How much DID you spend on tea in 2014?
May update
budget $40-60/month.
January $0.
February: 31.97
March $6.95
April. 9.95 Breakfast in Paris. Battaglias
5.99. Garden of Eden Chelton tea Euromax
11.99. Turkish tea glasses local Halal store.
27.93
May aliexpress purchases 14.95 redbiluochun Han Xiang Ecological Tea
8.40 maojian style minqian rizhao green tea.
Ellen Song
10.40 Xueqing style 2014 yuqing rizhao tea Days Huayi Sheng Teahouse. Damon Electric
15.00 Jinmaohou, Yinhao black tea Yixiang Tea direct sales store
Taiwan tea craft 30.59
Capital Tea Ltd. 28.40
Yunnan Sourcing. 30.93
138.67See what happens when I’m sick!
Total 205.52
June
9.86 nice but on sale Gaiwan 150 ml. When I factor in transit its cheaper than my 5$ China Town stoneware ones. http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Tureen-gaiwan-ruyao/1724300711.html
10.80 lapsang Souchong (possibly from the company I’ve been searching for).http://www.aliexpress.com/item/250g-50-pec-Lapsang-Souchong-Wuyi-mountain-black-tea-that-it-s-out-off-the-world/1656762518.html
6.00 Da Hong Pao (same company)
11.53 Yunnan pagoda tea. Ellen Song’s Tea Shop
20.13 2 different styles of keemun. http://www.aliexpress.com/store/521964
9.00 Lopchu bai mu dan. Sassy teas
June 67.32
July
52 teas 28.18
Davids tins and samples @ 24.00
Aliexpress
Fiesta caddy and cup. 21.73
Han Xiang evological. Rizhao and red biluo 28.00
Fresh Tea Laoshan red and green teas 25g each. 8.50.
JiaLe Ru Gaiwan. 8.99
Butiki 55.98
Mandala 19.20
Taotealeaf 41.74
Teavivre. 35.08
Gorreana 5.94
278.07
550.91 (63.56 is teaware so 487.35 is tea (69.62 spent on tea/month) 78.70/month total spending.
I have this “sickness” called tea fever almost every day. You are doing great. I hope you are feeling better.
Capital tea I don’t feel guilty about because I restocked my favourite Assam, and a lovely fruity Ceylon that I love. I don’t feel guilty about the Yunnan or the rizhao greens either as I love them, but I still haven’t even I opened all of my TTC order, I’m not sure about how many “gifts” the one seller is sending me and I still have 4 LS.
The Lumbini Estate one.
http://www.capitaltea.com/shop/product.php?productid=76&cat=0&page=1
http://steepster.com/teas/capital-tea-ltd/43480-lumbini-estate-op1-ceylon-ruhuna-dist-number-76
I loved the cherry notes in it.
2014 total year budget: $450
January total: $66
February total: $68.01
Arbor Teas: $32.87
Butiki: $21
Harney&Sons: $14.14
March Total: $12.95
Bamboo Leaf tea: $12.95
April Total $37.64
Butiki Teas: $21.74
Bamboo leaf tea: $15.90
May Total $60.00
Whispering Pines: $22.75
Whispering Pines: $37.25
Year Total: $304.60
January total – $35.90
February Total – $14.45
March Total- $15.00
April- $66.55
May – $3 at local tea shop (a very modest month)
Total this year $134.90
(My budget for the year was estimated at $200. I’m at $26.98 per month now. If I keep going at this rate this rate, I will spend my $200 by mid-July and will have spent a total of $323.76 by the end of Dec.)
I had orders from Red Leaf Tea and Zen tea this month, plus shipping for two travelling tea boxes. Total = $93. YTD = $178 out of a budget of $500. I’m in good shape, but already thinking about Black Friday.
Prediction: $60 or less.
June Total: $13.72
$3.37 (shipping for TTB Tealephone)
$6.85 (shipping for Samples Only TTB)
$66 (Adagio order) -$41 Adagio Credit -$25 (Split order with Sister) = $0 :D
$3.50 Misty Peak Tea sale (Both Samples, half off, free ship!)
July Total: $9?
$~$9 shipping on tea swaps. I lost a receipt so is a guess. >_<
Running Total: $21.72
I haven’t bought any tea this year. I’m drinking from a surplus I bought LAST year. :/ My last order was in October 2013 and I’m building credit with Adagio like woah. I had about an 8 month hiatus of ever drinking much tea due to severe health issues. (When you’re bad off enough to not really feel like even making a pot of tea… well no one can hold that against you!)
That said, I am poor and while I drink probably 2 cups of tea per day on average (some more, some less of course), I don’t seem to go through it very fast and I have several pounds of tea including a pound of each of my favorites from Adagio and two pounds of chamomile even without counting the German Chamomile I didn’t like as much.
I bought a pound of one tea once. It was a terrible idea as I got tired of it and still have 1/2 a pound left despite giving a bunch away, haha. There are some solid unflavoured Chinese blacks I wouldn’t mind a pound of, but I learned to be more cautious. On the other hand, I’m so glad you still enjoy yours!!
My sister and wife drink tea with me so we use a lot more than just one person would. I generally don’t regret any of them except the Chamomile. I bought two pounds because it took them forever to get it back in when I wanted to buy some (because growing season) so then I thought I needed lots to last the next downtime between growing seasons and yeah… two pounds was a bit overkill.
Suppose I should do the June Update:
(Budget: $50/mo, total $600)
January Total: $77
February Total: $78
March Total: $41
April Total: $50
May Total: $17
Running total: $263
Note that I have dropped my $17/mo club subscription (as of June), so I’m hoping that I will be able to come in under my goal!
Dinosara – so glad you’ll still be receiving this month’s blends; there’s a blend in there that I am really excited for you to try (again?)! ;)
Lily- Actually I cancelled at the end of May so I’m not getting June’s blends! Of course now I may regret that. :)
Oh dear! I’m pretty sure all of this month’s blends are spoken for among all of our current members, and I do know we won’t be able to reblend them for some time :( HM – well, if there is any left after Bundle and Blend club ship out to everyone, I will definitely have to set aside whatever is left of a certain spring tieguanyin garden-inspired re-blend for you to sneak into your next order, whenever that may be.
Oh, I thought it might be that one! Darn. Well, if you find any extra hiding somwhere, do let me know. :)
You got it :) I’ll PM you after the Bundle Club ships out one way or another. Normally, we often have one or two oz’s left over, but we just opened up more spots in the Bundle Club yesterday afternoon, and folks on the waiting list have already filled it up!
Every time I cancel verdant monthly I regret it and sign back up. So I’m back to $42 a month.
Oh – thank you so much for your support, yappychappy! We’re so happy to send out your monthly tea boxes :)
jan $30 tea sampler
feb 0
march $43 oolongs
apr $71 misc (stocking up on each type of tea)
may – $80 [verdant, taiwan tea crafts, jing tea shop]
june – $0 [only going to place one order this month – beautiful taiwan teas. maybe a cheap puerh sampler from life in teacup as well.]
prediction ~3hunna-450
June Update
Budget: $600 Prediction: $1000…proooobably need to change my prediction to closer to 2k lol
January Purchases – 174.70 USD 20.00 CAD
February Purchases – 76.13 USD
March – None
April – 178.75 USD 106.80 CAD
May – 181.44 USD
June Purchases
I’m predicting at least one more order from Verdant for a blends restock, but i’m also going to do my damndest not to place any more orders since i really want to get my numbers down for July when i go nuts again with a Butiki Order
RiverTea – 26.15 USD
Verdant Preorder – 58.95
Running Total 2014 – 637.17 USD 126.80 CAD
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