Seeking Tea Reviews as we identify tea suppliers for our Social Enterprise
Our team, Mosaic Tea & Coffee (http://mosaictea.com), is seeking some “expert” reviews of a tea supplier we’re considering for our nonprofit social enterprise. Mosaic’s mission is to provide job training for adults w/ disabilities while introducing an alternative economic model via a pay-it-forward gift economy.
At this point in our journey, we are trying to identify a diverse array of tea companies so that we can offer:
1. Tea with a social good impact
2. Organic options
3. High quality tea
4. Fun and interesting teas
Our first focus is on identifying a tea company with a strong social good mission. We recently sampled tea from our first candidate, the Compassion Tea Company (http://compassiontea.com/), who donates 100% of their profits to support fundamental healthcare in rural Africa.
At this point, We are seeking reviews of their tea from the “crowd” as to the quality of their product. The Compassion Tea Company has supplied us with some samples that we’d be willing to ship out to folks who consider themselves “experts” and could provide honest feedback.
Please let us know if you would be interested.
Also, if you have a recommendation for a company that fits any of the other categories listed above, please suggest away.
If you would like to know more about Mosaic Tea & Coffee, please visit our website (http://mosaictea.com) or Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/MosaicTeaAndCoffee).
I don’t know how many of us here on Steepster consider ourselves “experts”. Most of us are into tea as a hobby, without any formal training. Myself, I’ve only been seriously into tea for a couple of years. That said, I have tasted quite a few teas now, and my specialty is herbals, while most people on steepster focus on straight teas. If I’m at all what you’re looking for, I’d certainly be willing to try some samples and give you my honest feedback.
I think you’ll be hard pressed to find anyone here on Steepster who calls themselves an “expert”; as a group we’re quite modest ;)
However, I’m currently in the progress of getting certified as a Sommelier and have tried a pretty large array of all types of tea with the exception of Pu’erh which I’m just starting to delve into. Though I see you’re based in the states and I’m located in Canada. To paraphrase rosebudmelissa, If I’m at all what you’re looking for I’d be up for sampling some tea for you and giving you honest feedback! I think what you’re trying to do sounds awesome.
I would definitely be interested, although I am no expert, I’ve just been drinking tea for years..
Expert was in quotes ;) We recognize that this is primarily a board of tea enthusiasts, but that’s what we want! Experts are great, but we want to know what people like… if it’s of good quality/taste/etc from their vast and diverse experience.
Can you please send me a Private Message with your addresses? On hand, we have the following varieties. Let me know if there’s any in particular you’d like to try:
Moroccan Mint Green (gunpowder green + spearmint)
Sweet Chai (rooibos, cardamon, cloves, ginger, cinnamon)
Bourbon St. Vanilla (rooibos, calendula petals, almond slices, almond extract)
Jasmine with flowers (green tea, May jasmine blossoms- congou whole leaf)
Ti Kuan Yin “Iron Goddess Green” (luxurv oolong tea)
Green Peach Apricot (gunpowder green, peach and apricot)
Earl Grey (orange pekoe, cornflower petals, natural flavors)
English Breakfast (flowery pekoe)
Thanks so much for your willingness to help! And yes, we’ll send to Canada, Roswell.
I followed you, but it looks like you haven’t followed me, yet. We both need to be following each other to send Private Messages.
Following y’all now. Please PM me addies. I probably won’t get tea out till next week. Also include any teas from the list you’d like to receive. Thanks again!
Interesting business model, although I didn’t really catch all the details at a glance. About those teas, Tie Kuan Yin is one of the conventional oolong types, but the rest is just focused on blends. There’s nothing wrong with blends, some people love those, and it works well as an introduction to tea. People further through a preference development curve might be inclined more towards single type teas, not limited to lighter oolong. The right balance might not be immediately apparent since it’s a different focus than setting up a higher end online shop but there are plenty of tea types that would serve to support broad appeal that aren’t blends, or well-known types, or rare and expensive teas.
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