There's been a lot of interest in this forum and a lot of interest in trying out different coffees and teas.
If there's enough interest, I'll contact some vendors to get them on board to set up a coffee and/or tea of the month club for us.
What I'm envisioning is a situation where we work with a vendor who will supply the coffee, give us a group price and take care of shipping, payment, logistics, etc. There would be no committment to participate a fixed number of months and you could opt in or out on at your convenience.
I'd like to keep the cost reasonable, but still have decent size samples - I'm thinking at leat a 1/2 pound of coffee and 2 ounces of tea.
Depending on shipping costs, it may make sense to do a couple/few varieties at a time.
For those who don't have good brewing equipment, we could likely work out a deal on a good starter set up - be it a good infuser to make tea by the cup or a decent pot with a built in strainer, etc.
We could then have a "structured" tasting - in that a bunch of us would be drinking the same tea/coffee at the same time so would discuss our brewing techniques and experiences with a common tea/coffee.
For newbies, this would be a great chance to try new teas and get some information about these teas from the many of our knowledgeable membes.
So let me know if you guys are interested - and I'll contact some vendors.
This would be available to international members, as there are no shipping restrictions and the cost of shipping relatively small packages abroad is pretty reasonable and we'll try to keep the values at a level that doesn't attract duties or taxes, if possible.
If there's enough interest, I'll contact some vendors to get them on board to set up a coffee and/or tea of the month club for us.
What I'm envisioning is a situation where we work with a vendor who will supply the coffee, give us a group price and take care of shipping, payment, logistics, etc. There would be no committment to participate a fixed number of months and you could opt in or out on at your convenience.
I'd like to keep the cost reasonable, but still have decent size samples - I'm thinking at leat a 1/2 pound of coffee and 2 ounces of tea.
Depending on shipping costs, it may make sense to do a couple/few varieties at a time.
For those who don't have good brewing equipment, we could likely work out a deal on a good starter set up - be it a good infuser to make tea by the cup or a decent pot with a built in strainer, etc.
We could then have a "structured" tasting - in that a bunch of us would be drinking the same tea/coffee at the same time so would discuss our brewing techniques and experiences with a common tea/coffee.
For newbies, this would be a great chance to try new teas and get some information about these teas from the many of our knowledgeable membes.
So let me know if you guys are interested - and I'll contact some vendors.
This would be available to international members, as there are no shipping restrictions and the cost of shipping relatively small packages abroad is pretty reasonable and we'll try to keep the values at a level that doesn't attract duties or taxes, if possible.