You know you're "addicted" to tea when ....

Naming your cats and rabbits after tea (regions) in Harvest Moon. I have Keemun the rabbit, and Ceylon the cat. (Even planted tea this season.)

when the price of puerh just makes you want to go to China and live there XD

When you’ve just spent enough at White2Tea to get 550g free tea and you can’t resist a sale at Teavivre for more tea.

when you steep it, drink it, rate it, booch it, bathe in it, feed it to your pet, and feed the leaves to your plants

When the owner of your local tea store trusts you to show other customers around the shop while she’s busy making a sale.

When you realize that you want to start a tea house in the mountains when you retire.

…OK, these may both be a little specific to me.

When I quit buying tea for a year or two to drink down my tea supply and have barely made a noticeable dent in it, even though I drink tea at least every other day. Oh yeah, and I finally just ordered a bunch of new stuff to add to the collection.

When you run not one but two Kickstarter campaigns to buy a tea company to keep it from closing because you love the concept the company was founded upon so much.

When you order $400 of tea from White2Tea because they are offering 550g of tea free.

When you can’t sleep and are awake at 4am and what is your first thought, brew a cup of tea and really not sleep.

When you find yourself browsing the magazine rack at the grocery store and wondering why doesn’t someone publish a tea magazine!