1403 Tasting Notes
This is divine. And in the perfect world, I would have another huge bag or two of this left, rather than the few crumbs that I have remaining.
Another example of tea and its hard hard lessons in non attachment.
Okay ignore that, I’m thinking based on phrasing that this is no longer available? Sniffle. It’s probably for the best.
52Teas only blends one tea a week in a small batch, and once that batch is gone, the tea isn’t available anymore, unless it happens to get a reblend by chance at some point down the line. It’s a bit different than your typical tea shop that has mass stock of a lot of flavors all the time. It’s fun to see what each new week brings, though!
I’ve ordered from them a couple of times in the past, but not since Anne took over from Frank. I had a quick look on their website earlier and they either haven’t released any new teas since the end of November or they sell out quick these days! Fingers crossed for a reblend somewhere down the line (:
@Nattie – we’re severely behind on getting out our teas of the week. We just released November’s teas, December’s teas will be released in the next week or so. I was quite ill at the beginning of November and it set my calendar back more than a month with my hospital stay and my recovery time after being released. I’m feeling a lot better now, so I’m doing my level best to get caught up.
And regarding the shipping – nobody wishes more than I do that the cost of shipping internationally was cheaper! I have set the rates as low as I possibly can and for some countries, I still end up losing a little on shipping as I’ve set the international rates depending upon the country I’m shipping to.
I feel ya with shipping charges, Nattie. Perhaps you could place a super huge order and either split it with others in the UK or just make it last. Maybe there is a minimum order amount where shipping would be significantly reduced.
Oh no, I hope you’re feeling a lot better soon! Sending my thoughts and best wishes. Don’t compromise your recovery trying to do too much too soon. The shipping thing is something I’m used to, it’s not 52teas specific. It’s just insanely expensive shipping anything from the states to the UK, annoyingly.
And vice versa. Bird & Blend kills me with shipping. They only put a free international shipping threshold in this month. I’ve placed $100 orders in the past before and was still charged $15 in shipping fees.
Yikes! Oh yeah totally, international shipping is such a killer. I don’t know how it works in the US, but when my international packages arrive in the UK they’re held for ransom until I pay an extra 20% tax and £8 “handling fee” (which is total BS) so I’ve got to reeeeeaaaaally want something to buy internationally!
That happens in Canada too, Nattie. I have been dinged by our government on international tea purchases.
Oh I can imagine all the things that will hit the US on January 1st… I already know shipping will be going up in the biggest increase in a while. sigh.
I’m feeling similar feels about what will happen when the UK finally leaves the EU. No more international purchases of any kind for me! It’s gonna be a sad day.
What is happening January 1st, tea-sipper? (I have been off wifi for almost 6 months and have thoroughly enjoyed the break from your monstrous news. Not you, personally, of course.)
And yes, Nattie. Scary days.
The thing with hanging on to tea is that the flavours fade. We know this, right? Still good and still lovely, but fading.
Today, I spent yet another couple of hours with the internet provider hoping to get wifi at home engaged. Yesterday, I spent another couple of hours or more with the telephone person who came to deal with the outside wires.
All of this is to no avail. Still no wifi. However, I have an ethernet connection, so I can receive my 5362 banked emails. Ayup. Modern life.
Happy all the things to everyone!
I will still be keeping things brief here as this ethernet connection forces me to perch on a rather uncomfortable chair with all the wires holding it all together. Gah!
I came across this packet during the great tea upheaval: the preparation for the cross border Discovery TTB as I hunted down Canadian teas for our American teafrens to try. And it’s not like I found all the Canadian teas that I wanted to share. Tea problems, tea problems.
This one is an ancient one of Anne’s creations yet still delicious. I brought it along for a brief trip out of town. Hence, the wifi and being able to post from this account which I can only use on my laptop which I have with me.
It is a super pain to not have wifi access at home and having to run out to cafes w a small tablet to check email and such. Such a limit on my online life. I do miss my hours on Steepster with my teafrens.
Oh well, I am hoping to get all that sorted at some point soon. Up to now, there have been for more urgencies than wifi to deal with. Soon, people, soon.
Still no wifi at home here. I make do with the occasional outing to a cafe or some such to catch up a wee bit. There are advantages to not having the colossal time suck in my life. I am not tea shopping as much, for one thing.
That said, I miss my tea postings and catching up with what you all are drinking. And you guys and your happenings, of course.
Here I am for an hour or two in a bakery cafe scrolling through all the tea postings that I’ve missed. This method is troubling as I don’t have enough time to actually read through and that bugs me. But that’s just what it is for now.
I’ve been drinking all the things. This one is coming up often in my rotation. It is the first hojicha blend that has caught my attention. The dense twiggy woodiness just works with the maple. Yet another score for 52Teas—damn.
Gah! Still no wifi at home, but I’ve hauled my laptop to a cafe to download a few things from my webmail before it disappears altogether: hence, having my real steepster self back. (My webmail allowance is teeny.) Fortunately, the cafe has wifi and air conditioning because the humidity continues to be brutal here. Sadly, or happily depending on how you look at it, the AC is better than the wifi. And the person here is cursing me with hiphop, and not even good hiphop. Good to know which places I will not further frequent. Gah and gah again.
Trying this for the first time, though not in the cafe. Darn tasty. Reminds me of my beloved Banana Pudding.