Oolong Box Pass

Owes its flavors to oxidation levels between green & black tea.
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by Victoria » Jun 26th, '09, 21:46

Bummer!!
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Yo Geeber!

by Intuit » Jun 27th, '09, 00:40

Our wee US Post Office is also officially closed on Saturday, but we can show up in the lobby that has public access to PO boxes and ring politely (doorbell explicitly for this purpose) at the two piece door (the type that opens at the top only to hand out packages on request or both parts, as when they help customers out with large boxes). Has to be between the hours of 9-11am. This is the second small town post office that I've known that had this policy. You might try showing up and seeing if they will let you have your package. The postal clerks are there sorting mail anyway.

Most people don't know that it's an informal policy for weekend package pickup for rural and many urban post offices. Larger towns feature 1/2 day access, Saturday morning for regular postal business.
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by geeber1 » Jun 27th, '09, 17:10

Intuit, I had already gone online and did a delivery request, but that is a good tip about the Post Office. I will definitely try that next time I need to get a package on the weekend. The mailman delivered the Oolong Box a while ago. I took everything out and snapped a couple of photos and made a list of the contents. All I can say is WOW, there's a lot there to sample!

and Victoria, I will throw the English Tea Store packages away. :D
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by Drax » Jun 27th, '09, 18:51

All right, glad to hear it made it!

It was a good way for me to try some stuff I wouldn't normally buy (especially the flavored stuff). I appreciate the opportunity to have been a part of the pass!
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by Victoria » Jun 28th, '09, 22:32

So sayeth the Oolong Queen-
New list order/status:

EdKrueger - DONE
T4Texas - DONE
BSteele - DONE
Cha Cha Cha - DONE
kymidwife - DONE
heatwaves - DONE
Drax - DONE
geeber1 - DONE
cheaton - CURRENT
teashionista -
Intuit -
Ebtoulson -
Garrett -
thirtysixbelow -
leiche -
Shogun89 -

Bumped down due to no response:
Evil Flowers
DangerInRed
Balmung135
TeaCompulsion
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by cheaton » Jun 29th, '09, 12:53

Replied to Geeber with my info!
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by geeber1 » Jul 1st, '09, 10:58

I'll be sending the Oolong box along to cheaton this afternoon. I thought you all might like a photo of the contents when it arrived:
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The two packages at the top (the pink/green ones that are cut off) have been thrown away, per the Oolong Queen's orders. :lol:

Here's the box in my town:
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And here's where it's leaving from. (Walla Walla, Washington):
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I think it would be nice to see photos of where the box is traveling. I realize it's already been all over the country, but maybe for the rest of its tour, we could get photos?
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by tenuki » Jul 2nd, '09, 02:54

geeber! great idea!
Do something different, something different will happen. ( Gong Fu Garden )
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by ABx » Jul 2nd, '09, 11:47

Indeed, that is a great idea :)

And on a side note: man... you live in cowboy country :)
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by geeber1 » Jul 2nd, '09, 13:17

ABx wrote:Indeed, that is a great idea :)

And on a side note: man... you live in cowboy country :)
:lol:
You betcha, pardner!
But we also have great wine, which I would enjoy more if I were a wine drinker instead of a tea drinker.
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by Victoria » Jul 4th, '09, 10:45

That's a great idea Geeber!
Thanks for the pics!
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by cheaton » Jul 6th, '09, 09:01

I received the box. Sorry that I won't have time for much posting about the tea and/or picture taking. PM'ing teashionista for address to send it on.
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Whooohooooo!

by Intuit » Jul 6th, '09, 20:25

One away from the Magic Box!

Oh oh, teashionista hasn't been active (posting) since Jun 17th. Hope she has her PMs forwarded.
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by cheaton » Jul 7th, '09, 08:47

I'll give Teashionista until tomorrow afternoon to reply. I'm leaving to go out of town on Friday and would like to send the box on this week.
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by cheaton » Jul 8th, '09, 15:36

No answer from Teashionista, Intuit... you're up!
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