NikkiNu

I am a hardened tea drinker and have been buying the regular typhoo orange pekoe tea - tastes fine to me. Can not work out why the chocolate tastes so bad though - bit gutted about that! I know its not proper milk but still..... It even negatively effects the taste of cookies and muffins etc.
Wish I'd shipped over a crate of Galaxy!
Nik

Robski

Sorry Nikkinu, maybe i will share my stash with you once it arrives? Or at least let you have 1 or 2 squares?

michellej

Hey Nik,might be able to help you there,we are hoping to come over this summer,late July and we are heading to see friends in West Bank in the first few weeks of landing,we will be loading supplies in cases and container,one being a large box of galaxy,as every one we know there misses it,so am sure we could spare a bar or 2, We have been told our 20ft container is only 3/4 full so plenty of room for supplies,

Michelle

Hipster Contrarian

Does anybody know if you can take in fish-based (not meat) dried cat food, by any chance? My cats will be stressed enough by the flight over, so I'd like to give them some continuity for the first week or two, and their brand isn't available over there.

Thanks

BC Hopefuls

Hi Alex,

I'm already up for growing my own veg & baking bread. What's the climate like for tea production???

mkmurrays

Hi
We recently cleared customs in Vancouver, using the shipping agents over here. The shippers specifically asked about:
- alchohol, in which case you need a liquor licence, which costs $95, plus a small amount (Can't remember how much) per bottle
- outdoor equipment which we had to list and confirm we'd cleaned and disinfected
- any food items, and specifically, meat products, fish products, canned and dried foods, plant products of any kind including dried (so herbs I guess). If we had any of the previous items we had to list them out. Luckily we didn't, as they said that if you list out food it tends to attract the attention of the agricultural department guys.

This is only our experience, but might be worth a word with your shippers to check latest views before you ship.
As it happens, we declared our wines and spirits, and outdoor stuff, and it all went through on the nod.

Wish I had brought T bags though, and Jenny, our 11 year old is having severe withdrawal symptoms from Galaxy......!

Souvenir

The importance of obeying the rules regarding foodstuffs cannot be over-stressed. I saw a woman at Pearson get nailed to the wall by Customs because she had a salami in her suitcase. I've seen Agriculture Canada guys with sniffer dogs in the baggage hall at Ottawa. I don't even want to think about what might happen if I ticked the "yes, I've been to a farm in the last two weeks" box on the landing card.

mkmurrays

That's the impression I got too - and rightly so.

If I was about to ship now, I'd check with the shippers and get hold of the fast track forms they use with customs. If you do decide to take any foodstuffs, put it all in one box and make sure that the shipper knows which one it is so, at least then if Customs have a problem, they only have one box to open. The fast track form lists down exactly what you'll be asked. I don't think I kept a copy, but I'll take a look.

Fortunately we were okay and didn't have anything which was a problem.

NikkiNu

Hey Michelle
That would be great - if you are sure you can spare some! PM me when you arrive.
So is your plan to fill 1/4 of a container with chocolate bars? You'll be SO popular!
I went out today on a chocolate hunt. In a specialist deli I found an orange flavoured frys chocolate cream - which tastes OK. They also had some swiss named chocolate bars - but alas even they were not proper milk. Should our funds support it, I will continue the hunt!!! We may have nowhere to live, no jobs or other source of income but its important to get ones priorities right!
Nik