Last year my DH got me two yarn-of-the-month club subscriptions, which I had requested. Partly because I wanted see if knowing that I would have moderate amounts of yarn coming in would stop me from buying other yarn. As it turned out, the answer to that question was “no”.
So this year, he got me a tea-of-the-month club from Harney and Sons! I drink quite a bit of tea, and like their selection quite a bit, so I was thrilled. He likes to give me a monthly subscription gift, because every year I give him a salami-of-the-month club from Olympia Provisions. It doesn’t necessarily follow that I need a monthly thing, but he likes to do it. Anyway, the first package was here in time for Christmas morning with two tins of their sachets in special holiday flavors.
White Christmas is white tea with almonds, vanilla and some chamomile flowers. It smells like almond cookies, and tastes very much the same. It makes a great afternoon pick-me-up. It is a light tea, and very tasty!
The Holiday tea is black tea with what would be considered traditional holiday flavors – orange peel, cloves, cinnamon. Kind of like what you would use as mulling spices for cider or wine. It is a very rich, dark tea with great spicy flavor.
I’m only one month in, but already I am loving this tea subscription!
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Salami of the month? Never heard of that one! 🙂
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Olympia Provisions is a fancy meat place in Portland – they do charcuterie and salami and sausages. They have really good salami!
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How wonderful!! I need to keep that in mind for my daughter, she loves her tea. As to the not buying yarn, each year I think. my stash record keeping will keep me from buying more. Not working! LOL
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It is a pretty neat club so far! Yes – the yarn buying…Sigh. At this point I’m just trying to slow it down.But it;s all so pretty!
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Oh that sounds awesome!
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It is so far! I suspect the monthly deliveries aren’t going to be as lavish, but still – tea deliveries once a month is pretty hard to beat!
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I think I would love a tea delivery once a month. My only worry would be how much tea would accumulate by the end of the year
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I think it’s only 20 teabags or so each month – I will drink it easily! You’re right though – if it was more than that, it would definitely pile up by the end of the year 🙂
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Oh that’s okay then:) it will be a nice treat for you each month!
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I hope so!
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What a great gift! I can’t wait to see what you get next month. I think this would get me to try new teas, I tend to stick to my usuals.
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I mostly stick to the same teas also. But when I do try new things, I tend to enjoy them 🙂 I am looking forward to what the next teas will be too!
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You and your husband exchange fun gifts:) The tea looks fabulous and I think knowing you’re getting a special package every month is exciting!
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It is exciting! We like to do fun stuff for Christmas and birthdays. Usually nothing too big, but special 🙂 Generally that winds up being books, or yarn for me, but I am looking forward to the tea!
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How fun! Does the subscription last all year? I am wondering if I had something like that to look forward to every month if I would spend less on other stuff. But since that didn’t work out for you with the yarn club, maybe not. LOL!
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It does last all year. I’m hoping it will help with the tea buying this year, but we shall see 🙂
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