2023: How Much Will You Spend On Tea This Year!?

I’ve never tracked my tea purchases, but I’m interested to start tracking this year.
2023:
January: $54.50
February: $38

I’ve been pretty good this year, though that’s about to change. At least I didn’t buy a bunch of 2022 tea like I bought a bunch of 2021 tea last year!

February
Camellia Sinensis: $101.57 CAD (125 g and some teaware)

March
Teavivre: US$49.85 (100 g)

April
Morning Crane: US$188 (275 g)
Yunnan Craft: US$107 (365 g)

May
Ferg from TeaForum: US$100 (teaware)

June
Bok from TeaForum: US$700 (teaware, 975 g of tea)

July
Lochan Tea: US$57

August
Sipscollection: $70.40 CAD (100 g)
Thunderbolt Tea: US$107.89 (250 g)

September
Sipscollection: $58.65 CAD (95 g)

October
Ethan Kurland: US$61.40 (175 g)
Camellia Sinensis: $89.68 CAD (260 g)

November
What-Cha: $124.84 CAD (375 g)
Wuyi Origin: US$156.08 (300 g)

December
TeaTiff: US$22
Cha Yi: $110.50 CAD (200 g)

Totals for the last 4 years:
2019: $1351
2020: $685.23
2021: $856.92
2022: $704.71

I’m planning on continuing with the White2Tea club. I have though about discontinuing it, though. I have a lot of tea from them and I don’t get to it in a timely fashion. There are some teas I really like and some I’m just kind of ‘eh’ about. This is $360 for the year.

Overall budget is $1000 USD. Still working on drinking up older teas without adding too many more. Reasons why the tea club is bad.

Jan-Apr
Little Woods $60 approximately

May-Sept
Little Woods $50 approx

Oct
Midwest Teafest purchases: $150 ish

Yearly: White2Tea club: $360
Total
$620

I came to update my posting, and apparently i never set one up for 2023, which also means besides my DF order in January, it’s almost May and i haven’t bought anything else. Go me?

Jan
DF – 156 Euro (233.70 CAD)

Feb
None

March
None

April
None

May
Tea Runners – 16.95 CAD
Yunnan Sourcing – 171.18 USD

June
None

July
None

August
None

September
Chicago teahouse – 86.64 CAD

October
None

November
Tea Runners – 113.70 CAD
Capital Tea – 97.60 CAD

Totals: 171.18 USD 548.59 CAD

136 GBP at Tealyra then 950 usd for a very posh tea set

I guess since we’re almost halfway through the year I’ll make a post >w< Began my tea purchasing in earnest this year, mostly to restock old faves and to get some fresh tea in rotation. Setting a budget of $600 for the year.

January: $0

February: $147
Red blossom Tea $65.04
Camellia Sinensis $38.96
T2 $43

March: $212.17
White2Tea $34.31
Yunomi $177.86

April: $0

May: $55
Whispering Pines $55

RUNNING TOTAL: 414.17

will be home tomorrow- feel shopping frenzy coming on…..

2023 was a year of Covid and coffee for me, so I spent $0 on tea. That’s right zero. But now I am back to steeping tea, and loving it again!