Anderson Green Events loves our tea!

We just read this rave review by Lisa from Anderson Green Events.  We are having a great time at the Stationary Show here in New York and loved meeting Lisa.  Thanks to this show, our teas will soon be available in many more shops across the country from New York to California in coming weeks-- please check our website for our additional stores where you can find our teas!

..."I was raised by parents of English decent, which means that I like Tea. Ok, I love Tea, there I said it. I drink tea every morning and afternoon, so I like to think that on some level, I am a tea-authority, so I was thrilled to come across Partners Tea Co at the National Stationery Show yesterday.

Partners Tea Co. is a fair trade, organic, tea company owned and operated by women. They have six blends of tea leaves for sale and believe me I tell you, these tea's are top notch. They have a lovely and inviting fragrance and the loveliest of tastes. I sampled the Love Blend which really was one of the best tea's I've ever had. No joke. The packaging is beautiful, the tea sachets were so simple yet sweet and the best part: they have recipes to make cocktails out of their blends. Genius for a bridal shower, you can make Love-tini's out of the Love blend! They have recipes for many tea-tini's and tea-toddy's that sound really yummy.

These tea's also make amazing gifts or favors for your showers or wedding or if you've got a friend who loves tea {maybe a part of a bridesmaid gift?}.

And I am really impressed that the company is giving back 1% to Kiva and the Central Asia Institute.

Check them out and order some tea, I promise its so good, you may not go back to coffee! "

Wanderlust UK Top Guide- Bruno Dawson, Sri Lanka

My friend, Bruno, is up for Wanderlust UK's best guide in the world.

I met Bruno in 2005 when he was one of the guides on an Oxfam Australia bicycle trip around Sri Lanka led by Intrepid Travel.

Bruno is an excellent guide and goes above and beyond to help visitors to Sri Lanka experience the beauty and mystique of his homeland and to make a difference to the people there.  Not only is he kind and fun, energetic and knowledgeable, he also has a real commitment to share his good fortune with his local community.

When we met, Bruno told me about his work to provide sewing machines for the tea village's women to help diversity their income and also to build a school to give opportunities to the kids from his village and beyond. 

Since then, I have been back to visit Sri Lanka a number of times and Bruno has taken me to visit the tea village where he grew up and a number of other tea villages so that I could better understand the impact that my tea company is having on the people of Sri Lanka. 

I hope Top Guide helps him to achieve his goal of making life better for those in Sri Lanka's tea growing communities and creating more peace in this beautiful, ancient country.

You an vote for him today at topguide@wanderlust.co.uk- just put 'Bruno Dawson' in the subject line.

Derby Day- An email from a fan!

We just received this email from a friend enjoying our Popeye tea for Derby Day...Thanks Lois!
"...It really struck me this morning while enjoying my 2nd bag of Partners Popeye (4th cup) of how appropriate Partners Popeye is with its spearmint overtones for a base mix for a Mint Julep.   I sometimes confuse my mint varieties and know that peppermint is a cardinal sin for Mint Juleps but hope that spearmint botanicals are used!

 

Needless to say, I love Popeye and welcome using it as a base for dissolving some sugar later today and combining the tea/sugar syrup with some of Kentucky's finest Bourbon in a coin silver julep cup containing some finely crushed ice.  I consider retrieving a sprig of spearmint from Debbie's garden to be too much work so your Partners Popeye will have to carry the day for me.

 

Love and affection from all of our  family to yours!"