Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Drinking tea

I am drinking a mug of tea; some sort of black cherry-berry kind. I love the fruit teas, sweetened just a bit. I am trying to enjoy it while swamped here at work, but I'm finding it hard to escape the grind.
About a month ago, our merchandising department was interested in carrying a green tea extract. With just a few drops of the extract into a glass of water, the drinker would get all the benefits of 20 cups of green tea. I just knew that if this product was in the catalog it would sell like hot cakes. However, in talking to the vendors, the owner of our company had a revelation. The vendors called from their car driving along the New Jersey Turnpike, on their way to a trade show. They were, in the words of my boss, "Completely worked up and irritated". After the disturbing call with these vendors, my boss called the owner of a holistic shop by the beach. He said, "One of the benefits of drinking green tea is actually drinking the tea. Sitting down, relaxing and drinking the tea". We decided not to carry the extract.
So, I'm drinking my tea and trying to be in the moment, relaxing and taking in it's benefits. And I'm picturing those frazzled vendors, driving down the New Jersey Turnpike, completely stressed out, guzzling their extract-laden water. I'll take a cup of hot tea in my hand anyday!

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