Tea Buying Hiatus Support Group

But swapping isn’t buying, so it’s totally allowed. Lol. Since it’s just exchanging what you have for something different. XD I know, not helpful. But it might make the urge to buy go away because you’re getting something new, just paying with tea?

You can always try! I’m going to REALLY REALLY try (this time for sure!) not to buy anything else until November except for one freebie guilt-free order of my choice if I see an irresistible sale. (No sale, no freebie).

If I don’t, I won’t have room for any new teas in November.

Yeah I’ll try….and I will break it for a fantastic sale but the idea is trying to get to 150 by November and at this rate, that’s like 150 teas to drink down…..

Wow. I hope you have a lot of tiny samples in there! I’ve got about 120 teas, but roughly 105 oz of it, so that’s going to be a lot of drinking… I am happy that I’m guessing the weight and tracking what my totals were every so often so I can see if that changes much at all. (please go down!)

I’m totally out of control, so I probably better keep my mouth shut…. :x

lol! You guys needs someone on here to be the policeman.

Fuzzy – does having handcuffs count? kidding! :)

Terri – yeah you hush you enabler you!

Well handcuffing people with their hands behind their backs would make it harder to order tea on-line at least! ;-)

with us? i think we’d just be using our noses at that point… or holding pens in our mouths to type. might take longer but there’s no stopping the crazies! :)

haha

I think I’m in denial about how much tea I have. I keep saying I don’t have that much because they’re all “sample sizes”. If they’re samples, I can’t have that much, right?

I know that feeling all too well. Some of mine is samples as well, and I go "well, if its just a little bit, than it doesn’t count! Ha. Right. Gotta get sipping down on those!

In the US, the day after Thanksgiving is called Black Friday because it is when a lot of people go out to do their Christmas shopping and retailers make a lot of money (they go “in the black”, meaning they have an overall profit for the year). In recent years retailers offer huge sales on Black Friday to encourage people to spend more money, and this has included tea retailers. Many tea companies will offer the biggest discount of the year, so people are trying to wait and save up until Black Friday sales to make big tea orders.

Ok good to know. I love the name of this thread, btw :)

You just can’t be placing orders every two weeks. You’ll need to rent a storage unit! Pour yourself a nice cup of tea from something you already have in large quantity. Look at all that lovely tea that needs drinking. Have another cup.

I’m tempted by that as well, but I need to try and keep focus on my goals….get down to a reasonable amount and THEN splurge :)

I don’t even have a passion for puerh and I want that deal. I am slowly collecting small amounts of reputable pu so I can get a taste for it, but I never seem to have the time to sit down and gongfu with them. If only we all lived near each other and could pool our teas, tips, tricks and have giant tea parties!

Thanks Dr Jim for the support. Ummmmm maybe I didn’t explain that very well. I RECEIVED my MANDALA order 2 weeks ago – I’ve gotten two others since them. Only ordering once every two weeks would be a huge hiatus for me. I agree though need to be focusing on what I have rather than what I want.

I know Sil – goals – I need to stick to the goals. What were my goals again? Right stop buying tea. My problem isn’t so much that I have too much total tea, it’s more I have too much of certain teas, and not enough of others. My cupboard isn’t balanced the way I want it. I go through phases, where I think I’m short oolong so I buy every oolong I can find, then move on to something else.
Right now I have lots of oolong and lots of pu’erh but not much straight black and not much variety of straight fruit tisane. Need tips on keeping reasonable amounts of each type while keeping total number/amounts under control. That’s what I need help with.

Uniquity That would be awesome if we were all close enough to be able to pool our tea. Have tea parties etc. I find it interesting that you are trying “to get a taste for” pu’erh. I thought it was a love it or hate it kind of thing. As someone who is relatively new to it, my personal fav’s so far have been Mandala’s own brand/label (not sure of the correct terminology). Their Noble Mark and Phatty Cake are amazing Shu, Wild Monk sheng is really good, Silver Buds just blew me away – totally different than the others. I’m not trying to enable, just maybe help steer you. LOL if we were close we could have a pu’erh party and try a bunch.

Dex… it takes 23 hours to drive where you are. Don’t make me.

Yay!!! Tea party at my house – I need more tea!!!!

Oh…. you meant don’t make me come and beat you with a stick……

I initially hated it but after a few years realized I tried some bad stuff. I have since tried a couple that I didn’t mind and even one or two I really liked. Loving puerh seems like a natural extension of my love for black teas (particularly Chinese blacks) so I continue trying. I am confident I will get there!

Well I hope that you enjoy the exploration process and find some that you like. I loved pu’erh right from the start, and am now working back toward blacks. I’m having a hard time deciding which blacks I like. I don’t “speak the language” – the best one I’ve tried so far was called “Jin Ping Gong Fu” that tells me nothing about what kind it is. Should I be looking at Assam or Keemun to find something similar. LOL all I know is that everyday I learn about 12 other things that I don’t know. Was hoping to get a handle on it before I end up with 40 black teas in my house like I did with oolong.

Sounds like dexter needs to come to toronto area for a visit heh. nxtdoor and i will have a poo party for you! :)

Absolutely crazy. I love it.

New motivation for not buying tea. Saving up for trip to Toronto?

YES! see… we found you a reason!

Flight 464.00, hotel 41.00/night – weekend in Toronto with tea buddies….. priceless.
Now how much money do I need to buy tea in Toronto? You have way more fun shops than we do…….
LOL I wish…. would need to stop buying tea for quite awhile.

3 months is a really good stretch of time though! Great job on that!

Yes. You’re setting a good example for the rest of us.

Welcome to the wonderful world of tea addiction. LOL I don’t have any advice for you. I’m pathetic at this hiatus thing.
My comfort zone is about 100 teas in my cupboard. About a month ago I was at 150. I’ve given some away, I’ve swapped some out, and I’ve been drinking lots. I’m currently down to 113 – with more on the way.
All I can say is, find your comfort zone and try to stay around that number (or amount of – some people prefer to think about their teas in oz/lbs), when it starts to explode out of control, reign in for awhile until you get back closer to where you want to be.
“How dreadful. How marvelous.” That’s exactly the double edged sword that it is.

I’m at that same point myself, Rosehips. I promised myself no more mail orders until Black Friday. I like trying different teas, but I’m actually aghast at how overboard I’ve gone lately. I feel like it’s wasteful to have so many teas that I may not end up drinking all of.

Dexter- I like the idea you have of staying in your tea comfort zone. I think mine would be about 75. lol! I don’t think I could handle more!

apparently my comfort zone is anything less than 300. that’s teh only time i’ve panicked about my cupboard size lol but i’d prefer to be closer to 150 (including samples and swaps etc….) so that there’s room to go up without hitting 300+

The comofort zone idea is a good one. Considering I have got myself in a tizzy over about 75 teas, thats probably my breaking point. I’d love to sip it down to closer to 50, however.