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Those of you subscribed to the RSS feed might have noticed a rather overwhelming stack of new posts from Tea Finely Brewed before the weekend.
I know what you’re thinking.
It’s been months of nothing Eric, and then you put up twenty posts in one day?
Did that review seem awfully short?
There’s a reason for that.
You see, I think I’ve been missing the mark with my reviews. Too often, I think there’s a tendency for my reviews to waffle somewhat, to be less economical with words than they ought to be.
So I’m trying something new.
Short, snappy reviews. Expect a paragraph, maybe two. But expect reviews more often. I have quite a few companies send me their teas for review purposes, and I intend to ramp things up a bit. The reviews will also be much more tightly integrated into the Tea Marketplace.
Your comments on the new format are most welcome — I love feedback!
Tea Finely Brewed update
Hello there readers,
Over the past few months I’ve been working hard at developing The Tea Marketplace. It’s a big job, believe me. But there are now over 600 products listed from 14 companies, and the Marketplace is finely starting to take shape in the way I’d envisioned ? a place where people can find and compare similar teas from different companies, with a bit of my personal advice thrown in for good measure.
Thank you to Tea Finely Brewed sponsors
I’d like to take a quick moment to thank the three companies who are sponsoring Tea Finely Brewed in January, and to highlight some of the special deals they have going.
I’m one!
On Wednesday, Tea Finely Brewed turned one year old.
It’s been a fun year. Some of the highlights for me have included:
- Reaching 100 subscribers back in August (the blog now has over 200 subscribers)
- Having a few posts go viral on StumbleUpon
- Interviewing Mary Lou Heiss, who co-wrote The Story of Tea, one of my favourite books about tea
- Meeting other tea bloggers, tea store owners and others with a passion for tea through the blog and Twitter
- Signing up my first advertisers (thanks Bana Tea Company and Teavana
!)
- Drinking tons of tea, including many I’d never even heard of before starting the blog
All in all, Tea Finely Brewed has been a great project for me personally. I hope you’ve enjoyed it along the way! As always, I would love to hear from you if you have any suggestions for topics you would like to see covered on the blog. Just send me an email.
Tea Finely Brewed hits 100 subscribers
I was thrilled this weekend to see that the subscriber count for Tea Finely Brewed has jumped up to 100. When I first started this blog back in December, I figured it would be fun to write about tea ? but I didn’t really imagine a simple blog about tea could develop a readership. It’s humbling to know that this blog has, slowly but surely, attracted a small band of readers.
To those of you who are subscribed: Thank you!
Benedict Gordon
Dearest tea lovers, I would like to take a moment to introduce you to my son: Benedict Gordon.
Benny was born on April 18, 2009, after 27 hours of labour. He came out weighing 4 kilograms (8 pound 13 ounces) and measuring 54 centimetres from head to tiny toe.