On the Sixth day of Christmas Steepster gave to me six geese-a-laying…
Well, buckle your seat belts because this is going to be a long tasting note!
I still haven’t recieved days 3, 4, 5, and 11 yet for the Christmas exchange, so I’m a little behind and out of order which is sort of disappointing and a little frustrating, but (of course!) not the fault of anyone else involved in the exchange. Ultimately, it has to do with Canada Post, the time of the year, and my location here in Canada.
Anyway, I made one of the two teas sent by MissB today. The poem she sent was so cute, and the card was beautiful! The “Goose Eggs” were such a cool touch too, and I gobbled them all up (for Breakfast, because I was rushed and chocolate seemed like a good idea). The second tea she sent will ultimately have to wait until another day because I wasn’t at home long enough today to make that quantity of tea and drink it all. And there’s no way Tre would have helped me drink a barley tea. I actually already have this one from my first 52Teas order, but I haven’t opened the pouch up to try it yet – so this is my first time having it!
The dry smell reminded me of some kind of rootbeer and cream soda hybrid. Very good smelling! Since this came to work today, I steeped 2 tsp. of leaf for three minutes in boiling water. I ended up sipping at it all day while packing up my store.
Basically, I was at work for a solid eight hours working my ass off the pack up and transport all of my remaining stock. It was a lot of hard labour for the three of us to do and I ended up doing the bulk of it because the other two people working were my 50+ year old Portuguese employee who can’t carry a lot of weight and the district manager who is also 50+, needs a cane to get around, and who can’t bend down to pick up boxes for transport. I was so exhausted by the time I got off, and everything on my body is throbbing and sore. Thank God I had tea with me though to help get through it!
Taste wise, this is definitely like a very creamy, rich rootbeer with maybe just a touch of “cream soda”. The black base is kind of mild and just a little astringent but in a barely noticeable way. This was really good and I was so happy to have something to sip at all day. I’m super excited I have a pouch left to drink! Honestly though, I don’t think I’d reorder it though because it is fairly similar to Butiki’s Rootbeer Float Honeybush despite the different bases, and that one is right around the same price point and definitely more consistently available than this one would be.
When I got home today from (my last day of) work, my Della Terra order had arrived! It took four weeks to get here from the time it shipped out, but regardless I was just super excited it made it in time for the blends to be included with my vacation tea! However, upon opening it the foil package for A Rabbit’s Garden had split on the bottom and there was loose tea everywhere! A lot got on my floor and I had to tidy it up :(
That was the one I most wanted to take with me too! Anyway, I’ve emailed DTT about replacing the spoiled package, and I took pictures of everything just in case – but it’s pretty sad I wont have it with me when I leave for vacation in four days.
I applied a few more places today, most of which were unremarkable. However, one I think was especially noteworthy! Tea Desire is currently hiring for a Supervisor position, so I put in an application for that! It’d be full time hours, within walking distance from my house, and not to mention I’d be working for a tea company I love! So everyone cross your fingers for me and, if you’re religious, say a prayer! I would really, REALLY, REALLY love to get that job! Just imagine; I would always have people to talk tea with!
That said, I also have an interview tomorrow with Boston Pizza for a fulltime hostess position. So, I’m hopeful for that too. I actually applied for the position at like eight in the morning this morning, and they called me back for an interview this afternoon.
Anyway, thank you MissB for the tea! I look forward to trying the second one at a point where I’ll be able to properly enjoy it!
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I think your management experience will help you get a job in no time.
Oh, the tea desire job would be excellent! I’m hoping really hard for you!
@Lala – I hope so. I’d like the think that even though I only have three workplace examples on my resume, they’re really well rounded. All three involve dealing with money; two of which were electronic tills, one was doing all the math mentally. Two of three were seasonal, but the other was for well over a year so I think that proves I can handle a long term job. Two of three were working with food, all were guest service related, and one was retail sales (my manager position). I have lots of inventory control related experience, training experience, and now supervisory experience. My work experience shows an ability to work well independently and also in a large group/team setting. I also can obviously handle working at a very fast pace (the theatre involves some serious time management when you’re on floor doing theatre checks/bathroom checks/cleaning theatres, and you have to quickly serve thousands of people a night in concession to they make their movies on time, especially on busy late night showing or large block buster premiers).
All that said, I know it also took me nearly two months to find a job after moving here and I was very, very nearly broke by the time I did find one…
Well you passed my interview.
Ha! I think I’ve gotten a lot better with interviews; I know I was really uncomfortable with them when I first started doing them because I felt unsure of my qualifications and hadn’t had a ton of recognition as a great employee before. Plus I was “only 18” and a lot of places seemed to want someone older and more experienced.
I don’t think I have those same fears now, though! I know my strengths now and I think getting promoted to manager in approx. three weeks did wonders for my unrecognized as an employee – plus doing the job and working so hard was humbling enough to keep me from getting cocky ;)
So glad you liked it, and everything else in the package! Huge teabag, I know. :)
I think your management experience will help you get a job in no time.
Oh, the tea desire job would be excellent! I’m hoping really hard for you!
@Lala – I hope so. I’d like the think that even though I only have three workplace examples on my resume, they’re really well rounded. All three involve dealing with money; two of which were electronic tills, one was doing all the math mentally. Two of three were seasonal, but the other was for well over a year so I think that proves I can handle a long term job. Two of three were working with food, all were guest service related, and one was retail sales (my manager position). I have lots of inventory control related experience, training experience, and now supervisory experience. My work experience shows an ability to work well independently and also in a large group/team setting. I also can obviously handle working at a very fast pace (the theatre involves some serious time management when you’re on floor doing theatre checks/bathroom checks/cleaning theatres, and you have to quickly serve thousands of people a night in concession to they make their movies on time, especially on busy late night showing or large block buster premiers).
All that said, I know it also took me nearly two months to find a job after moving here and I was very, very nearly broke by the time I did find one…
Well you passed my interview.
Ha! I think I’ve gotten a lot better with interviews; I know I was really uncomfortable with them when I first started doing them because I felt unsure of my qualifications and hadn’t had a ton of recognition as a great employee before. Plus I was “only 18” and a lot of places seemed to want someone older and more experienced.
I don’t think I have those same fears now, though! I know my strengths now and I think getting promoted to manager in approx. three weeks did wonders for my unrecognized as an employee – plus doing the job and working so hard was humbling enough to keep me from getting cocky ;)
So glad you liked it, and everything else in the package! Huge teabag, I know. :)