Official *What did you get in the mail today?* Thread!!!

My November tea from JalamTeas is here! To drink tonight? Or tomorrow?

Today I got my order from Mandala Tea in the mail, mostly puerhs from their recent sale, Wild Monk Mao Cha and ripe puerhs mostly.
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I got my black tea sampler from Royal Tea Bay (Ebay) yesterday. All are only 10 g per package:

Dian Hong Black Tea

The name Dian Hong means Yunnan Red. Originally produced in the early Twentieth Century, this tea is a newcomer in the world of Chinese Tea. While its history is short compared to other black teas, it is becoming very popular for its rich full bodied flavor and fresh sweet aroma.

Dian Hong Pine Leaf Needle Tea

This is classical 58 Fengqing pine needles Dianhong tea, one bud and one leaves. Fat Black and golden tea leaves, beautiful golden tea buds and honey fragrance. Bright red Liquor, very beautiful. Soft, mellow and rich taste. A little bitter taste and long sweet aftertaste. It is named after its shape, straight, tight and thin tea leaves like the pine needles.

Jin Jun Mei Black Tea

Jin Jun Mei is a fully oxidised black tea from the Wuyi Mountain area of Fujian. Jun Mei means beautiful eyebrow in english. Processed Jin jun mei has the following characteristics: tight, slender and gold-yellow-black tea leaf, golden tea soup. The taste is clean and clear, with the deep smokey undertone mixed aromas of fruit, flower and honey.

Jiu Qv Hong Mei Black Tea

This tea is characterized by a color Oil Black,Tightly dried leaves and Beautiful liquor. Fragrant special taste. When infuse, like red plums blooming in the cups. fresh and long sweet after-taste.

Keemun Mao Feng Black Tea

Keemun black tea is featured by its slender, tightly curled black tea leaves, dark and sleek color and luster, faint fragrance of honey , as well as long-lasting freshness. And the liquor is characterized by bright red as well as sweet and mellow savor.

Keemun Aromatic Snail Tea

The shape of the tea is black bloom and curly as the snail, you can see the golden tips. Bright red liquor, sweet and have a strong fragrance. It was award of the gold award of the second international world famous tea.

Lapsang Souchong Black Tea

For its special processing, Lapsang is distinct from all other types of tea because lapsang leaves are traditionally smoke-dried over pinewood fires, taking on a distinctive smoky flavour. The flavour of the pine smoke is meant to complement the natural taste of the black tea. Royal Tea Bay. A clean and slightly cool smokiness in the aroma, Sweet, refreshing taste. Golden color liquor.

Xing Yang Hong Black Tea

The Xinyang Black tea is the farest northern tea area black tea. The tea leaves are very small. a sweet honey fruit fragrance. Quite new Taste, mellow, fresh and rich taste. Tight and thick dried tea leaves, Oil blooming Black tea leaves with golden tips, strong, mellow and sweet aftertaste.

Ying De Black Tea

The shape of the dried tea leaves are curled. Smells like cocoa beans. The liquor is of amber color. A light peppery and sweet taste, long sweet aftertaste, do not brew the tea for a long time, adjust the brew time to meet your own taste.

Chuan Hong Black Tea

Sichuan congou black tea presents a strong, round and tight shape. Endowed with an pure caramel-like fragrance, it tastes mellow, fresh and brisk. When brewed the soup looks darkly bright. Its tea leaves are thick, soft and harmoniously red. Dark and slightly gold tea buds. Yields cups of amber color liquor.

Dian Hong Black Tea

The name Dian Hong means Yunnan Red. Originally produced in the early Twentieth Century, this tea is a newcomer in the world of Chinese Tea. While its history is short compared to other black teas, it is becoming very popular for its rich full bodied flavor and fresh sweet aroma.

Dian Hong Pine Leaf Needle Tea

This is classical 58 Fengqing pine needles Dianhong tea, one bud and one leaves. Fat Black and golden tea leaves, beautiful golden tea buds and honey fragrance. Bright red Liquor, very beautiful. Soft, mellow and rich taste. A little bitter taste and long sweet aftertaste. It is named after its shape, straight, tight and thin tea leaves like the pine needles.

Jin Jun Mei Black Tea

Jin Jun Mei is a fully oxidised black tea from the Wuyi Mountain area of Fujian. Jun Mei means beautiful eyebrow in english. Processed Jin jun mei has the following characteristics: tight, slender and gold-yellow-black tea leaf, golden tea soup. The taste is clean and clear, with the deep smokey undertone mixed aromas of fruit, flower and honey.

Jiu Qv Hong Mei Black Tea

This tea is characterized by a color Oil Black,Tightly dried leaves and Beautiful liquor. Fragrant special taste. When infuse, like red plums blooming in the cups. fresh and long sweet after-taste.

Keemun Mao Feng Black Tea

Keemun black tea is featured by its slender, tightly curled black tea leaves, dark and sleek color and luster, faint fragrance of honey , as well as long-lasting freshness. And the liquor is characterized by bright red as well as sweet and mellow savor.

Keemun Aromatic Snail Tea

The shape of the tea is black bloom and curly as the snail, you can see the golden tips. Bright red liquor, sweet and have a strong fragrance. It was award of the gold award of the second international world famous tea.

