I didn't even use access or excel...you can create a simple table in word and sort by column.Katrina wrote:I find myself in the category of the obsessive catalogers.
My inventory is just a text document (although I wonder know if I should have used a spreadsheet or an Access-type format for sorting) divided by tea type.
Oy, don't even get me started with internet bookmarks!! I have about 7 or 8 separate tea bookmarks.auggy wrote:I keep a bookmark in firefox of the teas I've tried (and from what vendor). In the notes of the bookmark, I write descriptions of taste, brewing, a certain number of stars, etc. And I have it set up to search within these descriptions so I can easily find a type or style, click on the link and reorder easily.
White monkey this morning. Didn't use enough leaf, I think.
Just tried citron green for the first time. The smell was driving me nuts, reminding me of some cereal. I finally figured it out. Fruity Pebbles. Seriously. I think I've gone nuts.
I can write notes in the bookmark?! You've got my attention now!!
I also had white monkey this morning. It's a fluffy tea, so you do need to make sure you use enough leaf.
Citron green...fruity pebbles?! How funny!! Citron green was what got me hooked on tea...and, yes, I used to eat fruity pebbles when I was a kid...and when I was a college freshman...!
Phew!!! Relieved and glad to see that life is good again with the Oolong Queen!!Victoria wrote:I decided to put out all the stops and go for the very best tea I own: Long Juan TGY
And now ... I'm happy ... mmmmmmmmmmmmm, good tea.
This tea pushes all the right buttons, mmmmmmm delish.
Life is good.
I can't wait to see who wins whom over between Ms. Oolong Queen Victoria and Mr. Japanese Green King Chip!!!
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I had DH try some and told him "think cereal". His response - Froot Loops!Teasweetie wrote:Oy, don't even get me started with internet bookmarks!! I have about 7 or 8 separate tea bookmarks.auggy wrote:I keep a bookmark in firefox of the teas I've tried (and from what vendor). In the notes of the bookmark, I write descriptions of taste, brewing, a certain number of stars, etc. And I have it set up to search within these descriptions so I can easily find a type or style, click on the link and reorder easily.
White monkey this morning. Didn't use enough leaf, I think.
Just tried citron green for the first time. The smell was driving me nuts, reminding me of some cereal. I finally figured it out. Fruity Pebbles. Seriously. I think I've gone nuts.
I can write notes in the bookmark?! You've got my attention now!!
I also had white monkey this morning. It's a fluffy tea, so you do need to make sure you use enough leaf.
Citron green...fruity pebbles?! How funny!! Citron green was what got me hooked on tea...and, yes, I used to eat fruity pebbles when I was a kid...and when I was a college freshman...!
I have massive tea bookmarks in my web browser. I use firefox so I don't know if you can write notes on IE bookmarks but you can in firefox if you right click and select "Properties". Then I installed the "Enhanced Bookmark Search" add-on so I can search within the name, location, keyword or description of my bookmarks. It works really well for me and considering I bookmark sites like crazy, I think that is saying something.
I've even got the citron green bookmarked and notated, but I doubt I'll ever search for "fruity pebbles".
I don't keep a true inventory although all of my tea is on a shelf where it is pretty visible (all duplicates are in a cupboard on the other side of the kitchen).
I do however keep all of my order 'lists' or whatever you want to call them that Adagio sends with your orders. I flip through them from time to time if I don't know what type of tea I want.
I do however keep all of my order 'lists' or whatever you want to call them that Adagio sends with your orders. I flip through them from time to time if I don't know what type of tea I want.
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Ok, at the start of the day... I had no inventory. Now, I have a spreadsheet w/:
Class , Origin, Vendor, Name, Crop, Size, Stock?, Reviewed?
Is there anything else I can categorize them by?
About the OCD tendencies, I already had my tea organized by class in my cabinet, in the following order: White, Yellow, Green, Oolong, Black, Pu-Erh, Herbal. I have seperate container/divider/trays for each class. Subcategories were: Greens seperated by origin (chinese & japanese) and Oolongs ordered from lightest to darkest.
