ICE not permitted inside.

Full cups, comfy butts.

No apologizing for how you enjoy your tea.

No snobbing at others for how they enjoy their tea.

Trans furry hackers get the first cup free on the boss because we truly believe you are one of the greatest forces for good we've got.

You may have heard by now that we did have a break-in at the tea house this morning. There are three major inconveniences we're dealing with because of this:

1) They busted our front doorframe, so we have to get a whole new door. This is going to be super expensive, but we're hoping the city grant program for exactly this kind of thing will cover it. Insurance won't, as our gen liability coverage just lapsed with our longtime brokers and they've stopped covering agricultural import companies. We're in the process of signing on with a new insurance company and this happened in the couple of weeks where we had no coverage. Because of course it did.

2) They stole our safe, which had a bit of cash but was also temporarily holding some new checkbooks I hadn't yet moved, so now our accounts are frozen to prevent fraud while we fill out the mountains of paperwork and get a whole damn new checking account. I can't order product or pay vendors for a couple of days while this gets sorted, so I'll be behind on even more admin. Ugh.

3) The building management has encouraged us to install a rolling window/door cover and upgrade our security system. The city does have a grant program to cover up to $6k worth of security upgrades as well, so we're hoping that'll cover a lot. If we need to crowdfund a bit, I'll let y'all know. We've had a ton of offers on that front, so good to know the option exists for anything the city won't cover.

Regular tea shop service hasn't been interrupted, but you better believe my boss lady desk just got even more crushing and overwhelming.

Support is appreciated in the form of cheerleading, food delivery gift cards, and spreading the word about your fave tea company to keep our revs flowing while we weather this!

Besos besos besitos, we <3 you!

This is why your teas are always hella fresh. 🍵🙌 Help us make room?

This is one of the silly goosest teas I’ve ever made, and actually it’s part of an entire equally silly goose collection.

ROFL = Rose, Osmanthus, French Vanilla & Lemon Peel

OMFG = Orange Peel, Marigold, Fennel & Ginger

WTF = White Tea, Toffee & Fudge Flavorings

BRB = Blueberry, Rooibos & Bergamot

LOL = Lemon Peel, Oolong & Lavender

AO3 = Aloe Vera, Oolong, Orange & Osmanthus

Happy Monday, friends! Here we are in Q1, which is when I do my internal audits to see how we can make things more sustainable behind the scenes here under the ever-crushing weight of our capitalist hellscape. So on that super cute note, let's talk about January! Our "busy season" was more or less a single crushing weekend of a squillion orders, which was able to cover our Q4 bills and literally nothing more. So now we're back in the slow season ("dead week" between xmas & new year tends to kick our butts) and with annual biz taxes breathing down our throats. Frickin yikes. So even though we just had a bonkers successful week a month ago, it's not helping us in Q1, now that we're catching up on the order stack and refilling our stock at the shop & warehouse. tl;dr, Yay successful BFCM weekend allowed us to pay last month's bills, but not enough for this month's.

On that note, it's Rent Party time again! We've got a few excellent options to help us start 2026 with the bills covered:

15% off gift cards through 1/7 with code "RentParty"

Signups are open for Q1 blending workshops

We have ready-to-ship items like pure teas, tea pets, and sampler boxes!

Clearance teas are also ready-to-ship for quick fulfillment!

Custom blending services & curated boxes are open again!