Tea Update: Hiatus Ending

My tea updates fell off the map, and I still owe you a Wonder blend for my Crossover LARP collection. The reason for that is that I ran out of both the bases for my Joy and Sorrow teas, and was putting off doing a full tea order until I did a full audit of my tea cabinet, which was a mess.

But a week ago I went through it, pulled out every last tin, jar, and bag, cataloged what was empty or mislabeled, and organized everything by type for future ease of reference. I now know that I am in fact out of lapsang, as I'd assumed, but I have significant quantities of mango and Earl Grey, and more plain white and yerba mate than I'd expected. I'll be putting together a tea order in the next few days, and then we should return to our regularly scheduled mucking about with mixes.

In the mean time, gaze upon my works, ye mighty, and despair (of my shaky photography skills)!

The top shelf is for blends of various complication, particularly if I can't name all the ingredients. Second shelf is blacks, including flavored blacks. Third shelf is mostly greens, but with whites, oolongs, and mates all huddled together on the left. Fourth shelf is herbals, and the last shelf is mix in ingredients and empty tins.  

Our previous organization system had more to do with container than tea type, which didn't work for me at all. This I expect to be far more maintainable, and way easier to experiment with when I don't have to dig through dozens of mystery canisters to find a good tisane for my caffeine free guests, or the particular type of green I think would taste good with whatever I'm trying that day.