Official *What did you get in the mail today?* Thread!!!
Got my Green Terrace Tea samples today- Honey Black Tea, a green tea, and an oolong tea. Just like I’d asked for, but now I want more of their black teas.
Got my two yixing pots from Zen Tea!
Now all four are replaced and I promise myself i will NEVER brake another one, EVERRRR!!!
(And I will season them all this coming week end!)
That’s a great news!!! Have you decided on what tea you are going to season ? I read somewhere about pairing shape of the pot to type of tea. I think it was The Chinese Shop?
Yes, two of the larger and “flatter” ones are going to be oolong (one green, one dark)
And the little round ones ( including the one you got) are going to be for shou and sheng.
Now the hard part will be to decide which tea to season them with…For pu’erh, I’m thinking special dark and wild monk.
Oolong, I haven’t decided yet. A Dancong probably and a green TGY. So many options!!
WOOO!!!! New pots. I am in total and complete agreement with your seasoning choices for the sheng and shou – those are EXACTLY the ones I would use.
Sure Boychik. Here’s one for my oolongs. The pictures are not very good, it looks much better in person, especially the etching. It’s from a vendor I trust on ebay that gets continuous 100% satisfaction. I also bought some tea from them. The pot is handmade and came with a certificate. It’s the most beautiful of the four I own.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/laafeevertee/14226520253/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/laafeevertee/14019707908/
The other is simple but I love it, that why I replaced it. When I broke this one I cried, it had been seasoned with shou for two years and it was fantastic!
They look fantastic. May they bring you lots of successful gongfu sessions;)
I love your table. Where did you get it from?
Thank you so much boychik, let’s hope they do!
The tray was a gift from Taiwan, it’s made out of glass. (And I haven’t broken it yet!!!) A friend brought it back for me a few years ago with a pound of the most delicious Oriental Beauty I’ve ever had. Don’t you like friends like that?
Made of glass? I didn’t know those are existed. Can I be your friend’s friend ? No seriously amazing. From now on you will not break anything!
Haha! Well, to tell you the truth, I don’t really know what it’s for. It’s so beautiful I just use it for display. I don’t think it’s really meant as a tea table. I use my wooden table all the time though. Bought it on ebay for $50 you probably saw it from other picks. If you are looking for one, let me know, I’ll find the vendor so you can have a look. Mine is good quality, been using it almost everyday for two years and not one scratch.
Ok boychik, here’s the seller I buy from. Also, shipping is really cheap. He doesn’t have very nice yixing at the moment but the tables are awesome! There are new models, I am now eying another one, sigh…
http://stores.ebay.ca/Goshopstreet/Tea-Table-/i.html?fsub=3487497011&sid=1053455481&trksid=p4634.c0.m322
Received my Green Terrace tea samples in the mail today – looking forward to trying those out :)
Got my Mandala order today (What a deal for what was in the box!!) and my extra samples I bought from Green Terrace Teas!
I got my Whispering Pines order (sleeping bear and some Golden Orchard, every day toucha and a sample) along with my tea at sea order I’m almost scared to have more of the mountain organic Indonesian green, the sample was soo good!
I got an awesome swap package from Sarsonator with both kinds of te=he Blue Chai blue flower tea!!!!!I’m going to play with it tomorrow and turn it purple :D
Well, technically, this came in yesterday, but I got my final free subscription box from Simple Loose Leaf (I got a 3-month package for free in exchange for the Sunday Tea and Books posts).
My box came with:
- 1 oz of Yin Gou Mei Green
- 1 oz of Kenilworth Ceylon Black
- 6 g sample of Jasmine Special Grade Green
However, I won’t be able to do anything about these teas for at least a week, since the absolutely ginormous GCTTB3 came in on Monday!
I got my samples from The Persimmon Tree! I bought them when they had free shipping and 20% off, so I only paid $1 for each one! You can’t beat that! I got:
Butterscotch (white)
Coconut Creme (white)
Green Caramel
Mandarin Cream (oolong)
Thai Chai (black)
Rooibos Vanilla Chai
Banana Coconut (rooibos)
Unfortunately, I did not get my Whispering Pines order, which was supposed to come today. :(
Same here, I’m pretty depressed about it. They’ve been holding mine there since 4am yesterday. I just want to experience the magic that is WP danggit!
Clearly Wisconsin is trying to hoard all of the Whispering Pines goodness for itself… Conspiracy! >:(
I mean technically I still haven’t finished trying my Butiki or Mandala orders and I haven’t even started my Tea at Sea, but still, pouting.
Sounds like the Wisconsin mailmen are greedy no good tea thieves
You’d better hope it doesn’t have to come through Minnnesota or I will steal the whispering pines!! Just kidding (maybe)
Aww, I feel for you guys…but just be happy you don’t live in Canada!! I have two orders on their way, the one from july first is not even here yet, being held at customs.
(Watch it you guys…now that I know Wisconsin is the place to be, I might just move there. And a fairy near a WP order is a dangerous thing…)
My WP order has LEFT Wisconsin, been process through Chicago ("no further available from USPS- item has left the US) – excellent move over to Canada Post and they know it’s an inbound international package but it’s not in Canada yet – that means it’s in Customs…. :((
Mine out for delivery since 10am. If it won’t show up by 6pm my hubby will leave without it. He is coming for the weekend. Feeling frustrated :(
boychik, mine is the same way. The mail usually comes at like 1:30 and no package yet. Although it looks as if the mailman may not have come yet? Not sure. :(
3 days is nothing teafairy! Though perhaps a little long for a US parcel. My favourite is when they hold it at the sorting plant for over a week, or when the mis-direct it, ie. Chicago, Montreal, Toronto(finally).
Yay, I got it and will be reunited tonight …unless hubs will decide to come tomorrow. It could be a thunder tonight.
I forgot to mention it will be 2 packages. The other one is Mandala;)
Thank you yyz. It’s raining now. Lets hope no thunder. For some reason thunderstorm in mountains is scarier.
I could see that, one either you can’t see the storm and you just hear and feel it, or you see it and it just seems larger in the open. Then there is the risk of forest fire ( especially where I’ve worked). On the other hand watching sheet lightning from a distance in the air can be amazing and sometimes beautiful.
I live on Long woods rd where I have exceptionally tall cherrywood trees. They bent like crazy. And when there is thunder it feels like earthquake because its like right above and below my tiny house. I’m not scaredy cat but its kinda creepy. I hope no forest fire, it’s been rainy almost every night
Golden Tips subscription!
15 10 gram tea samples because I ordered 3 chai samples on top of the 10 that come with the subscription, then they added two samples!
This isn’t a in the mail thing per say but the movers came and brought me the giant chest o’ teas that’s been in storage for over 2 months which is basically like getting a shipment of hundreds of teas.
I’m also expecting a water filter pitcher in the mail today so I can finally start brewing some decent tasting teas and not have to stick to only my heartiest ones.
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