David’s Tea Cocomint Crème
David’s Tea Caramel Corn
Simpson & Vail Gingerbread
I finished off the following (63 grams total):
Zen Tea coconut Oolong 9.2
Simpson & Vail Dikom Estate Assam 4.5
StoneLeaf Teahouse Maple Roasted Oolong 10
GeekyTeas Buddy’s Blend 2.5
Misc Tea Bags 37 grams (not really finished but I took a bunch).
I added the following teas (164 g total):
18.2 grams 2007 Repave W2T
15.8 grams 2015 Sheng YS
19 grams Scottish Caramel Puerh Angelina’s
7 grams Wild Orchid Oolong Nepali Tea Traders
22.1 grams 2015 Little Walk W2T
19.4 grams 2016 Spring Yiwu Bitterleaf
11.2 grams Arya Imperial 2nd Flush Darjeeling Vahdam
8.5 grams Azerbaijan Azercay Green What-Cha
21 grams Arya Classic 1st Flush Darjeeling Vahdam
5.4 grams Oykati Premium 1st Flush Vahdam
12.3 grams 2016 Summer Jingmai Moonlight White Farmerleaf
4.3 grams Imperial Gold Buds Whispering Pines
It was fun. A nice break from the puerh boxes I usually run. Thanks to Tea-sipper for making it possible (I know how much work it is).
Thanks for your awesome list, Dr Jim! The teabox arrived back today! I will post an update on the box in a few days and look out for the signups for the next round soon. I’m very impressed with both kind Steepsterers and the post office for the teabox making it through seven rounds!
Signups now open for the next round: https://steepster.com/discuss/18700-heres-hoping-traveling-tea-box-round-eight-closed
Here is the final list of teas for round seven. A lot of removing of teas will be happening, as I’ve seen them before in the last round, so feel free to sign up, as anyone who participated in round six or earlier will not be seeing the same teas.
Whispering Pines – Imperial Gold Buds
Whatcha – Georgia Old Gentleman Black
Perennial Tea Room – Golden Monkey
TeaSource – Breakfast Assam
TeaSource – WuLing Mountain
MarketSpice – Connoisseur Tea
Golden Tips – Assam
Golden Tips – Nilgiri Breakfast
VAHDAM Teas – Arya Imperial 2nd Flush Darjeeling
VAHDAM Teas – Arya Classic Darjeeling First Flush Organic
VAHDAM Teas – Okayti Premium Darjeeling First Flush Organic
Yunnan Sourcing – Black Gold Pearls Feng qing Premium
Zen Tea Life – English Breakfast
Zen Tea Life – Fengqing Golden Buds
Lupicia – Assam Calcutta Auction
Lahaha – Keemun
Whispering Pines – Blackbear
Liquid Proust – Smoked Breakfast
Liquid Proust – For the Brave (2)
52Teas – Tomato, Basil, And Black Pepper
52Teas – Chocolate Rose Truffle
52Teas – Chocolate Bacon
Bitaco Tea Company – Andean Princess
Simpson & Vail – Cinnamon Chocolate Brownie
Simpson & Vail – Gingerbread
Simpson & Vail – Root Beer
Simpson & Vail – Pear Black
Simpson & Vail – Pumpkin Spice
Simpson & Vail – Strawberry Cupcake
Soleil – Elderflower Delight
Soleil – Eden
Bluebird – Christmas Cake
Angry Tea Room – Sue’s Blend
American Tea Room – Brioche
American Tea Room – Tangier
Adagio – Chocolate Chip
Adagio – Cream
Davidstea – Espresso Yourself
Perennial Tea Room – Mulled Spice Plum
Nelson’s – Honey Pear
Stash – Decaf Vanilla Chai Loose
52Teas – Pumpkin Chai
52Teas -Eggnog Chai
52Teas – PGB (2)
Zen Tea Life – Coconut Chai
White2Tea – 2015 Little Walk Sheng Pu-erh
White2Tea – 2007 Repave Sheng Pu-erh
Zen – Organic Loose Pu-erh
Verdant – Xingyang 2007 Shu pu-er
TeaSource – 2013 Yicha Shou Puer Brick
Yunnan Sourcing – 2015 Yang Wo Han Shou Pu-erh
Yunnan Sourcing – 2014 Autumn Qing Mei Shan Sheng Pu-erh
Yunnan Sourcing – 2012 Bamboo Aroma Tian Jian
2016 Poundcake
Pu-erh Frisbee!
