Story of the Week – Dreams of Tea
May 31, 2009
The Charming Tea Bar
Last year a wonderful thing happened, a new Tea Bar came to my town of Chestnut Hill. I LOVE tea and so I was very excited and I went racing down there at 8 AM on the first day it opened!
I loved the Tea Bar right from the start. It’s an adorable charming place with a lovely little garden. What I found was not just wonderful tea, but a wonderful tea creator who had actually quit her high paying corporate job and gone out on her own to do something more fulfilling. A woman after my own heart!
Tea Bar Owner, Pam
I loved Pam immediately and I began to regularly frequent the Tea Bar. I made it my personal mission to try every single tea, but I failed miserably at this because I got to love certain teas and couldn’t move past them. Oh well, the life of a tea taster can be fickle like the muses themselves.
Pam and I became good friends as we share alot in common. We are both entrepreneurs who care alot about doing business well and creating something good for our community. I offered to tell stories to promote the Tea Bar and Pam agreed and we began our first venture of the “Summer Storytelling Series” which was quite a hit.
Storytelling at Tea Bar
All of my wacky story characters were able to come out and play at the Tea Bar. Folks enjoyed the presence of Madam Olga, Psychic to the Stars who did Tea leaf readings. Madam Olga is a bit fiesty however and maybe some folks got more than they bargained for when they asked questions!
We also had a visitation from Zizzi Love Goddess. The Tea Bar was filled with the scent of love and chocolate and afterwards one of the audience members suggested that a tea be created in the love goddesses honor. Little did I know that Pam was listening from the other room and a week or so later she called me to come try something. Much to my astonishment, she had created a very special “Love Goddess Tea” blend which had all of my favorite ingredients! And she didn’t even know what I liked.
The Love Goddess Blend is Lavendar Earl Grey tea with rose petals. Wow! It knocks your heart right open. She packaged it up beautifully with a heart shaped label and it’s been a hit at the Tea Bar ever since.
In case, you’re interesting in tasting it, you can find the special Love Goddess blend here: https://thehillteaonline.com/handblended_tea_store.html#
The best part about my friendship with Pam though is that she is an amazing business woman who really puts alot of time and energy into making a great business and serving her community at the same time. In addition to sponsoring my Storytelling performances, she has hosted shows of artists and musicians, plus hosted workshops, networking events, wine classes and created her own book of tea recipes. Talk about a go-getter, Pam is unstoppable! I love going down there for tea because every week she has a new idea. And because I know she puts her ideas into action, it’s alway fun to see what she’s ‘brewing’ up (couldn’t resist the pun).
This is a woman who took a risk and went for her dreams. It’s not easy to leave the corporate world in general, but very few would have the courage to leap into a dream about tea and make it work, but she has. We’ve been talking for awhile about how she can use this successful business model to help other women build their own dreams.
I’m proud of you Pam for what you stand for in the world and for taking a risk! Thank you for being who you are - a wonderful listener, the tea blender extraordinaire and a good friend.
If you’re reading this and you’re inspired to know more about Pam and her dream of tea, check out her blog at: http://www.thehillteabarblog.blogspot.com/
- Tea Love
And definitely try the Love Goddess brew, it’s magical. Love definitely comes in through tea :>)
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