Friday Afternoon

Bear with the long post, teahearts. This is important.

It's summer slow season and June did not save us this year (we had no Pride rush this year, it's usually the only thing that gets us through the season), not to mention a few major invoices haven't been paid to us on deadline.

SO. Time for us to beat the "rent party" drum again, as we would really love to keep our doors open and we have some big ol bills to pay that usually the last weekend of June handles. Note: horrifyingly, this is what "successful" actually looks like for indies right now: simply staying in business at all. Between operating expenses getting spendier and Pride being pretty much nonexistent this year, we're like $10k shy of where we need to be this week (more if I want to pay myself at all).

We can't realistically manage another preorder round to raise $$$. Too many big long-run projects on the bench as is, between KS fulfillment, Advent prep & wrapping DCC samplers.

HOWEVER, we have other great options if you want to help your fave tea shop survive the summer:
Don't need more tea and just want to spread the q***r nerd cash cache around? We do have a shop financial health fund donation link! https://square.link/u/La2AFWmg

We can handle regular orders out the w***o. Bulk tea is non-taxable in the US, so that's better for us than a donation, plus is great to stock your cupboard, gift to loved ones, etc. Bonus: tea doesn't even think about staling for at least a year, so you can do your holiday shopping NOW!

Gift cards are a great way to give indies a cash infusion while spreading out the actual fulfillment workload! Always a lovely choice. https://www.fridaytea.com/products/gift-card

See also: reserving custom blend appts to redeem later: https://www.fridaytea.com/collections/personalized-tea-experience

We don't want to burden already-stretched pockets. If $$$ is a stress for you, consider FREE ways to support us:
1) Share share share! Word of mouth, link-shares, socials posts about your faves, etc!
2) Ask your local cafe/retail store to ping us about wholesale!
3) Leave a review! Google, Yelp, product pages on our website...reviews help so much!
4) Engage with our posts on socials! Share them around, comment, like, save, etc. This helps the robots see us as valuable and pushes our content out to new audiences significantly. Makes a huge difference!

Thanks as always for investing in your communitea. We love that we can teamwork through the hard times and we love being able to do the same for y'all in our stronger times!

Retiring Summer blends list just came out! This is the last elimination round of our "year of streamlining." We thank you for your cheerleading as we cull the herd for better small business health!

Remember: every blend we've ever made is available by request with a $5/item flat fee at any time.

It's a good day to have a good day! Why not grab a cup of tea and make it a GREAT one?

🍵 In my cup right now: Colombian White