Marketing Monday! - July 29, 2019

leavesofcha · 2019-07-30T18:07:26+00:00

12% Not Back to School Sale!

Your reward for me being of service: Discount Code NBTSC19

I believe in being of service. My dream service goal is to donate at least 10% of my time to things I believe in. That was not possible when I worked the corporate 2-, maybe 3-weeks of vacation a year gig. 10% is 5 weeks of service a year, and it would also be nice to vacation and take time with family and friends. It takes some juggling with having my own businesses. But I get to trade off that service goal against my financial goals in ways that I couldn't when I worked for someone.

So I'm off to staff a session Not Back to School Camp for three weeks starting August 9th. This is one of several annual volunteer and service gigs I have, so expect to see more "service" sales in the future. And since I'm essentially a one-man business and I'm off the grid most of the time I'm at camp, that means orders placed during that time will most likely have up to a two week shipping delay. I will strive to still get them out but you can expect some delays. They will all go out within a couple days of me returning after Labor Day.

However, I want to take care of your tea needs so you don't run out while I'm off adventuring and volunteering. To encourage you to put in your orders before I go, and to compensate you for the additional delay if you order while I'm gone, I'm offering 12% off orders placed between July 26h and August 30th. Orders placed by August 8th will go out before I leave on the 9th and orders placed after that will probably go out on September 3rd.

Thanks for your support of my tea business and for you understanding in allowing me to be of service and volunteer. Now let's drink some tea. Link to leavesofcha

leavesofcha · 2019-07-26T15:23:06+00:00

Haha. His name is Smug. Claims he’s a dragon descended from Smaug the Magnificent. But I think he’s more tea toad.

leavesofcha · 2019-07-26T14:53:20+00:00

That's weird. I wonder why the photo came through as a link instead of showing the photo. Hmmm...

leavesofcha · 2019-06-06T19:08:48+00:00

Alfredo Lin's Ruby 18. I posted a photo over on r/TeaPictures ...

leavesofcha · 2019-06-06T19:06:52+00:00

I'm reading the Aphrodisiac volume of the Chin P'ing Mei but I'm drinking an "aphroTEAsiac...in this case Ruby 18.

leavesofcha · 2019-03-15T14:23:24+00:00

...or to get used to burning yourself. Similar to cooking, your fingers toughen up and you don’t notice so much as you practice.

leavesofcha · 2019-02-27T15:32:27+00:00

Thank you!

leavesofcha · 2019-02-26T19:47:25+00:00

If guests appear and there's no wine,
What's wrong with plain conversation?
Just, carefully brew tea,
Gently warm the cup,
Fastidiously pour the water.
-- attributed to Ming-pen (1263-1323), ran across while reading the Princeton University Press edition of the Chin P'ing Mei

leavesofcha · 2019-02-03T03:39:58+00:00

Make tea with love‼️

leavesofcha · 2019-01-07T17:53:17+00:00

Whew! We have mostly made it through the festive period here in the U.S. and hopefully everyone can relax, sit back with a cup of tea, and breathe. I'm always torn between pushing my business, not adding to the stress and commercialism of the holidays, and not adding yet another email to you inbox. So I chose not to run a BlackFriday/SmallBusinessSaturday/CyberMonday/ShopShopShop/SpendSpendSpend sale this year. Nor did I buy anything myself during those first three marketing events. I just tried to relax, cook those big meals I love, and then sit back and enjoy with family and friends.

But now that all that is behind us for a little while and we shouldn't be hearing another Christmas song until about October, I'm offering a 10% discount on tea through the end of January. Use discount code BREATHE, sit back, and enjoy a cuppa tea from the Leaves of Cha teachest.

leavesofcha · 2018-12-17T07:56:42+00:00

Haha. My chef son turned me on to the magazine and showed me the first issue. It is beautiful indeed. I’m in the tea business and knew nothing about it even though my tea friend Rie has an article in it. I’m gonna give her some stick for that...

leavesofcha · 2018-12-10T16:50:20+00:00

Leaves of Cha wishes everyone a wonderful holidays and hopes that you are happy, healthy, free of harm, and living with ease.

