2023: How Much Will You Spend On Tea This Year!?

I’ve never tracked my tea purchases, but I’m interested to start tracking this year.
2023:
January: $54.50
February: $38

I’ve been pretty good this year, though that’s about to change. At least I didn’t buy a bunch of 2022 tea like I bought a bunch of 2021 tea last year!

February
Camellia Sinensis: $101.57 CAD (125 g and some teaware)

March
Teavivre: US$49.85 (100 g)

April
Morning Crane: US$188 (275 g)
Yunnan Craft: US$107 (365 g)

May
Ferg from TeaForum: US$100 (teaware)

June
Bok from TeaForum: US$700 (teaware, 975 g of tea)

July
Lochan Tea: US$57

August
Sipscollection: $70.40 CAD (100 g)
Thunderbolt Tea: US$107.89 (250 g)

September
Sipscollection: $58.65 CAD (95 g)

October
Ethan Kurland: US$61.40 (175 g)
Camellia Sinensis: $89.68 CAD (260 g)

November
What-Cha: $124.84 CAD (375 g)
Wuyi Origin: US$156.08 (300 g)

December
TeaTiff: US$22
Cha Yi: $110.50 CAD (200 g)

Totals for the last 4 years:
2019: $1351
2020: $685.23
2021: $856.92
2022: $704.71

I’m planning on continuing with the White2Tea club. I have though about discontinuing it, though. I have a lot of tea from them and I don’t get to it in a timely fashion. There are some teas I really like and some I’m just kind of ‘eh’ about. This is $360 for the year.

Overall budget is $1000 USD. Still working on drinking up older teas without adding too many more. Reasons why the tea club is bad.

Jan-Apr
Little Woods $60 approximately

May-Sept
Little Woods $50 approx

Oct
Midwest Teafest purchases: $150 ish

Yearly: White2Tea club: $360
Total
$620

I came to update my posting, and apparently i never set one up for 2023, which also means besides my DF order in January, it’s almost May and i haven’t bought anything else. Go me?

Jan
DF – 156 Euro (233.70 CAD)

Feb
None

March
None

April
None

May
Tea Runners – 16.95 CAD
Yunnan Sourcing – 171.18 USD

June
None

July
None

August
None

September
Chicago teahouse – 86.64 CAD

October
None

November
Tea Runners – 113.70 CAD
Capital Tea – 97.60 CAD

Totals: 171.18 USD 548.59 CAD

136 GBP at Tealyra then 950 usd for a very posh tea set

I guess since we’re almost halfway through the year I’ll make a post >w< Began my tea purchasing in earnest this year, mostly to restock old faves and to get some fresh tea in rotation. Setting a budget of $600 for the year.

January: $0

February: $147
Red blossom Tea $65.04
Camellia Sinensis $38.96
T2 $43

March: $212.17
White2Tea $34.31
Yunomi $177.86

April: $0

May: $55
Whispering Pines $55

RUNNING TOTAL: 414.17

will be home tomorrow- feel shopping frenzy coming on…..

2023 was a year of Covid and coffee for me, so I spent $0 on tea. That’s right zero. But now I am back to steeping tea, and loving it again! Since my cabinets are still stuffed, and you might say “my cup overflows”, I will be spending very little this year as well. So far, only nine dollars on a new electric kettle to replace the decomposing plastic infusion heater model that I’ve had for the last 20 years. My new one is all glass, and has blue LED accent lights! Best of all, it doesn’t contaminate the water with metals from the heating coil.