Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge – December Theme: Holiday Teason Tea #30
additional notes: Penultimate steep session of one of my favorites! Oh no! IS there any source for DF teas in the US? A much needed cup of reliable comfort today. I kind of fell off track with counting the holiday teas I have been drinking, as my internet has been shaky recently. Certain people in my life are making it a much tougher year in possibly the toughest year for most people in the world. So I’m wishing you all the best of everything and happy holidays and as much enjoyment as possible in this final week of 2021! I hope 2022 is a better time for us all.
Other holiday teas: Bird & Blend – Figgy Pud (31)
Angry Tea Room – Gingerbread (32)
Bird & Blend – Snowball (33)
Davids – Sweet Potato Pie (34)
Also, I see no mention of a Bird & Blend boxing day sale which is odd?
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I have found a small selection sourced and sold at https://www.emiliesfrenchteas.com/tea-shop . I also know the Cultured Cup sources a small selection of MF. Those are the only places I’ve found so far of “within the US” shipped French tea.
I have seen B&B mention the Boxing Day sale on their Instagram.
I found a few DF teas many years ago online and the tea shop was in Oregon, I think. I will do some digging and see if I can find them.
Mastress Alita – I didn’t know about Emilie’s! Looking at it, they actually sell by the ounce (instead of 100grams) which is great if it wasn’t much more than DF’s prices. They also don’t have quite the variety.
ashmanra – I will be interested to know if you find it again!
Cameron – Just got the B&B e-mail today!
I am always willing to “pay more” for a sampler/by-the-ounce than a place that only offers “in bulk”. At least half of any 100g bag of tea is just going to taste like crap to me because I cannot ever drink that much of a single variety of tea before it loses freshness/quality. Also, domestic shipping over international shipping is a large part of the savings, too.
I did mention that both only source a “small selection” but considering how few places source any French tea in the US, at least it is something…
Yeah, it’s something! Thanks
<3 to you, tea-sipper
Okay… am I the only one wildly disappointed B&B removed the free international shipping from their Boxing Day Sale? That was legit the main reason I ever ordered from them during the bi-annual Boxing Day/XMas in July promotions. Bleeeeeeeeeh.
<3 derk!
Mastress Alita – for shame. I didn’t order this time around but hopefully the non-global free shipping is only temporary. Their e-mail the day before made it sound like it was free shipping to everywhere.
I checked today, and it is not. Only UK free shipping. I didn’t order this year either… on account of the shipping change. Otherwise, I would’ve restocked a few cupboard staples I sipped down due to age over the last year.
Yeah, I only wanted one or two things, so I didn’t order due to the shipping thing either.
I saw an interview with Mike Harney today and he said their shipping costs to get the tea delivered TO them have tripled, if I understood correctly.
As a guy who works in logistics, I sadly have to agree that shipping costs anywhere are just crazy. Slowly going down now, but probably it is new level of “normal”.
I have found a small selection sourced and sold at https://www.emiliesfrenchteas.com/tea-shop . I also know the Cultured Cup sources a small selection of MF. Those are the only places I’ve found so far of “within the US” shipped French tea.
I have seen B&B mention the Boxing Day sale on their Instagram.
I found a few DF teas many years ago online and the tea shop was in Oregon, I think. I will do some digging and see if I can find them.
Mastress Alita – I didn’t know about Emilie’s! Looking at it, they actually sell by the ounce (instead of 100grams) which is great if it wasn’t much more than DF’s prices. They also don’t have quite the variety.
ashmanra – I will be interested to know if you find it again!
Cameron – Just got the B&B e-mail today!
I am always willing to “pay more” for a sampler/by-the-ounce than a place that only offers “in bulk”. At least half of any 100g bag of tea is just going to taste like crap to me because I cannot ever drink that much of a single variety of tea before it loses freshness/quality. Also, domestic shipping over international shipping is a large part of the savings, too.
I did mention that both only source a “small selection” but considering how few places source any French tea in the US, at least it is something…
Yeah, it’s something! Thanks
<3 to you, tea-sipper
Okay… am I the only one wildly disappointed B&B removed the free international shipping from their Boxing Day Sale? That was legit the main reason I ever ordered from them during the bi-annual Boxing Day/XMas in July promotions. Bleeeeeeeeeh.
<3 derk!
Mastress Alita – for shame. I didn’t order this time around but hopefully the non-global free shipping is only temporary. Their e-mail the day before made it sound like it was free shipping to everywhere.
I checked today, and it is not. Only UK free shipping. I didn’t order this year either… on account of the shipping change. Otherwise, I would’ve restocked a few cupboard staples I sipped down due to age over the last year.
Yeah, I only wanted one or two things, so I didn’t order due to the shipping thing either.
I saw an interview with Mike Harney today and he said their shipping costs to get the tea delivered TO them have tripled, if I understood correctly.
As a guy who works in logistics, I sadly have to agree that shipping costs anywhere are just crazy. Slowly going down now, but probably it is new level of “normal”.