In terms of teaware, I have all the japanese stuff on one shelf, and all the chinese on another. The matcha stuff is on one side of the japanese shelf, and the other stuff on the other side. W/ the chinese stuff, I have pots on one side, and other stuff on the other side. Think I'm overly OCD? ...I'll bet alot of you are just as organized .
Class , Origin, Vendor, Name, Crop, Size, Stock?, Reviewed?
Is there anything else I can categorize them by?
About the OCD tendencies, I already had my tea organized by class in my cabinet, in the following order: White, Yellow, Green, Oolong, Black, Pu-Erh, Herbal. I have seperate container/divider/trays for each class. Subcategories were: Greens seperated by origin (chinese & japanese) and Oolongs ordered from lightest to darkest.
In terms of teaware, I have all the japanese stuff on one shelf, and all the chinese on another. The matcha stuff is on one side of the japanese shelf, and the other stuff on the other side. W/ the chinese stuff, I have pots on one side, and other stuff on the other side. Think I'm overly OCD? ...I'll bet alot of you are just as organized
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I organize my clothes closet by color.trent wrote:About the OCD tendencies, I already had my tea organized by class in my cabinet, in the following order: White, Yellow, Green, Oolong, Black, Pu-Erh, Herbal. I have seperate container/divider/trays for each class. Subcategories were: Greens seperated by origin (chinese & japanese) and Oolongs ordered from lightest to darkest.
In terms of teaware, I have all the japanese stuff on one shelf, and all the chinese on another. The matcha stuff is on one side of the japanese shelf, and the other stuff on the other side. W/ the chinese stuff, I have pots on one side, and other stuff on the other side. Think I'm overly OCD? ...I'll bet alot of you are just as organized
Haven't gotten my tea grouped by more than type, though - greens, oolong, black... Though I do have to fight the urge to alphabetize within categories. Apr 14th, '08, 23:23
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Mr. trent (sic), Our laboratory has completed the initial diagnostic work on your case and the prognosis is not good ...trent wrote:About the OCD tendencies ...
My own case is similarly desperate:
I have separate tabbed worksheets within an Excel workbook, each for "Wuyi," "Sheng," 'Darjeeling," etc. I include the name of the tea, harvest period if known, what I paid, price per gram, vendor:
- Sheng | 2005 | Green City Peak Arbor | PuerhShop | 20gr sample | $4.99 | .25 per g
- 04/02/08 | Brewing: 5.00 g in 120 ml huang ni pot, off boil: no rinse, infusions: 15 s, 20 s, 30 s, 40 s, 50 s, 4 m (oops)
- 1st infusion: a little deeper yellow than what I would call straw, aroma in broth of hay, grains, is that a whiff of caramel or is it my
imagination? Maybe an aroma of sand, I don't know, but some mid-tone smell that is very attractive.
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The first time I read this I read "a whiff of camel". I'm still giggling.Salsero wrote: Then, if the spirit moves me, I jot down some notes like:
- 1st infusion: a little deeper yellow than what I would call straw, aroma in broth of hay, grains, is that a whiff of caramel or is it my
imagination? Maybe an aroma of sand, I don't know, but some mid-tone smell that is very attractive.
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Chronological order is the correct way...by date of purchase..by vendor. Everyone else is clearly wrong.Katrina wrote:Why are you fighting the urge? Alphabetize away!auggy wrote:Though I do have to fight the urge to alphabetize within categories.
I think instead of this group therapy curing us, we're just converting others to our side.
Hmmm, the suppressed minority is very vocal today. Sakura sencha was very good earlier....
Tonight, later steeps of TKY and sencha.
Of course I had to go and pull out my tin of citron green to take a big sniff. I guess it sort of does smell like fruity pebbles - so strange! I never would have made that connection. Cereal like that's too sugary.Teasweetie wrote:Citron green...fruity pebbles?! How funny!! Citron green was what got me hooked on tea...and, yes, I used to eat fruity pebbles when I was a kid...and when I was a college freshman...!auggy wrote:Just tried citron green for the first time. The smell was driving me nuts, reminding me of some cereal. I finally figured it out. Fruity Pebbles. Seriously. I think I've gone nuts.