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As I’m sipping a decent cup of this particular B&B blend, I’m looking at news on updates to their tea wall teas which is making me a bit sad. A handful of favorites will be gone (forever? Or will they reappear during sales like so many of their other teas?) But that means some blends are coming to the tea wall, but I’m just not as excited for those. (I know I see a couple of Roswell’s favorites though!) So basically B&B wants the fans to stock up before they are gone. I definitely won’t be ordering right now, but wish I was! I would get THESE FAVORITES THAT I’M SAD ARE LEAVING: Lazy boy! Coco chai #5! Terry’s Tea! Hot Mama Jama! Mowgli’s Fire Chai! Coffee Puerh! The majority of the others leaving I probably have never even tried and would probably love those too. sigh. Hopefully they will at least return for sales. See the news here: https://www.birdandblendtea.com/blogs/news-from-the-nest/teawall-revamp-letter

edited to add: I will say I noticed some of these blends have been with B&B since DAY ONE, so though I have appreciated B&B’s consistency up until now, I do realize that some things have to freshen up and change.

AJRimmer

Aw man, I always meant to order Lazy Boy, but somehow it never happened, and I’m not ready to make an order at the moment. Oh well, I don’t feel too strongly about the rest of the removals at least.

Mastress Alita

Lazy Boy hurts my soul. I just can’t splash out for their expensive international shipping to get it right now…

tea-sipper

Yeah, that shipping is half the problem. :/

Martin Bednář

Sadly, I can’t help you much as it is UK company and that means customs declaring. Yes, in the end it could end up free of customs, but it means a lots of stress and paperwork.

AJRimmer

Yeah, I guess we could do a US-based group order if we wanted to in order to reach the free shipping threshold.

Shae

Thanks for sharing the list. I have one or two on there that I’m a little sad about.

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AJRimmer

Aw man, I always meant to order Lazy Boy, but somehow it never happened, and I’m not ready to make an order at the moment. Oh well, I don’t feel too strongly about the rest of the removals at least.

Mastress Alita

Lazy Boy hurts my soul. I just can’t splash out for their expensive international shipping to get it right now…

tea-sipper

Yeah, that shipping is half the problem. :/

Martin Bednář

Sadly, I can’t help you much as it is UK company and that means customs declaring. Yes, in the end it could end up free of customs, but it means a lots of stress and paperwork.

AJRimmer

Yeah, I guess we could do a US-based group order if we wanted to in order to reach the free shipping threshold.

Shae

Thanks for sharing the list. I have one or two on there that I’m a little sad about.

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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.

Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
whisperingpinestea.com
justea.com
harney.com
Dammann Freres
fusionteas.com
shop.Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea.com
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandalatea.com
verdanttea.com

Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
angrytearoom.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas

My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.

Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!

I’m always in search of: Hattialli, Qu Hao black, Jin Jun Mei, teas using marshmallow root.

My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors

My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again

I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer… I have a dumb phone so can’t access internet on that. As of 12/20/21 my wifi might start getting unreliable.)

Happy sipping!

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