Thursday TeaDay 6/25/09 Best guestimate balance 2009?

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So, for the balance of 2009, your best guestimate of how many vendors for TEA you will use. Please share possible highlights or goals in future tea purchases. Is there ONE you really want to try?

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1
3%
1
1
3%
2
2
5%
3
1
3%
4
6
16%
5
8
22%
6
5
14%
7
5
14%
8
0
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9
0
No votes
10 or more
8
22%
 
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by shogun89 » Jun 25th, '09, 10:05

Probably about 4ish, maybe more.
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by geeber1 » Jun 25th, '09, 10:46

It's hard to say because so much depends on my budget (or lack thereof!)

herb_master and entropy... love your flower photos!

sal ... are those lovebirds in your photo? Whatever they are, they are SO cute!

Just a gulp of Fujian Baroque so far this morning. That will be remedied soon by whatever I have left in my tea drawer here at work - it's time to restock!
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by Salsero » Jun 25th, '09, 11:01

geeber1 wrote: sal ... are those lovebirds in your photo? Whatever they are, they are SO cute!
I figured they are quail or some such thing, but as they are on loan from a local collector, I don't actually know.
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by brad4419 » Jun 25th, '09, 11:51

probably 3-4 because Ive already tried 4 venders this year and have probably stocked up enough this year and might buy a little more green from teasprings or maybe more puerh from puerhshop later in the year but there already included in the 3-4 venders.

There are just so many good venders to buy from online. I just want to try them all

Genmaicha this morning. Im craving some earl grey cream for this evening
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by Chip » Jun 25th, '09, 12:03

I will likely receive teas from many of the same vendors, and figure on adding 5-10 others (not including random samples from members that is hard to figure in). So, likely 10-15 from now til the end of the year.

Began the TD with Fukamushi Supreme from O-Cha, really delish. SweeTea would agree I think. Pyrit, and TEAh hung out at the TeaTable this morning.

Enjoy your tea, enjoy your day.
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by depravitea » Jun 25th, '09, 12:27

I estimate 7. I can see myself trying 3-4 new vendors before the year is out. Just seeing which ones I like and which ones I will warn you guys about lol

Herb_Master your Borage looks EXCELLENT!!!

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by silvermage2000 » Jun 25th, '09, 12:37

hoping between 1 and 4. I am drinking a cup of creamy irish breakfast.
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by geeber1 » Jun 25th, '09, 12:55

Salsero wrote:
geeber1 wrote: sal ... are those lovebirds in your photo? Whatever they are, they are SO cute!
I figured they are quail or some such thing, but as they are on loan from a local collector, I don't actually know.
Actually, now that I look at them longer, the front-facing one looks kind of angry. :twisted:
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by Victoria » Jun 25th, '09, 13:06

geeber1 wrote:
Salsero wrote:
geeber1 wrote: sal ... are those lovebirds in your photo? Whatever they are, they are SO cute!
I figured they are quail or some such thing, but as they are on loan from a local collector, I don't actually know.
Actually, now that I look at them longer, the front-facing one looks kind of angry. :twisted:
Maybe they are quarreling quail ...

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by leiche » Jun 25th, '09, 13:42

I'm at 5 so far, so I'll probably hit 7-8 by the end of the year with reorders from previous vendors as well. Whether I actually need more tea or not, though...

Currently enjoying some Houji-Genmaicha with lunch.
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by Rich Perry » Jun 25th, '09, 14:36

Let's see:

Primarily, the Tea Gallery, followed by Nada, Jing, Yunnan Sourcing, Sampan, and an occasional order from Hou De. That's it, I think. I'll be in Montreal in a few days so I'm hoping to stop into Camellia Sinensis.
Right now drinking Nada's 1980's Wang Zi loose leaf.
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by MASALACHAAAAIIIIII » Jun 25th, '09, 14:51

Well I have ordered from Camellia Sinensis, Adagio, Zencha, O-Cha, Sevencups, Tea Cozy, and Tea Emporium. I want to try out Den's, Upton(heard tons of mixed reviews now), teasource, hibiki-an, specialteas, searching for some local tea shops,and who knows?? SUCH AN ADDICTTT

Just got back from Indy IN and enjoyed sleeping in a parking lot since none of us wanted to pay for a room ahaha, eating at an awesome cuban restaurant, 36hour adventureeeee, and finding a teahouse randomly which saved my life!!! I had a class at eight am today too, surprised I made it back in time hahahahahahahaha About to try some samples I bought from there. Going without tea has slowly drained the force out of me and went to tha darkside. Might invest in a travel kit thingy haha

I think white earl grey will be tried nizzow
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by Janine » Jun 25th, '09, 16:32

(Hi Rich!)

Right now I'm lucky to have access to Red Circle, Imperial Tea Court and Samovar to name a few. After Tea Gallery in NYC closed, I started exploring ChaMaGuDao (in Montclair NJ) and found some nice teas there that I enjoyed drinking (including an organic Yunnan Gold and Huang Zhi), also Radiance Tea House on 55th when I had the chance to go uptown. Their tea tastings also give you a chance to try different teas they carry.

Today it is a Red Circle Tea - Ying De HongCha! Yummy
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by MASALACHAAAAIIIIII » Jun 25th, '09, 19:19

enjoyed a good cup of white earl grey, and then a cup of ayurvedic yoga tea from Tea cozy, pretty good. The bergamot was pretty strong though...
No clue what to have next!
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by kymidwife » Jun 25th, '09, 21:40

Well I just posted what s in my cup today on yesterday's poll... thats what happens when I work too much!

I have used 7 vendors so far, and expect I will try a few more. So, the year is bound to total more than 10.

I want to try several new ones I haven't tried yet:

Hou-de
Jing
TeaMasters
TeaSource
Camellia Sinensis
Oh yeah... and there was some MonkeyPicked Oolong from New Century Tea Gallery that is STILL haunting me from the oolong box. I may have to order.

We'll see how many I get around to...
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