RR #170 - Surprise Beverage other than tea

Woot! Realky like this RR. I got my three "non tea" items from Patricia in Poland. We were supposed to send our partners 3 individual sized beverage items other than tea. I have already tried the hot chocolate that she sent and it was really good, can't complain I drank it and loved it. There wa also a cheese soup and a 3 in 1 coffee which I am assuming is like cream and sugar included? I haven't tried the later 2 yet but will perhaps have myself a cuppa tommorrow before I go to work. Thank you, this was a good swap!!

Swap-bot Tea bag swap #3

Received from my partner Cindi on Wyomming, USA. These are good one's, 10 teas. Most of them are herbals and some are like traditional medicainal teas. The envelop got a little damp and one of the tea bgas had gotten wet but there was no major damage and I think the bag can still be used. I love getting different teas like these. Cindi received a 5 and a heart for her package and I am happy to receive it. Wants to try the Ahmad tea because I got the apple tea before and it was really good. As well, the Lipton Strawberry too. Thank you Cindi, you're choices were 100% awesome! I wish they hadn't changed the Tazo packaging here in Canada. They don't come in the foil packages anymore, they come in mesh bags in loose form. I do still lke thier tea but it's harder to send in a envelope because it's bulky. Boo to Tazo tea for that one :(

RR# 157 - Surprise Tea RR

This one just came yesterday from Lissel in Germany. I honestly don't remember who I sent to for this swap. Yay, more Teekanne Tee and the London Tea company looks interesting, I haven't seen this type before. I haven't tried Rooibos tea yet or white tea for that matter. I honestly have quite a lot of tea to go through nd I don't think I am drinking enough to keep up with what I am recieving. The ratio is not right. I also have to go and have a look through it all and get it into some order because at the moment the packets are all shoved into tea boxes and in no order of name. I have work to do but next weekend. I am gearing up for another 6 days at 10 hours. Meh!

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RR# 165 - 5 Tea Bags

Recieved these two on the same day and got myself confused as to what RR was what. That's what all this working long hours does to your brain. I can't concentrate on my tea anymore! Anywhooo, Kenji from Japan sent a wonderful variety but I have no idea what kind of tea's they are because the packages are of course written in Japanese. No problem, that makes it all the fun when I'm trying them! Hoping all is well Kenji and that you and your family is safe from that earthquake. And secondly got a nice lttle envelope with goodies from Leslie in Turkey. She had added some extra's for me because I helped another memeber with a swap that thier partner did not send them. We call this "angels" in swapping lingo. Thank you Leslie! :) Wanna get my hands on that "Hot Love" tea cuz it sounds like somthing with cinnamon :) Received my third package for this swap from Marcowa in Poland. There are some great looking teas in there and I especially want to try the Russian Cherry tea. I have not got any of these teas in my collection and maybe since I started swapping 2 have come the same. So, I am going to boil some water right now and try the Hot Love because i am in the mood for something cinnamony. Funny now that I open the package, it smells more like fruit and apples. No cinnamon? So I am looking at the tea package and in Spanish it says there is no cinnamon. I am intruiged now...let's see...raspberry is the first thing I taste for sure and it's actually quite good. It tastes very similar to the London Fruit and Herb company Raspberry Rendevouz. It gives off a nice after taste of berries. Wouldn't mind getting this one a s a double again.

Around the World Tea RR #156

Duh! I totally forgot to post this one! This RR was the BEST so far because I wanted to choose EVERYTHING! It was so hard not to take all the tea's. There were so many that I didn't have in my collection and wanted to try. Sadly, I cannot take all of the them so I had to leave some troops for the next person. This RR went to Lady_Kikic on Satarday, March 11. Tried the Rhapsody tea which was  blend of cinnamon and orange flavor and it was very tasty *likes* :)

Around the World Tea RR #146

This RR came on Monday but I was too tired to even look at it that day. Thank you Mylona from the Netherlands for sending this and for the GREAT extra empty teabag packets for my collection. That was awesome and when I get some time I will up load them into my Picassa site. So this RR had some loose teas and packet teas so there wasa nice variety to chose form. I think I am becoming more Pickwick tea fan as I do like it. I am excited to try the T Kick black tea with guarana, maybe before work so that I can have some energy??? Also, there a Marshmellow tea in my picks too that I'm gonna try right now. Tasting....tastes a bit different than I thought but it is sweet and not in need of too much sugar (I like sweet tea so two sugars for me please!) It's good, I like it. Good job Mylona!!! :) Sending next to Andre (Rhamdan) in Belguim on Saturday.

