Shop News
Apologies for my delay in keeping you all up to date. As some of you have already noticed, the shop in Maplewood is no longer open.
This was a decision arrived at somewhat spontaneously. I enjoyed the shop environment for the more leisurely pace of interacting and sometimes chatting with some of you for quite some time over a cup of tea.
Yet, economic realities had to be faced; and then, as I contemplated working at the Summer Farmers’ Markets again, I realized how much joy and vitality I experience interacting with you in that medium.
I remembered how inspired the name “Traveling Tea” and the teapot logo with its hobo bag, just “came to me”, almost unbidden…..and even the slogan “Sharing Good Times – Sharing Good Tea”. (”Traveling Tea”, not “Sitting in a Shop” Tea)
Though it was originally a teashop in Kansas City that generated the idea of a tea business in St. Louis for me, what I was “given” to create is something different.
Bringing tea to you, where you are in your lives and activities; to get quality tea on the menus at venues and events in the area where tea-lovers currently have limited choice. This is my mission. So tea lovers throughout the St. Louis area can truly enjoy healthy, tasty, properly brewed tea while they are sharing good times with friends and family.
Help me spread the word. Tell me where you want to see Traveling Tea. Tell the owners and managers of those places you want to be able to buy/drink Traveling Tea product there.
Together, we can take St. Louis beverage enjoyment to the next level!
Happy Summer 2010
I look forward to seeing you at the Markets
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“Traveling Tea”, “Sharing Good Times – Sharing Good Tea”, and the hobo bag red teapot logo are copyrighted by Nature’s Notions, LLC and Traveling Tea.
English Tea at the TGFM
Eccles cakes and lemon tea bread are priced the same way as the scones, and you can also mix and match a dozen for $15.00.
Please contact me right away if you want to place an advance order for pickup this Saturday. I believe she tries to do her baking on Tues and Wednesday.
This may be short notice but we’ll do the best we can for this week.
(by the way – the scones freeze beautifully, if you want to plan ahead and stock up)
About Traveling Tea
Selling loose leaf teas and freshly brewed tea at events and venues in the St. Louis Missouri area
We feature a wide variety of teas from India, China, Japan, and wherever else the best quality teas and herbal tisanes come from. The majority are organically grown and fairly traded.
Look for us at the Tower Grove Farmers Market starting on 5/9/2009. We will be there most Saturdays serving 2 or 3 varieties of iced tea as well as freshly brewed hot tea (brewed while you shop). www.tgmarket.org
You can now have a cup of tea with your morning crepe, or other market goodies!
New & Upcoming Teas
I’ve been listening to your requests and have just gotten a shipment of new tea flavors.
I’ve found more organics with yummy flavors. Some of the new teas may be ready for the 3/14 market at St. John’s; and I’ve got more surprises in store for the 3/28 market at Schlafly.
Attendees of the High Tea at Local Harvest Cafe will have the pleasure of experiencing teas that definitely won’t be available until 3/28, including a preview of one that will be offered iced this summer at the Tower Grove Farmers’ Market.
Looking forward to seeing you at the next market.
Market News
I’ve got a few markets under my belt now and I am truly pleased with the reception and response I’ve received from the Market attendees. It is a good feeling to be helping you find those sought after tea flavors, and turning non-tea drinkers on to flavors and variety they never knew existed.
For those of you who’ve heard about us and we’ve not yet met, or those of you who have come upon our site unawares….every market day we have 5 or 6 teas freshly brewed for your drinking pleasure; and we’re selling lots of flavors and varieties of loose teas (as well as a small selection in silk pyramid bags).
We also offer fillable, biodegradable, tea bags for your cup or pot; and reusable filters too.
Traveling Tea was born of my own longing to get a good cup of tea in a public venue such as the Farmers’ Market. I’ve been drinking tea for 40 years or so, and coffee only for the past 5 or so years. I admit, on occasion, I enjoy the flavor of coffee with my milk and sugar; but tea …. TEA has a Vast array of flavor possibilities – and it doesn’t make me feel jumpy.
Stop by, check us out, enjoy a cup of tea, and share your tea stories and tea memories.
Latest Tea Market News
I deem our first market (at St. John’s Episcopal Church) a success. I knew the actual process of brewing tea in that situation could not be perfected until we actually did it. I believe everything went rather well. It was a learning experience, to be sure.
Looking very forward to this Saturday at the Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood. Whether we are inside, or outside, please look for us. I don’t know if I’ll have a banner made yet for this weekend, but will definitely have one for the January markets, so we’ll be easy to find.
On the topic of actual “tea”….I was disappointed not to have any of the Teatulia teas available last weekend. I finally found out that my order had been held up waiting for the pallet of Earl of Bengal to be unloaded so it could be put into my shipment. On the PLUS side, I will now also have a lovely Teatulia White Tea to offer as well. I had delayed ordering it because I understood it was not in yet.
Will it be here for Saturday? Your guess is as good as mine…with all this weather we’ve been having. If it arrives Friday, I will have something to share with you Saturday. Otherwise, we all have to wait for January…unless you want to arrange a private tasting. I’m always up for that. It can be lots of fun getting to sample similar varieties side by side to find your favorite flavor.
Come on by Saturday, warm yourself with some hot tea or chai, and pick up a few stocking stuffers for the other tea lovers on your list!