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Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: May 10th, '13, 18:11
by victoria3
Today I received my small order from Sugimoto America, 88th night Hachiju Hachiya Shin Cha. They included a thank you note and a few sample packs, nice. I’d love to try it right away but am worried of opening too many different packets and having them oxidize on me, so I guess I’ll have to wait.
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Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: May 11th, '13, 07:04
by sherubtse
I see that Ippodo has started sale of their 2013 shinchas:

http://shop.ippodo-tea.co.jp/kyoto/shop ... q=10000030

Best wishes,
sherubtse

Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: May 11th, '13, 14:50
by Running for Tea
Shincha sencha Kinari from Maiko arrived today, so the regular air mail took about a week. Waiting a few extra days was worth saving a few tea-bucks :D

Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: May 12th, '13, 19:35
by Jangular.Khaari
Yay, looking forward to trying some of the Shincha from Ippodo. I'm used to seeing my tea before I buy it, so I'm hoping I can't go wrong with Ippodo : )

Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: May 12th, '13, 20:47
by Poohblah
Jangular.Khaari wrote:Yay, looking forward to trying some of the Shincha from Ippodo. I'm used to seeing my tea before I buy it, so I'm hoping I can't go wrong with Ippodo : )
From what I've been told, it's pretty much impossible to go wrong with Ippodo. Is their shincha available yet? I plan on ordering some of theirs this year.

edit: just checked; it looks like it's available now. Did anybody else notice that the prices in the Japanese online shop are more expensive than the prices in the English online shop? 1155 yen / 50 grams for the former; 1100 yen for the latter.

Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: May 12th, '13, 23:51
by MIKE_B
I had emailed Ippodo a few weeks ago and was told their shincha would not be available outside of Japan.
But today I saw it as I was ordering gyokuro. I have a can in my order. We'll see.
My step sister brought me back a can from Kyoto last year. I thought it was pretty awesome.

Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: May 14th, '13, 14:25
by edkrueger

Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: May 14th, '13, 17:02
by victoria3
Running for Tea wrote:Shincha sencha Kinari from Maiko arrived today, so the regular air mail took about a week. Waiting a few extra days was worth saving a few tea-bucks :D
I got my last 2013 pre-orders on Saturday; O-Cha's Kagoshima Shincha Yutaka Midori & Shincha Sae Midori, Fukamushi Shincha Kaoru & Chiran Shincha. The packets were very efficiently packed, doubled up in sealed plastic wrap and those nice shipping boxes you can reuse. Shipping was 1st class, costing 13% of the order rather than 30% for EMS. Not sure how long it took to get here though.
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Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: May 16th, '13, 23:45
by 5am
Has anyone received the 2013 Maiko Shincha Kinari? I am waiting on some. I want to try some sweet asamushi.

Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: May 17th, '13, 03:30
by victoria3
5am wrote:Has anyone received the 2013 Maiko Shincha Kinari? I am waiting on some. I want to try some sweet asamushi.
My order arrived May 4th but I haven't opened it yet since a few others are open.

Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: May 17th, '13, 07:44
by avocado
Went into Ippodo NYC yesterday and found out that their shincha arrived that morning! I'm very excited to see that they will be selling it there so I'm glad I was able to check it out before buying. They had also put together a cold brew of it that day to hand samples out to customers upon arrival which was interesting to try.

Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: May 17th, '13, 10:41
by TIM
avocado wrote:Went into Ippodo NYC yesterday and found out that their shincha arrived that morning! I'm very excited to see that they will be selling it there so I'm glad I was able to check it out before buying. They had also put together a cold brew of it that day to hand samples out to customers upon arrival which was interesting to try.
Gotta Go Now! Thanks for the info :)

Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: May 17th, '13, 21:26
by MIKE_B
Ippodo shincha arrived in the mail for me today. Yay.

Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: May 18th, '13, 15:13
by 5am
Thanks Victoria, mine arrived yesterday. It took 16 days in the mail to get here. Next time I am going with EMS despite the cost. I can't imagine with all the warm weather we've been having that it's good for the tea to be shipped like that.

Thanks,
Sam

Re: Official Shincha 2013 Ordering topic

Posted: Jun 11th, '13, 16:37
by chado.my.teaway