The Tea Lady: My Not So-Covert Mission to Convert the World to Tea

I admit it, I am on a mission to convert the world to tea-drinking.

Granted, despite my best efforts on social media outlets, my sphere of influence remains rather small. But my office does offer me a semi-captive and (I think) appreciative audience. Since I began The Ultimate Tea Diet in March, I’ve been offering a selection of teas at my desk for the whole office to enjoy. I periodically send out emails describing new teas to my workmates, and have been known to ambush bad-tea drinkers in the kitchen and march them bodily over to my desk for some of the good stuff.

The truth is, I find this tea-evangelism to be tremendous fun. It is great to see the surprise on people’s faces when they try good tea for the first time. I particularly enjoy clearing up misconceptions about tea (i.e. green tea is not necessarily bitter, it only gets that way when prepared with too-hot water,  “decaffeinated” tea is not necessary–it is easy to DIY decaffeinate tea, etc).

The photo above is of my work tea-collection as of a few months ago. Do you try and convert people to tea-drinking? If so, what is your strategy?

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