Hello, hello. Look at that, it’s Monday again. Hey, check me out mom, the site’s had a fancy redesign!

I made some big changes to the site but the biggest, perhaps,  is the  ”Featured Deal(s)” section at the top of the main page. This will be a spot for any deals that are exclusive to TeaDeals or if there’s something I think is worth featuring. Right now, there is an exclusive deal from Teavivre that runs through January 31. So check it out and buy some tea!

Aside from that, I made a bunch of cosmetic changes and whatnot.

Don’t forget that you can sign up for e-mail notifications of new deals and other site updates by filling out the “TeaDeals In Your Inbox” widget in the sidebar. You’ll get an email at the end of the day (around 5-7pm) if I’ve added anything new to the site. There’s also the RSS Feed, Facebook Page, and Twitter Account you can use to stay up to date.

Thanks for all the new visitors from Reddit and Steepster. I appreciate all the support!

List of All Currently Active Deals as of 1/23/12

• Teas Etc: 20% Off Everything + $5 Off Coupon For Next Order
• Teavivre: 10% Off for Chinese New Year (exclusive to TeaDeals!)
• Adagio Teas: Free Valentine’s Day Tea Promo, Up To 3 Free Tins
• Verdant Tea: Buy Any Amount Songyang White Tea, Get 1 Ounce Free
• Stash Tea: Free Tin with Purchase of Tea of the Week
• Teavana: Free Stainless Steel Tea Spoon
• Tea From Taiwan: 10% Off Code
• Mountain Tea: 5% Off Code
• Mountain Tea: Free 10z Oolong Sample (pay $1 Shipping) (I bought this, very good if you’re into floral oolongs mmmmm)
• Art of Tea: Free Shipping for Orders Over $50
• Art of Tea: 10% Off + Free Sample of Happy Tea
• Adagio Teas: 15% Off All Tea-of-the-Month Clubs
• Teavana: $5 Off $30 and $10 Off $50 Discount Codes
• Teavana: Heavenly Clearance Sale, up to 75% Off Teas & Products (apparently still active)
• Art of Tea: 20% Off 4oz Green Earl Grey
• Ego Tea: 10% Off

I guess I’m sticking with the Monday postings for the recaps… it just feels right.

Hope those resolutions are still going strong! If you don’t have any resolutions you could trying learning to code, or make yourself more awesome with weekly life challenges, or try enriching your life.

The least you could do is drink more tea! Sounds good to me.

All Active Deals

• Art of Tea: Free Shipping for Orders Over $5
• Art of Tea: 10% Off + Free Sample of Happy Tea
• Stash Tea: 15% Off Through January 15
• Adagio Teas: 15% Off All Tea-of-the-Month Clubs
• Teavana: $5 Off $30 and $10 Off $50 Discount Codes
• Teavana: Heavenly Clearance Sale, up to 75% Off Teas & Products
• Art of Tea: 20% Off 4oz Green Earl Grey
• Tea From Taiwan: 10% Off
• Ego Tea: 10% Off

Starting every Monday, I will be posting a “Monday Recap” listing deals that are still active. Since the front page shows the 10 most recent posted deals, many older deals that are ongoing/run for weeks or even months at a time easily get buried.

Of course there’s the ‘All Active Deals‘ link up top but even with that you’ll need to scroll down the page, click for older entries, and so on. Too much work

If you like it, love it, or think it’s a completely lame idea, please let me know. If you have any suggestions or feedback please use the contact page or send an email to brian {[at]} teadeals {[d.o.t]} com (get out of here you email harvesting bots!). I’ve already had several folks send me emails about various things and I greatly appreciate it!

Since this is something new I’ll be trying out, I’ll disclose that I may change how I format this info or may move it to Sunday. Who knows…

Maybe I should call it the “Monday TEAcap…” heh heh he… anyone? No??

Yeah, forget I ever said that.

So that’s that. On to the good stuff.

All Active Deals

• Den’s Tea: Up to 40% Off
• American Tea Room: 20% Off
• Libre Tea: 33% Off Original Glass’n Poly Tumbler
• Teavana: $5 Off $30 and $10 Off $50 Discount Codes
• Teavana: Clearance Sale, Save 30%-75% On Many Teas & Products
• TeaVivre: 10% Off for Christmas and New Year
• Art of Tea: 20% Off 4oz of Green Earl Grey
• Tea from Taiwan: 10% Off Code
• Adagio Teas: 20% Off New Cast Iron Teapots
• Shang Tea: 10% Off Code
• The Leaf Method: 25% Off Code
• Ego Tea: 10% Off Code

I think it’s time to give away something awesome. Because who doesn’t love free stuff? I’ll even select two folks for this giveaway.

The first winner will receive a $35 gift certificate to Chicago Tea Garden.

The runner-up will receive a $15 gift certificate to Adagio Teas.

The gift certificates never expire.

So how can you enter?

There are a two ways to enter for a chance to win:

1) Follow TeaDeals on Twitter AND tweet “I just entered to win the @tea_deals Holiday Giveaway. Details at http://bit.ly/TDcontest #teadealsHC”

OR

2) Become a fan of the TeaDeals Facebook Page and write a status update on your personal wall that says “I just entered to win the @teadeals.com Holiday Giveaway. Details at http://bit.ly/TDcontest ”

The Rules:

1) Contest begins December 6 and ends December 17 at 11:59 pm EST.

2) You can enter using Facebook or Twitter or both. While you are allowed to tweet about the contest as many times as you’d like, each person will only get one entry regardless of how many times you jump through my social media hoops. But I’ll totally give you unlimited Internet High Fives if you tell lots of folks about TeaDeals.

3) There is no purchase necessary to enter.

4) Duplicate accounts created by the same person trying to enter multiple times will be disqualified. Don’t be wack, yo.

5) The two winners will be chosen at random on December 18. Winners will be announced shortly after on the TeaDeals Twitter page and Facebook Page. Winners will be contacted directly via Twitter or Facebook based on method of entry. If the winners do no respond within 72 hours of contact, a new winner will be selected.

6) The contest is open to residents of U.S. or Canada only, 18 years of age or older.

7) Employees and relatives of employees of Chicago Tea Garden and Adagio Teas are not eligible.

I think that covers it. Thank you everyone for your support and the best of luck to everyone who chooses to enter!