The BFP Tea Exchange!!!

Breathless · 03-07-2017, 11:54 PM

I believe one stipulation has to be set, tea has to be tea bag for any that is crossing the border into Canada and California, loose leaf is also acceptable as long as it is dried. I love my fresh tea recipes, however live plants can not cross the borders. Bagged tea and dried is acceptable. The cost really comes down to a stamp for each person, reasonable I think.

candy_coated_bitch · 03-08-2017, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Breathless

I believe one stipulation has to be set, tea has to be tea bag for any that is crossing the border into Canada and California, loose leaf is also acceptable as long as it is dried. I love my fresh tea recipes, however live plants can not cross the borders. Bagged tea and dried is acceptable. The cost really comes down to a stamp for each person, reasonable I think.

Yeah, that's why I said tea bag only. It's just simpler. Good point about traveling across borders.

candy_coated_bitch · 03-08-2017, 02:09 AM

Plus, you can tuck a tea bag inside a card very easily and mail it with a stamp.

PaPa · 03-08-2017, 05:44 AM

If it is loose leaf there are tea bags that can be bought to put it into as well.

Gemme · 03-08-2017, 07:50 AM

For me, that would be an additional expense I wouldn't want, which gets into what CCB was touching on earlier. For those that don't have enough tea at home that they are willing to share, there's the cost of the tea itself and then, if you don't have enough envelopes or cards or other mailing accoutrements, there's that cost in addition to the cost of postage.

Personally, I have tons of cards/envelopes and whatnot so that's not an additional cost for me for the exchange but I only keep boring tea at home so I'll have the cost of finding something that I think might be fun plus the postage. That's in my comfort zone so that's what you all will get. Pre-bagged tea.....unless something amazing happens and I get a killer deal somewhere.

For the crafty types, once you've used your tea bag, you can use it to stain your papers to age them. Each tea will give you a different outcome so I think I'm going to set aside some neutral or cream colored papers and do a little craft experiment with what is sent to me to see how they all come out. Fun!

Jesse · 03-08-2017, 02:33 PM

I pretty much only keep loose leaf tea at home, so I decided to buy a tin of tea bags that are individually wrapped.

Cheapie me was just going to stick them in a small envelope, but I suppose I could find some inexpensive note cards.

For me, it really is just about the tea and the socialization/bonding, so I am perfectly fine with folks just dropping a tea bag in a stamped envelope and mailing it as is. I think this would be a fun thing to do on a frequent basis as long as the cost is kept at a minimum.

Jesse · 03-08-2017, 06:17 PM

So, I had to make a stop at Walgreens today for a ship-to-store pickup, and grabbed a box of folding note cards with envelopes while there. They are certainly not the uniquest (there's a fun, 67 point scrabble word! Lol) cards around but the price was okay, 50 for $9.99 with 2 different designs in the box, and should serve the purpose.

Liam · 03-08-2017, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by candy_coated_bitch

Plus, you can tuck a tea bag inside a card very easily and mail it with a stamp.

I'm up for this.

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