Open House – Save the Date 7/11/2010
Open House at the new shop location (3006 S. Jefferson, Ste 104 St. Louis, MO 63118) You are welcome to drop in any time from: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
I learned and saw a lot at the World Tea Expo earlier in June. This is an opportunity to share it all with You.
New teas from Japan, India, and Hawaii
New tea brewing accessories
We need YOUR Help as well – Sample new teas (new flavors, and teas from the Amazon!). Help decide what new teas will be brought in over the next few months.
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.
Winter White Promotion Winners!
Apologies for the delay in posting this and notifying the winners. I’ve been tech challenged over the past couple weeks.
I made out the entire posting last Sunday and then it disappeared in cyberspace when I lost my internet connection. For some reason, this sort of thing has a tendency to dishearten me and I have to rebuild momentum to try again.
So, the first somewhat significant snow we had was on Sunday 12/27, though I don’t think it was quite an inch when it finished. Then we had slightly more snow on the following Wednesday 12/30. Since it was a Wednesday, I could not get by the shop to actually measure it, as I said I was going to do. Someone had guessed that day as the “snow day”.
Since no one guessed any days in the week of Jan 4, when we got really measurable snow – I am awarding the prize of ½ oz of white tea of choice to April D., and the sampler of whites goes to Tom K.
Come by the shop during our regular hours and pick up your tea! (I will be emailing notices to you)
A Gift of Tea
Traveling Tea Gift Cards are NOW in (and they are so cute and colorful!). You can purchase for any amount from $10 and up. They have NO expiration date and are re-loadable.
Special bonus offers (until 12/31/09):
- For $50 you get a card loaded with $60 value
- Purchase at least 3 cards with values of $30 or more and get a bonus card for yourself worth $10 or 10% of your purchase (whichever is more)
AND
BE the FIRST Customer to PURCHASE a Gift Card ($20 or more) and you will receive your choice of FREE TEA or a coupon good for at least $5 off your next Traveling Tea purchase.
Sunshine and Tea and CATS
First – I want to send out a BIG Thank you to all who braved the sunshine last weekend to stop by, say “Hello”, purchase tea – and especially those who explored the unknown realm of Tea Leaf Readings. You raised more than $140 for Tenth Life Cats (including what went into the donation jar as well).
Thanks to Kristin for bringing the trio of 8 week old kittens looking for a home. Wish I had a photo, but I think Elizabeth was going to post one on the Tenth Life site.
I wish I’d even thought to bring a camera so I could document all the comings and goings. It was so much fun – meeting new people, catching up with old friends.
I will take some photos of the shop this weekend, to show you how it’s filled in. We took a count at one point and found we have more than 68 different varieties and blends of teas and tisanes (and I’ve got more coming in next week).
The selection changes based on your requests, so keep your ideas and suggestions coming. It makes the shop more interesting for everyone. Look for another upcoming post for a new service – (thanks to Doug).
Shopping on-line
Hello and thank you for stopping by to see what is new. I do apologize for how slowly this site is developing.
For those of you who don’t know, I’m still working a full-time job and having tea at the Farmers’ Market has been my primary focus. We do now have many of our available teas listed here on the site though, with the appropriate pricing.
The shopping cart should also be working. We tested it earlier this evening. Please give us feedback on what will make your shopping experience smooth and enjoyable. This is a learning adventure for both myself and my webmaster. We appreciate your patience, your input, and your support.
In addition to shopping via the shopping cart here, you can also email me with your request and I can bring it to market, or drop it off at Local Harvest Grocery at 3148 Morganford Road St. Louis 63116
Kateri
Tea Publicity!
There is nothing more exciting for a new business owner than getting unsolicited publicity. It sends a thrill of excitement through the veins; especially when friends notice it for you and share their congrats.
I can’t adequately convey what went through me Tuesday morning when several friends emailed to say they’d seen Traveling Tea mentioned in “The Daily Sauce” (see below). Unsolicited praise does a body good!
Thank you to those lovely, secretive shoppers from Sauce Magazine.
Tea to You
Kateri Meyer is a tea toddler and proud of it. Her new business, Traveling Tea, will have you sipping teas by the teapot. For years, she explains on her Web site, she wanted to see a good tea shop. Like all good entrepreneurs, she stopped talking and just did it. While you can taste her selection of mostly organic and fair-traded loose-leaf teas from India, China and Japan – to name just a few – Saturdays at the Tower Grove Farmers’ Market, Meyer wants to bring tea to you. Traveling Tea can provide fresh-brewed tea at any public event. How about an in-house tea party for a few of your best friends? What a fun way to learn about tea and sample new flavors. And the best part of all, no one will have to buy cookware, candles or wine.