2020: How Much (Quantity) Tea Will/Did You Purchase This Year!?
An extension of the ’ how much did you spend’ thread.
I over-spent a bit this year (oh, 2020), but also, I now have a gigantic amount of tea (and teaware). Some of which is still on its way to me (or some of it got lost I’m sure).
I’m currently at 17.5KG of tea purchased so far. Not stress-buying at all, promise.
How heavy is your tea buying?
Just started buying loose leaf tea. Initial buys
120 grams Earl Grey – Art of Tea
7 different samples from the Tea Spot
50 grams Gogi Berry – Mei Leaf
30 grams Duck Sh*t – Mei Leaf
70 grams Honey Duchess – Mei Leaf
Fun!
350 grams Taiwan Tea Crafts
150 grams CAD New Moon
120 grams Bird & Blend (+ 2x tea advents)
150 grams Bird & Blend
340 grams Crio Bru
350 grams Teavivre
Oh okay, you guys read that as lists… I guess I’ll add mine (in part).
This is the Dark tea and Pu’erh stuff from this year:
1 x Tong (2.4KG) Dayi 7542 (2013)
357g cake of 2016 Dayi 7592
357g of (2014) Dayi 7552
357g of Menghai Qizibing (7572 recipe by Puershop)
1KG of Xiaguan 2006 Yushang Tuo (200g x 5)
750g of Holy Flame Jin cha (mushrooms)
1KG of V93 (2008)
500g basket of Liu Anh (1993)
500g basket of San He Jin Hua Liu Bao (199?)
350g (2012 )Tai Lao Shan Shou Mei (YS)
500g of Farmer Leaf 2019 JingMai Single Tree
500G of Jingmai Yunnan Black (Farmer Leaf)
500g of 2017 Winter – competition grade ‘emperor’ Oolong (TWS)
500g (x4 so 2KG) of Xiaguan Gu Shu Tuo (2011)
1.25kg (5 × 250g) of (2003) Xiaguan Xiao Fa Tuo
1Kg (4 × 250g) Cang Er Tuo (2012)
500g x (2003) Nanjian Tulin Sheng Tuo
500g x (2004) Nanjian TuLin 801 Ripe Tuo
2KG of (2011) Nanjian TuLin Phoenix ‘Fu’ Tuo
500g of loose Pu’ from Yee On.
720g (360g x 2) of (2009) 7342H Menghai ‘Purple’ Ripe
+ samples and few ‘free’ bings :B… (and I’m sure I’m forgetting some other tuo/cakes).
I’m ready for the winter! But I really have to stop ordering tea for a while.
You buy like I do…
I do have 2 tongs of XG Love Forever Paper tong and 2 tongs of 2003 Changtai Bamboo Spring and a tong of HK style 8582 on the way sometime….7.5 kilos I think..in the last month or so..
Glad I’m not alone! I’ve read good things about that XG Love Forever cake. I’m all tea budgetted out for this year, have to wait a while before I start ordering again… too much already on the ‘prospective buy’ list.
Oof! I’m not quite at 17.5 kg, but I’ve still bought a lot of tea.
200 grams Teavivre
350 grams Liquid Proust
375 grams What-Cha
275 grams Wuyi Origin
410 grams Camellia Sinensis
350 grams Taiwan Tea Crafts
~500 grams Lochan Tea
200 grams Tillerman
Samples from Derk/White Antlers
Yikes, that’s almost three kilograms of tea! To be fair, this represents six months of purchases, but still, it explains why my stash never seems to go down.
I will do this stats next year, if there will be a topic for :) I don’t remember all the orders and store-bought teas.
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