Friends

Friends are great guinea pigs. We finalized our v1 of the Earl Grey base and, well, we needed it tested by people other than us. Fortunately enough, a friend and alum was in town and he was happy to take a tin and give it a try for us! Plus, he brought us something new and different, a ginseng oolong blend (their packaging is a little fancier than ours). It looks and smells awesome, with a slight hint of seaweed of all things. We can’t wait to give it a try! Thanks Eli!

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Smells Like Citrus

We got a whole bunch of new teas in this week. We found a new source for organic black teas in a number of preparations (including the Yuunan black that is in the photo) and we’ll be tasting them all this weekend. We couldn’t wait to put at least one of them into the testing phase for our Earl Grey blend, which has some additional color now from dried orange peel. We have to wait (impatiently) for the tea to cure properly, but fortunately we have several other teas to try in the meantime. Look for that in next week’s update!

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Water Everywhere

When we were thinking about building this proto-company, it was actually a question about what our next home would look like. We eventually settled on building a home somewhere with a decent amount of land, but then, what do we do with that land? A few folks in this area that have large lots rent that land to the farmers, but couldn't we do something with it that blends our profession and our love of tea?

This brought us to the idea of building a hydroponic farm, with automation systems in place to monitor and even harvest the plants we grow. We're pretty far from that goal at the moment, but it is the long-term vision of where we want to take this. And even kid #1 got into it and did a hydroponic farming activity at a local middle school, bringing home her first hydroponic plant (pictured above)!

Not now, but hopefully soon.

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