the journey begins

online tea? really? that's the initial question when we present our business plan to friends....but as we further explain ourselves, we find those astonished friends are now beginning to nod in approval...what a great idea! so, this blog will serve two, maybe three purposes. one, to document our journey - the trials and tribulations; two, to further motivate us to continue (i'll convince myself that we have avid readers who are just DYING to know of our progress); and three, to get our name out there. yes, i'll admit it, that is certainly a factor.

so, where are we? at this point, we have the website under construction - www.blendteas.com - and we do not have product on there. we are jumping through all appropriate hoops in order to start this business on the up-and-up. at this point, we DO have a tax id, which makes me feel as though we are making progress. next step is to head to the county office and determine what permits/licenses/etc are required of a home business.

oh ya, and we're sampling tea. that's my favorite type of research. i must say, and not even intentionally plugging our product, but once you have tasted the loose leaf variety, you will MUCH prefer it to the bagged variety. mmmm....tasty. the company that we are using to supply ourselves has the most AMAZING english breakfast blends which i hope to incorporate into our product line. YUM.

so, that's the general gist of where we are right now. more to come!