This is a chance to try different teas. We will buddy up and you will send your buddy at least 3-5 tea bags (different kinds, please) for them to try.
This is also a monthly swap and you can come and go as you want just make sure to give me advanced notice of what month(s) you dod not plan to participate in.

Sign-ups CLOSED



Mail by 7/16/07


1.mom2cass- NO CHAI OR HEAVILY SPICED TEA, NO ENGLISH BREAKFAST, I love Fruity Teas!
2.bibliocrates despise GENMACHAI GREEN TEA, no GINSENG(unless blended) Tea bags, leaves and herbs are fine, no preference.
3.cowgirl-up
4.rebeccaljames
5.nimrodiel No Anise, No Extremely Cinnamon teas (Cinnamon tea is fine just not as the main flovor)
6.azuki- no chai, cinnamon nor peppermint. loose tea okay
7.Dancing-dog
8.Boogal
9.Needsmorezolft No camomile or Grey Tea. Leaves OK
10.Cheessygiraffe No Honey Teas
11. Lemonitsa No Ginseng and No green Tea
12. Gothamgal July Swap
13. poofsizzle July Swap
14.ramson prefer black and herbal teas to green tea. I love minty and fruity teas in any flavor except peach


BUDDIES!

mom2cass sends to Gothamgal MAILED
bibliocrates sends to ransom RECEIVED
rebeccaljames sends to azuki
nimrodiel sends to bibliocrates
azuki sends to Boogal MAILED
Dancing-dog sends to Cheessygiraffe MAILED
Boogal sends to CowGirl Up
Needsmorezolft sends to Dancing-dog MAILED
Cheessygiraffe sends to Lemonitsa
Lemonitsa sends to mom2cass MAILED
Gothamgal sends to Needsmorezolft
poofsizzle sends to nimrodiel RECEIVED
ramson sends to poofsizzle MAILED
CowGirl Up sends to rebeccaljames

I want to play too, please!

WOO HOO! :bananadance:

I wonder who my partner will be this month? :drool:

I am going to give it until Friday for everyone to get here and sign up!

you said it, girl! :)

Oh my! I'm excited to swap again, but I still have tea left over from May that I'm slowly working my way through...and savoring every minute of it!

I can't wait to start this. All I ask is no chai, please.
Thank you!

Who's poofsizzle? :shrug: :unsure: :huh:

Can you change my little tea like info blurb?

I use both loose and bagged teas. I adore fruity and green teas. I dislike anise and cinnimon flavors (but only if they are the main flavor, usually not so much if it's blended in) no Yerba Matte tea it agrivates my allergies and leaves me jumpy (even though I do love it's taste I can't drink it :huh: ).

I am poofsizzle :ph34r:

I am new here , but looking forward to swapping tea ! I've done a couple tea swaps through other sources (including swap-bot.com) and they are just so much fun that I wanted to join this one as well :wave:

I like almost any kind of black, oolong and white teas. I primarily drink loose tea, but I lapse over into tea bags, especially if I just want a little, or I am trying somthing new, or if I am on the go, or things my swap partners send me...

As for dislikes I am not a big fan of most green tea and I realy don't like rooibos (aka red tea, aka red bush) or Ginseng.

Hi poof! :welcome: Nice to meet ya. :wave: I'm a admin here so if you want to look around the forum and have any questions just ask me. :grin:

Hi I just wonder -has the list been sent out for who is sending to whom for the July exchange? I didn't get a pm and I know we are supposed to mail them by the middle of the month... so I am not sure if I missed the pm or the pairing has yet been done.

I will be pairing people up in a minute :)

:yahoo:

partners are up!!!

time to SHOP and MAIL! :grin:

Great!!
Just to be sure as I can never get this straight - I am supposed to send to Rebecca and to receive teabags from Boogal??

The person in the parenthesis ( ) is the person you send your teas to.

(At least that's how it worked last month!)

You send to Boogal and get from Rebecca :)

bartonz
cowgirl-up

Did you guys get your teas from last month swaps?

My teas are packed and ready to go! I will mail them out tomorrow morning.

I bought some new tea today in order to have some variety in what I send. I pretty much normally stick to Twinnings so those who have had me as their partner usually get only Twinnings. Today I branched out. :teehee:

My teas to my partner are going in the mail tomorrow :)

I have been stocking up since I joined the swap last month, as I really liked the idea of a tea swap. Now I m good for a few rounds!

:lol:

Does anyone have an address for poofsizzle? She is not responding to my PM.

I didn't receive any teas in June. I think I remember getting a PM for my address that I responded to, but maybe my PM response just didn't go through.

Sorry, I was off line for the weekend. I responded to your PM this morning.

We never heard from suefitz either.

That's exactly what I am fearing...
I joined BC thinking it's a good idea to get rid of the books on my shelf, and now my shelf is double stacked, with boxes more...
I suspect that my tea collection has also grown since the swap started...

BTW I am mailing my package out today for Boogal.

nimrodiel - your package went out today. You should hopefully get it quite soon as it is going less than 20 miles :) I hope that you enjoy them :)

While you're waiting for this month's teas to arrive,
you can take this online tea quiz!

Tea Quiz

Even though I got half of them wrong, I am a tea connoisseur! :P

Me too! :D

Interesting quiz dancing-dog. Thank you for sharing! I am a Tea Lover, but I didn't do very well. :erm:

Mailed teas out to my partner today! :D

Mailing today! :bananadance:

poofsizzle, I got your wonderful package right before heading out of town for the weekend.

Thanks for the generous tea selection. The loose ones smell fantastic.

Also it's nice to meet another Chicago area member :)

I thought some of you might be interested in this site which has a lot of articles on expanding your knowlege of tea:

http://www.teaclass.com/

It's from adagio teas which also has a pretty cool newsletter:

http://www.teamuse.com/

Thanks boogal - very cool.

I see they also have Tea Chat, a forum and

Tea Chef, regarding cooking with tea and

Tea Map to find tea rooms in your area!

Ditto :giggle:

At least now I know the Tea month is Aug.

Maybe we should do something special next swap since it's the US Tea month. :wink:

I am mailing my teas to my partner tomorrow.

My package of teas was waiting for me when I got home from work tonight/ this morning. What a haul! Thanks so much Bibliocrates!

Here's what I got:

Lipton Black Pearl
Lipton Bavarian Wild Berry
Carrington French Vanilla
Echinacea Complete care
Sea Dyke Black Tea
Sea Dyke Oolong
Bigelow Constant Comment
Twinnings Darjeeling
Bigelow Earl Grey

These couldn't have come at a better time as I realized today my tea stash at work is getting frightfully low!

ETA: Count me in for August!

You are welcome ramson! If I included a Stevia packet with the tea, it is because I recommend you drink it sweetened! Stevia doesn't affect blood sugar in case you are diabetic. Let me know how you like them.

I updated the 1st page...And mailed my teas to Gothamgal today!

What do you all think? Maybe include a special gift?