Another traveling tea box! After participating in a couple big Traveling Tea boxes, I wanted to try out some of the themed traveling tea boxes that are going around in the tea community. If you are unfamiliar about traveling tea boxes they are a community put together (sometimes tea seller assisted) box filled with tea that is chained mailed to other tea lovers across the country (sometimes world). This box is a Teeny Tiny Traveling tea box – one of many tea boxes going around the Steepster tea community.
With similar rules to other tea boxes such as replace as much tea as you sample and finish, the theme for this tea box is to not add a tea sample that is more than 4-5 teaspoons. With that said, this tea box came in a petite box – 12oz cup for scale. All the tiny Tea Owls came to help out!
Lookit all the little tea samples!
Quite a few little tea samples – this box sporting 52 teas! By 52 tea I mean 52 different little samples, though there are a few teas from 52 Teas (confused yet?)
My “try it” pile which the Tea Owls decided to build a nest in.
While I had the box I went on a weekend road trip to see my Grandmother-in-law for her 90th birthday! Having a whole bunch of little tea samples was very convenient for travel! This box does test you, especially if you are the type that doesn’t want to be that person who takes the last serving. I finished a few things as there was only one serving left! This box has the big selection of other larger traveling tea boxes, but the teas cycle through much faster. Someone you saw added to the box a few stops ago may not be in the box by the time you get it.
After sampling a bunch of teas (I quite enjoyed a custom Adagio blend called “Butt Touch Brigand” LOL) I replaced the teas I sampled with my own goodies. Adding my own teas was actually pretty fun here as it was mostly teas I had 2-5 teaspoons left anyways. The thought process here is, “eeehhh, I’ll put it in the traveling tea box and I’ll restock them.” Now the traveling tea box is up to 56 teas.
Challenge: putting the teas back in so neatly. Each time I try and put the teas back in nicely, I fail as I get impatient. This time the tiny Tea Owls did the work for me!
Pass the tea sample!
Heave-hoot!
Overall, small sampler traveling tea boxes are pretty fun. The best perk: Cheap shipping! Little packing and small box = cheaper shipping. If you want to try a Traveling Tea box but scared of the shipping (I’ve seen shipping go up to the $17+ range within the US), try and find one of these sampler tea boxes.
