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drank Pu Er 2006 Chang Yun by Camellia Sinensis
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I have spent most of the day playing with my tea stash. Comparing actual cupboard to spreadsheet and steepster. Weighing all my teas, updating my spreadsheet. Reorganizing, moving all the smallish amounts into the sample bin, etc. The moral of that project….I havea mountain of tea, and I have way more pu’erh than anything else.
So while I was doing that, I was drinking this tea. I wasn’t taking notes, but it was pretty good. What I consider a typical shou. Nothing nasty, but nothing that jumped out either. I think I liked this one more than the one last night, but theyywere both just nice nit spectacular. All in all a nice tea day.
Thanks OMGsrsly for the sample. :)
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Sil
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i really should weigh my cupboard one weekend just for fun….

Dexter
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Your cupboard is so under control compared to mine. Weighing is an interesting excercise that really puts it into perspective.

Terri HarpLady
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I’m afraid if I start weighing things I will enter into a new level of OCD that might now be conducive to me ever accomplishing anything again in my life, LOL.
Seriously, I have actually considered it…maybe as an annual exercise to remind me of why I don’t need to buy more tea right now :)
I think late october might be the right month for that, to keep me away from all the black friday sales in nov?

Sil
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I did it for curiosities sake this time… it’s usually a column in my spreadhseet that is a rough estimate that rarely gets updated except to move from initial quantity to zero lol

Dexter
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I don’t update every time I drink a tea – if I finish it off, I change it to zero, but I don’t update as I drink it. Then about everything 3 months or so, I go through and weigh everything and make sure spreadsheet, actual cupboard, and steepster cupboard all match. Except this time that I’m out one tea. :(
The first time I did this I didn’t buy anything for four months… quite a shock to the system…

Terri HarpLady
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I’ll probably do it some day…

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Sil
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i really should weigh my cupboard one weekend just for fun….

Dexter
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Your cupboard is so under control compared to mine. Weighing is an interesting excercise that really puts it into perspective.

Terri HarpLady
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I’m afraid if I start weighing things I will enter into a new level of OCD that might now be conducive to me ever accomplishing anything again in my life, LOL.
Seriously, I have actually considered it…maybe as an annual exercise to remind me of why I don’t need to buy more tea right now :)
I think late october might be the right month for that, to keep me away from all the black friday sales in nov?

Sil
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I did it for curiosities sake this time… it’s usually a column in my spreadhseet that is a rough estimate that rarely gets updated except to move from initial quantity to zero lol

Dexter
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I don’t update every time I drink a tea – if I finish it off, I change it to zero, but I don’t update as I drink it. Then about everything 3 months or so, I go through and weigh everything and make sure spreadsheet, actual cupboard, and steepster cupboard all match. Except this time that I’m out one tea. :(
The first time I did this I didn’t buy anything for four months… quite a shock to the system…

Terri HarpLady
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I’ll probably do it some day…

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C.S. Lewis – “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

I needed to update my profile. I joined Steepster 03Mar13. I am just amazed at how much my tastes have changed since then.
When I discovered loose leaf tea about a year and half ago, I didn’t know anything other than my local Davids and Teavana/Teaopia. Stumbling onto Steepster CHANGED EVERYTHING.
Hello, my name is Dex I’m a tea addict.
I’ve been through the “I need to try every single tea out there” phase. I really hope the worst of that has passed. I’ve learned enough to know that I only need to try HALF of all the teas out there. LOL
When I started this journey, I was all about the flavored rooibos and fruity tisanes. Don’t get me wrong there is still room for dessert (chocolate/caramel/nutty) Rooibos teas in my cupboard and I still do enjoy them, BUT I am quickly learning to appreciate the some of the straight teas of the world.
Big bold (but not icky)pu’erh is suddenly my favorite, followed by woody/roasted oolongs. I’m just starting to explore straight black teas, and have found some that I really like.
Generally speaking I’m not into greens at all, only like the occasional green oolong, and white teas are just too mild for my tastes (unless they are fruit flavored). I still enjoy really good fruit tisanes, but am now cold steeping them.
I don’t like floral/herbal blends, and mint anything is not on my preferred list.
I am still exploring new teas, adapting to my changing tastes, understanding more every day how little I really know about tea. Ultimately I would love to find approximately 50 teas that I just “can’t live without” and always have them in my cupboard. That might not be practical, but that what I’m searching for. It’s going to be a fun journey.

All in all, I love this site. I’ve met some wonderful people, and have gotten to try some amazing teas because of them. It really restores your faith in humanity when you get a note saying “oh by the way I sent you some tea”. Wonderful, generous, people here.

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