2025: How Much Will You Spend on Tea This Year!?
Thanks for starting this thread, Roswell Strange!
Previous years’ spending
2014: $965.89
2015: $961.50
2016: $734.75
mid-2017: $581.12 (stopped tracking halfway through the year)
2022: $1,506.46 (higher in reality but there are purchases I didn’t record)
2023: $1,940.83
2024: $1,400.51
The goal for this year is to only spend on two things: seasonal countdown boxes and advents. I don’t count tea shop spending if it’s consumed there; it only counts if I’m bringing leaf home. Also not counting tea-adjacent things like pins, stationery, etc.
January
nothing, yay!
February
Tea Thoughts: $30 (spring countdown box)
March
nothing, yay!
April
DavidsTea: $32.31 (tea)
I have never ventured into this thread before, but I am glad that I did. Do you include things like going to a matcha ceremony?
I think totally up to you! Some people use this to track or budget for anything tea related and some are more specific for just tea/teaware.
For example, I don’t count tea-related book purchases as part of my budget (ex. Eighty Degrees magazine) because I view that as part of my budget for books/comics/manga. Like, if you have a budget for “extracurricular activities” I could see a matcha ceremony falling there since it’s more experience driven.
Just depends on your goals with tracking :)
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