Lapsang Souchong Black Tea

For its special processing, Lapsang is distinct from all other types of tea because lapsang leaves are traditionally smoke-dried over pinewood fires, taking on a distinctive smoky flavour. The flavour of the pine smoke is meant to complement the natural taste of the black tea. Royal Tea Bay. A clean and slightly cool smokiness in the aroma, Sweet, refreshing taste. Golden color liquor.

Xing Yang Hong Black Tea

The Xinyang Black tea is the farest northern tea area black tea. The tea leaves are very small. a sweet honey fruit fragrance. Quite new Taste, mellow, fresh and rich taste. Tight and thick dried tea leaves, Oil blooming Black tea leaves with golden tips, strong, mellow and sweet aftertaste.

Ying De Black Tea

The shape of the dried tea leaves are curled. Smells like cocoa beans. The liquor is of amber color. A light peppery and sweet taste, long sweet aftertaste, do not brew the tea for a long time, adjust the brew time to meet your own taste.

Chuan Hong Black Tea

Sichuan congou black tea presents a strong, round and tight shape. Endowed with an pure caramel-like fragrance, it tastes mellow, fresh and brisk. When brewed the soup looks darkly bright. Its tea leaves are thick, soft and harmoniously red. Dark and slightly gold tea buds. Yields cups of amber color liquor.

I got another Butiki order :) Some were already restocks from the order I got back in October, and some are new ones I’m excited to try!

I ordered:
Red Queen Cupcake (1 oz)
Pistachio Ice Cream (1 oz)
Birthday Cake (10 grams)
Pumpkin Creme Brulee (2 ounces)
Dinjoye Estate Assam (1 ounce)
Blackberry Lime Guayusa (1 ounce)
The Killer’s Vanilla (1 ounce)
Nilgiri Frost Oolong (1 ounce)

And…let’s not kid ourselves here….I’ll be placing another one probably over the weekend or early next week once Stacy puts up the newest flavors :) I just can’t get enough!

Lupicia teas and some other samples from Frolic came last week.

Oh my god, my What-cha order arrived, and while I kind of abstractly knew I ordered a lot, this is huge. Soooo much tea, to go along with the grocery bag full of new tea I picked up in Toronto.

Also, I got my new iPhone today, so yay!

Hahaha, omg. So, I was away on conference/vacation for about 10 days and came back to So. Much. Tea. in my mailbox. Officially not buying any more tea until I’ve at least sampled everything I currently own!! But for the record, here’s what I got:

From amodatea.com
4oz of Duchess’ First Love and 4oz of Better Than Sex, both from Tay Tea (these are both dessert-y teas that I tried first in their sampler packs and loved enough to want to buy – and the sale they had around Halloween was just too hard to resist, lol)

From WhisperingPinesTea.com:
Port, Foxfire Chai, and ClariTea

From capitaltea.com:
Duflating Estate Assam
Hattialli Estate Assam
Pothotuwa Estate Ceylon
Giddapahar Estate 1st Flush Darjeeling
Rohini Estate 2nd Flush Darjeeling
Vanilla and Marco Polo flavoured teas

from tealux.com:
Brandy Oolong, Ruby 18
Milk Jin Xuan Taiwanese Oolong
Black Pearl Sumatra Oolong
20 Years Aged Roasted Oolong
Assam “Black Beauty” #8
Dragon Lychee Pearls
Secret of Love (flavoured white)

Ok, most of these are 20 or 25g so I’m not completely insane, just… mostly… :)

My very first online order arrived today, less than 24 hrs after placing it. I am impressed at the speed of this! That reason alone is enough to order again from the same company. I just can’t decide which of the 12 samples I want to try first!

I had my Jerry Tea order arrive today, and it came with a VIP card :D The card is plastic and fits in a normal wallet slot, it gives money off your order ($1 off a $19 order, $2 off a $29 order etc).

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Chinese-tea-Green-tea-Maojian-tea-Green-tea-in-the-boutique-The-canned-green-tea-organic/1589058247.html
(Xin Yang Mao Jian green tea 50g tin)

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/AAAAA-rose-Puer-tea-Beauty-to-raise-colour-Rose-tea-Ripe-tea-chinese-tea-Food-is/1777796616.html
(Puerh with rose, such cute packaging)

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Jerry-tea-5A-Meihai-puer-gold-flower-tea-High-quality-yunnan-7-cakes-tea-Keeping-in/2036592276.html
(The result of a deal at the time)

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Jerry-tea-Senior-gift-puer-tea-Yunnan-Menghai-pu-er-2012-Ripe-tea-lose-weight-keep/2054974851.html
(This tea is a gift for me and my husband. Intended as our ‘house warming’ celebratory tea.)

All that came to $46.16 and I got a free bracelet gift :)

My Verdant order arrived, which was wonderful. Though I haven’t yet had chance to try anything (I had some of those lovely Canton Wild Black leaves on the go and felt bad throwing them out, just to try something new), I did smell all of the teas and they are just wonderful. I ordered:

Yunnan White Jasmine (which smells divine. I love Jasmine at the best of times, but this really was wonderful)

Handpicked Autumn Tieguanyin (which smells far nicer than I expected it too. It’s so… Orchid like, I think. I dunno – I guess I can’t describe it that well. But it smells delicious)

Zhu Rong Yunnan Black (so bready and chocolately – absolutely mouth watering)…

I’m gonna have fun tomorrow :D