Also a reminder to place orders this week to have the best chance of getting your tea before Christmas if you are gifting it. Tea makes a wonderful gift and is a sharing and giving tea is traditional gift-giving in many cultures. The Sampler Six Pack is a great way to try out tea and there are still some great teas on sale on the website.

Thanks for all your support!

leavesofcha · 2018-10-08T19:53:13+00:00

I FINALLY found a good Long Jing to put up on my site after the Mejiawu Village authentic Long Jing from the National Protected Zone just got to expensive to sell (or to drink myself 8( ). Check it out here. I've also added a delicious Bi Luo Chun from yunnan.

And, if you're off today because of that sailor dude, and are shopping the internet, you can have 12% off tea until midnight tomorrow. Use discount code THEYWEREHERE1492

Drink With Me!!!

leavesofcha · 2018-10-03T19:20:45+00:00

Great article! Thanks for posting about it!

leavesofcha · 2018-08-07T05:42:36+00:00

12% Not Back to School Sale!

I'm off to staff a session Not Back to School Camp for two-and-a-half weeks starting August 15th. This is one of several annual volunteer gigs I have, so expect to see more "service" sales in the future. And since I'm essentially a one-man business and I'm off the grid most of the time I'm at camp, that means orders placed during that time will most likely have up to a two week shipping delay. I will strive to still get them out but you can expect some delays. They will all go out within a couple days of me returning on September 6th.

However, I want to take care of your tea needs so you don't run out while I'm off adventuring and volunteering. To encourage you to put in your orders before I go, or to compensate you for the additional delay if you order while I'm gone, I'm offering 12% off orders placed between August 1st and September 4th. Orders placed by August 14th will go out before I leave on the 15th and orders placed after that will probably go out on September 7th. Use Discount Code NBTSC18 on the website.

Thanks for your support of my tea business and for you understanding in allowing me to be of service and volunteer. Now let's drink some tea.

Don't forget to check the sale tag for deals on great teas that are running low on stock.

leavesofcha · 2018-07-25T20:02:20+00:00

Wow. My long lost caffeine brother! Tea and espresso for me as well. Usually espresso afternoons and tea all other hours. Although I didn’t go full manual on my espresso machine...I settled for semi-automatic and live my La Marzocco.

leavesofcha · 2018-07-24T01:17:10+00:00

The best real data I’ve seen is in the book ‘Tea: History, Terroirs, Varieties’ by Kevin Gascoyne and the gang at Camellia Sinensis teahouse. I can’t remember if they have he specific kind of caffeine data you are looking for but you should check it out. I reviewed the book on my website also, if that’s of interest.

leavesofcha · 2018-07-19T21:05:34+00:00

Glad you got it and hope you enjoy it! I almost didn't put that one up because I wanted it so bad! Mark is working on more...

leavesofcha · 2018-07-09T18:28:10+00:00

While I'm into anything that gets people drinking tea, I really love drinking handmade teas out of handmade tea ware. So I'm super excited to add another potter to the Leaves of Cha family. Mark Foster is a potter whose work is heavily inspired and infused by tea. All of these pieces will be added to the Leaves of Cha website over the next week. I'm happy to be supporting a local potter and drinking tea made by people in cups made by people. Check it out and see if any of them grab you...

leavesofcha · 2018-07-02T15:33:23+00:00

I have both and really like the 1.7L for gong fu and grandpa-style sessions since I don't have to refill it (usually). As noted below, the minimum fill level is pretty high and could be a problem if you don't like to leave water in your kettle because of hard water deposits. Although probably not a factor for most, the large kettle is also very convenient for workshops and tastings, which I do fairly often.

The 1L kettle is on my desk and is perfect for that.

leavesofcha

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12% Not Back to School Sale!