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

If you described some of the stuff, it might be interesting read ;)

Kenya
‘Hand-Rolled Purple’ Oolong
‘Rhino’ Premium White

Nepal (right next to Darjeeling)
Silver Needle White
Silver Oolong – tried this its like a Darjeeling or Citrusy green tea (not a lot of umami) fresh as fresh can be
Pearl Oolong Tea – supposed to be lovely
Spring Hand-Rolled Oolong Tea
Jun Chiyabari ‘Himalayan Spring’ Black

Vietnam
‘Red Buffalo’ Oolong – Classic on this forum, never tried

Taiwan
Li Shan Oolong Tea – Always need to try Li Shans
Wenshan Baozhong Oolong
Taiwan Gui Fei Oolong
Taiwan GABA Oolong – Tried A really good Gabalong, its all honey & burnt sugar yumminess

Thailand
Winter Frost Jin Xuan Oolong – just had a taste test need to compare this one to other Jin Xuans

India
Nilgiri Teaneer ‘Frost-Bite’ Oolong – tried Its a Sinensis & Assamica blend, review just up an hour ago – expensive (only 700g produced this year!!!) but its great if you like assam or fruit with a hint of malt body. Glossy sweetness

Indonesia
Toba Wangi ‘Wu Mei’ Oolong – tried its an Indonesian Phoenix Oolong! cheap as well (50g/£5). Tried a bit, need to have another go

By the way, are you male or female. Or maybe you’re teamale. (Groan)

haha im Teamale

Wow, that’s a lot of teas to try!!!

Nice, What-Cha is a UK vendor, correct? I wonder how his international shipping is?

free above $39

That’s pretty good. I may have to put in an order one of these days.

ask on here before so everyone can chime in with some good ones to choose as there is such a vast amount of tea ive never heard of. Stuff like the antlers, which is just the stalk, and I dont know if youve ever had the zhangping mini cake but the lighter coloured one is gorgeous (dark one is great too).. etc.

nepal pearls & vietnam red buffalo are also classics

They look amazing and I’ve placed an order. Couldn’t resist adding Mystery Tea to my order, what an excellent idea! I’d have really liked some of the tea that comes in a rotten melon, but it was out of stock.

Nice! what did you go for? theres a lot to choose from isnt there

Ha, can’t remember right now, but will post when it comes. I think two oolong 50g packages and four 10g samples. Really impressed with their geographical range in particular.

Get some of the 2016 stuff?

Mostly, both poundcakes, bosch, fade, teadonotlie and some aged white tea. I decided that it’s time to get over that shipping cost :)))

Awesome! :) I ordered a buncha (samples of) the 2016s – all except a few of the most expensive. The shipping is scary, but it becomes less scary in comparison to the rest of the order as it gets bigger ;)

Ooh, hopefully I’ll get those soon too, I had nearly forgotten about them

They look very interesting. Five generous samples, sheng, shou, and black tea. Old sheng too. I think it was 1998 and 1999.

Almost all shipping from China comes with tracking, even the cheapest. Some shipping from Canada comes without tracking. In general if a Chinese company tells you they shipped without tracking they probably didn’t ship it. Even the cheapest packages from China come with some level of tracking.