Mystery Envelopes #32 & #36

Gosh it's been a crazy start to the week. I have worked 10 hour shifts and I am dead tired! I can't keep up with my mail this way. BUT it's making me some really badly needed cash so I will suck it up! Here are my two Mystery envelopes received yesterday. First up #36 from Missleilani in the USA. Took only 4 items. Wasn't really in that great a need for the stickers inside but opted for the great postcards from Seattle. Sending off to Ania in Poland on Saturday. And next is #32 also from the USA from Timdani. Liked this one quite a bit especially the jigsaw puzzle magnet (haven't seen something like that before) and the tea. I like that on this particular group there is a rule that you have to write down what you took and what you replaced with so that people don't feel like they were jipped with items and if they do, then they know who put what back. These, in my opinion, have to be fair. The very first one that I got back which is not on this blog was NOT good quality at all. It had broken earrings and some childish cards that were cut out of some magazine. It was crap but I figured the next person might not want that so I took the crappy items and replaced with something nicer. It sucked for me but the next person had a chance to enjoy it. I know these are senders choice bur really people, think about who your sending to. If you're goig to send crap - don't join!

Swap-bot Newbie Tea swap

Got me my frst of 2 partenrs' swaps today from this swap in Swap-bot. Tracey had asked me if I had received this swap yet as she had sent it February 22 but I replied to her that I had not. Today It arrived wrappe in a plastic bag form Canada Post with an apology letter saying their machine had damaged the envelope during processing. Lucky for me the teas inside were not damaged in anyway, just the envelope got shredded. No worries, the tea is good. have not tried Bigelow tea before so I have a wide variety to chose from. I think that I will start with the Spiced Chai because that is another one of my favorite teas next to of course my #1 Cinnamon Apple. :) Thanks Tracey!

And Yesterday (March 14th) I finally got my second package that was coming from Gerri in the USA. I don't know why it took 3 weeks to come by first class mail but the tea's arrived in perfect condition and Gerri added a really nice card too. Got a Lipton cold brew packet of tea and I have never tried this before so I might just do that this weekend. I love iced tea anyway so why not? Gerri had added two packets of tea from the Eastern Shore Tea company and those look good too. Gonna be some good drinking this weekend...tea, of course!Thank you ladies, I am definatley impressed with swap-bot swaps.

Traveling Sticker Round Robin

Recieved my first envelope for this RR today. Took only 6 stickers out cuz the rest were not really my style but they maybe someone else's. Took TinkerBell out for my niece Cailie, who loves Disney Princess and all that. I will send them to her in her Easter card soon. The rest are great for my pen pal letters. Thanks Jessica in the Netherlands. Got second package for this swap (Kay's) envelope sent again from Jess18877. This one was good, took more tinkerbell and littlest Petshop for Cailie and some HK for me!! There were also some loose stickers which I took 11 of. I received the last of the envelopes for this swap now and it has become aparent that I keep taking the same stickers. I am not going to join this RR again.

Swap-bot - Pick 7 Tea swap

This is my first swap-bot swap and I have to say I am VERY impressed with this swap. Beyond impressed with my partner Debbie (LittleRed) from B.C. The purpose of this swap with to pick 7 teas from the list of 10 your partner was offering. I was excited to try my picks form Debbie's list because they were all new to me. So my package arrive today and kudos to Debbie from sending it out the next day. I got my 7 tea's plus 3 extra's which, again kudos to debbie for picking such good choices! Also, she sent along a recipe card for Chocolate cheesecake cupcakes. *mouth is watering* Gave her a big heart with my rating for that one. Anyone who pffers me anything chocolate is #1 with me. Not sure which tea I want to try first, the Chocolatey Chai or the Chocolate Mint from Stash. Decisions, decisions! Then there's the coconut macadamia tea, again mouth is watering. Gott go drink some tea now! :)

Would have been nice if I could get this picture the right way but it's aggrivating me so I'm just going to leave it for now.

Tea RR #167 - 3 herbal tea's

Wow!I could smell these before I even got to the mailbox, I swear! Recieved from Gina71 in Germany and she was the first out of the 4 girls from the swap so far. So one thing is very clear, European teas are way different than our lame North American herbal teas. I am impressed with these three that I got because they actually smell like herbal tea. I mean you can smell the eucalyptus and the verbena and the sage and they smell wonderful and very medicinal. I could just sit here and sniff the purple MeBmer packet all day. Almost too good for drinking. I may be a little over dramatizing this but I like these teas. Definatley going to join more herbal teas swaps. Thanks Gina!! Got my 2nd for this swap (Received March 3rd) from Chiara64. There is a very intruiging tea in here called Chili Kakao Tee and I'm guessing the English traslation is chocolate chili tea? It smells very chilish and I'm not sure, to be honest, that I will like this one BUT I am here to try everything. The two others seem to be for remedys of sicknesses hence the herbal tea.I like the cheeky cherubs name on one of them. It's or the sniffles...love it! Thanks Karin :)

Got envelope #3 from this group now from Dae Liin in the Netherlands

I see the girls on the PC links saying how much they love Greenfield's teas and I have never heard of it (naturally I'm new to the world of tea) but Dae Liin sent a grape tea and it SMELLS GOOD! love the Pickwick too, got another one I didn't have :) Good job Dae Liin!!! Thank you for wrapping it up so nicely in the card too! And Finally n March 16th came my last envelope to complete this sawp, from Elizabetha in Russia. She sent three more of those Greenfield teas. She mentione in her note that she had received a birthday present of these teas and was sharing them with the members of this swap. Thank you very much for doing so!!!Have 2 Festive grape teas now!!! Thanks everyone, this swap is now done!