Bitterleaf tea – 2016 Yiwu Sheng Puerh
Dragon Tea House – 99 Golden Bud Raw
Angelina’s Teas – Scottish Caramel Pu-erh
Louisville Tea Co – Cafe Pu-erh
Soleil Tea – Aged Pu-erh
Teavivre – Yunnan Palace Ripened Pu-erh Loose 2005
Nepali Tea Traders – Wild Orchid Pearl Oolong
Whatcha – Kenya Hand rolled Purple oolong
The Teaguy – Anxi Ti Quan Yin
JK Tea Shop – 2015 Ban Yan Premium Wuyi Da Hong Pao Rock
Soleil Wuyi Rock Oolong
Republic of Tea -Milk oolong
Zen Tea Life – Ti Guan Yin Iron Goddess
Zen Tea Life – Mi Lan Xiang Phoenix Dancong
Mountain Tea – Li Shan Winter
The Tea Smith – Shui Hsein
The Tea Smith – Milk Oolong
Zen Tea Life – Imperial Bi Luo Chun
Zen Tea Life – Gyokuro Uji Superior
Tea Source – Yunnan Green Mao Jeng
What Cha – Azerbaijan Azercay Green
Simple Loose Leaf – Gyokuro Green
Oliver Pluff & Co – Young Hyson (Esp blended Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum)
Bitaco Tea Company – Mist Forest Green
Bitaco Tea Company – Tropical Green
The Steeping Room – Spring Awakening
Teavivre – Mo Li Piao Xue Jasmine Green
52Teas – Spiced Cucumber Melon Green
52Teas – Smaug
Zen Tea Life – Japanese Treasures
Love Some Tea – Apple Delicious
Love Some Tea – Tropical Sunset
Bluebird – Strawberry Split
American Tea Room – Nirvana
Lahaha – Lily & Lychee
Tao Tea Leaf – 3 Tea Peppermint Ginger Green
Dammann Freres – The des Marquises
The Tea Smith – Emerald Sun
The Tea Smith – Sweet Pomegranate
Whispering Pines -Yunnan Silver Needle
? – Fuding White
Yunnan Sourcing – Early Spring 2017 Sun Dried Buds Wild Puerh Varietal
Yunnan Sourcing – 2015 Spring Moonlight Pavilion Pure Bud Bi Luo Chun White
FarmerLeaf – 2016 Summer Jingmai Moonlight White
Te Te – Himalayan Full Leaf White
Nepali Tea Traders – Nepalese Silver Tips White
Tea Source – Candy Apple White
Zen Tea Life – Silver Needle Yin Zhen
Verdant – Yunnan Jasmine
Wicked Tea – Organic White
The Tea Smith – Subtle Strawberry
Aiya – Matcha Zen Cafe Blend
Tea Guys – Roasted Pumpkin Mate
Lost Pines Yaupon Tea – Light Roast Yaupon
Adagio – Rooibos Vanilla
Beleave – Sweet Surrender
Davidstea – Pink Lemonade
Davidsteas – Buchu Superfruit
Zen Tea Life – Sweet Coconut Island
Davidstea – Sleigh Ride
Davidstea – Caramel Corn
Teavivre – Black Tartary Buckwheat Whole Embryo
Simpson & Vail – Lavender Lace Herbal
Stone Leaf Tea House – Amacha
Tea Source – Evening in Missoula
Basilur Tea – Blood Orange
Lupicia – Onion Skin Tea
Lungfung – Ginseng Green
Touch Organic – Oolong
Revolution – Honeybush Caramel
Capeshore – Blueberry Black
a few various teabags and Sweeteners
Removed already due to too much travelling in the teabox (and more will be removed too):
52Teas – Candy Corn
52Teas – Cinnamon Pear
Marketspice – Cranberry Cream
teaguys – ?
? – Lychee Black
Menghai Dayi 7572 Ripe Puerh 2009
2006 6FTM Bangwei Raw
2011 Norbu Yong De Spring Raw White buds
Teavana – Spiced Mandarin Orange
Adagio – Thai Chai
Adagio – Formosa Oolong
Bumble – Chailand Curry
Two Tea Guys – Peach Oolong
2015 Tokoron Shincha
Tosa Bancha Yunomi
Faeries Finest – Gyokuro
American Classic – Island Green
Plum Deluxe – Poolside Sipping Green
Golden Tips – Rose Herb Green
Just Organic – Marvelous Minty Green
Adagio – Silver Sprout
Golden Tips – Chrysanthemum White
Teavivre – Jasmine Silver Needle Mo Li Yin Zhen
Red Leaf Tea -Matcha Samples
Bees Teas – Mint Chocolate Chip
Naked Teas – Nutty Enough
Davidstea – Cocomint Cream
Lupicia – Mimosa
Republic of Tea – Holiday Spiced Plum
I must say… as the organizer of the tea box, I am the person who would see the most repeats of teas before I remove old teas from the box and there are STILL 57 teas from the teabox I want to try.
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