Several years back August Uncommon reduced their product assortment and discontinued a bunch of teas. For the most part I was okay with the ones they chose, but this one absolutely broke my heart. I hoarded a full tin of it for quite some time, but eventually I finished sipping through it and at that point I really believed that I was never going to be able to taste this tea again…
That sadness of losing one of my all time favourite rooibos blends stuck with me up until a couple months ago when they brought it back! I was soooo ready to stock up, but unfortunately in the time since my last order AU has stopped shipping to Canada. Which is completely devastating in its own right.
The Tea Gods were looking down on me kindly though because eventually this tea was added to the online store assortment of Sipsby, who do ship to Canada. I haven’t ordered from Sipsby in about five years after a very negative experience that was had by myself and a close tea friend. I reaallllyyyy wavered on whether I would place that order, but as you might have assumed given the fact I’m now writing a tasting note for this tea…
Well, I caved and ordered it.
I’m trying to tell myself that this is more about giving Sipsby a second chance because the company has grown a lot since that last order and with growth has come new staff and new internal policies. What I experienced many years back (and for those curious, the threads documenting still exist on Reddit for anyone who wants to take the time to dig for them) likely would never happen again today, and people deserve grace and forgiveness. But if I’m also being really honest with myself, it does still feel a little bit like I compromised on some of my morals. I’m doing my best to deal with that feeling.
But a silver lining is that I recently got to taste a freshly brewed cup of this incredible creamy grapefruit and mint blend and it was every bit as delicious as I remembered it to be!
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I just swore never again with a place that has really cool creative skill classes because they were so awful about a mistake they made in my registration. It’s going to hurt, but I’m stubborn and unforgiving.
I feel like you know enough of us south of the border that you could find someone willing to order and ship tea for you!
I just swore never again with a place that has really cool creative skill classes because they were so awful about a mistake they made in my registration. It’s going to hurt, but I’m stubborn and unforgiving.
I feel like you know enough of us south of the border that you could find someone willing to order and ship tea for you!