I know it’s not a great idea to start something in the middle of NaNoWriMo, but I’ve been wanting to do a tea exchange for the whole year and still haven’t gotten around to it. So, why not now?
Presenting… the 2019 Tea Exchange!
I’ve done versions of this in previous years on Dayre, this mobile blogging platform I’m also on, and I thought that it would be fun to open it up to everyone this year.
How it works
To take part, all you have to do is fill out this form. I’ll also embed it at the end of the post if you don’t want to click to another page. In the form, I’ll ask a few basic questions – how much you’re willing to spend on the exchange, how far you’re willing to send the tea, as well as your contact details.
Sign-ups for the tea exchange will close on 1 December (after NaNoWriMo) and I’ll spend the next week making matches. Basically, I’ll pair you with someone with your budget and in a place where you’re willing to send the tea. When I’ve helped pair everyone with a tea buddy, I’ll either create an email chain or a telegram group (hopefully the latter) so that I can introduce you to each other and for you to make friends and update each other when you’ve sent the tea.
Note: this group is only going to be you, me, and your tea exchange buddy. I’m in there mainly to keep an eye on things and to gently prod people if I see that someone has sent out tea but the other person hasn’t.
In terms of timeline, I’m hoping for everyone to be able to send the tea by Christmas but if you need more time, that’s absolutely fine. Please let me know in the sign-up form or in the email chain/telegram group later on.
And that’s it! There’s no cost apart from what you’re spending on tea and postage. Obviously, I don’t earn from this; I’m just hosting this because I really enjoyed previous exchanges and I’m excited to send people more tea this year.
If you’re interested, please sign up using the link above or in the form below. Let me know if you have any questions!
Sign Up for the 2019 Tea Exchange Here
Featured Image: Photo by Me
This is awesome! I hope you get lots of people that sign up! Are you expecting this to be just in Singapore, or do you think you will get people around the globe? I would be interested, but I can only ship things to other people here in the US 🙁 (I don’t know the rules of sending food stuff overseas and don’t really want to try it, plus the cost would be too much)
I’m hoping to get people around the globe! Yeah, I know what you mean about shipping – if you only want to send it to US people, you can just let me know and I’ll match you to another US-based person if they sign up!