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What exactly can a penny buy these days? This is a question often asked. Google the question and you will find a few answers. Not much, apparently, according to most. Well, I was pleasantly surprised when I actually set out to make purchases for one cent. This blog documents the various items I scored for a penny or less.
What qualifies a purchase as a penny loot? The cost of anything mentioned in this blog includes the purchase price, tax, shipping and handling fee, if any. If a rebate is involved, the postage to mail it is part of the cost. If a coupon is bought and used in the deal, that figures into the total as well. And the total cost must be equal to or less than US$0.01. The item must also be procured from a source available to the public - "My aunt gave me a sweater" doesn't count.
Some costs are not included in the one cent total. Chief among them is the time and effort to hunt for and complete the deals. Gas and mileage is not counted if a trip to the store is required. Computer and office equipment amortization, paper and ink expenditures are all excluded.
As expected, quite a few of the items I bought came from China. Depending on your tastes and needs, some of the stuff may be considered totally worthless. But that is not the point of this exercise.
This blog also does not dwell on where and how the items were bought. I frequent a few deal sites for information that lead to some of the purchases. The various auction sites are also a treasure trove to explore. But I would rather devote the blog to present the results - the items I obtained for a penny or less, in no particular order.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Green Tea - 3g Trial Size, Longjing
China XI HU LONG JING Green tea - Experience Pack (3g)
Origin: Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province,China
Package: aluminum foil bag-packing
Weight: 3g
Grade: Top
Storage: seal and keep it in shady, cool, dry, and odor-proof place. If it is possible, it's the best to store by refrigeration
(For long period storage, refrigeration is needed, frozen would be better.)
Tea a little bitter, refreshing effect
Brewing steps:
1.Rinse the cup with hot water.
2.Then take an appropriate amount of tea (3-5g) into the cup, before pouring water into the cup, you can smell fresh aroma of Longjing tea by shaking the cup.
3.Pour a small amount of water, shake the cup and wet the tea.
4.And then flush along the edge of the cup, better to make tea be rolled up and down by water.
On tasting
For tasting Senior Longjing tea, people usually use colorless and transparent glass cup, with water around 85°C for brewing. It's better rotate the tea when flush the water. First put dry tea into the cup, pour boiling water to the capacity of 1/3 cup, wait for 1 minute, till the dry tea stretch through absorption and then flush to the full cup. To appreciate the appearance when it's wet, and taste till it gets cooler. Sip it slowly. Add water unitl 1 / 3 tea remains. This time, the tea is still strong. After drinking, the mouth will be filled lasting pleasant and luscious aroma. By the third time of adding water, generally the tea becomes light. The stretched tea, full of vitalitly, with fragrance, greets your nose. Drinking it, the mouthful aroma refreshes your mind and whole body.
History
Longjing is one of China's top ten teas. Longjing, is a name of place, also the name of a spring. but now it is tea name. Longjing Tea is roasted green tea. Longjing tea is famous all over the world, for the bright green color, sweet scent, full-bodied flavor, elegant shape. Belongs to our national protected products for origin. West Lake Longjing tea, ranks highest in Chinese tea. Comes from the mountains around West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
Over the years, Hangzhou is famous not only for beautiful West Lake, but also the West Lake Longjing tea all over the world. Since Tang Dynasty, the mountains of West Lake produce tea, for thousands of years. It has prestigious tea history, but the flat-shaped Longjing tea, originate from nearly one hundred years ago.
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