Comments on: Tea Parties and Caring About the Bigger Picture http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2 Teaching the Beautiful and Simple Afternoon Tea Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Michelle at Scribbit http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2#comment-697 Michelle at Scribbit Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:54:13 +0000 http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2#comment-697 Thanks for entering, sounds like you learned quite a bit. Thanks for entering, sounds like you learned quite a bit.

]]> By: Tea Party Girl http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2#comment-692 Tea Party Girl Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:43:48 +0000 http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2#comment-692 Thank, everyone, for your comments and encouragment. As I wrote to Melinda, I know companies are struggling to deal with the higher demand for fair trade in general. I hope it doesn't get super-politicized like getting the label "organic" has become. I am not yet ONLY buying fair trade tea, but comitting to asking the right questions. Thank, everyone, for your comments and encouragment. As I wrote to Melinda, I know companies are struggling to deal with the higher demand for fair trade in general. I hope it doesn’t get super-politicized like getting the label “organic” has become. I am not yet ONLY buying fair trade tea, but comitting to asking the right questions.

]]> By: doodah http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2#comment-690 doodah Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:03:58 +0000 http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2#comment-690 Yes! Yes! Yes! A great post! YAY! Yes! Yes! Yes! A great post! YAY!

]]> By: Margot Marrakesh http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2#comment-680 Margot Marrakesh Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:58:47 +0000 http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2#comment-680 I just wanted to tell you about a great new (and free) on-line magazine all about tea--at least it's new to me, as Ijust found it recently. It appears to be a monthly magazine,and I enjoyed all of their articles. It's called "Tea Digest Online" and it's at: http://www.catteacorner.com/teadigest.htm#top Regards, Margot in Marrakesh I just wanted to tell you about a great new (and free) on-line magazine all about tea–at least it’s new to me, as Ijust found it recently. It appears to be a monthly magazine,and I enjoyed all of their articles. It’s called “Tea Digest Online” and it’s at:
http://www.catteacorner.com/teadigest.htm#top

Regards,
Margot in Marrakesh

]]> By: Melinda http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2#comment-676 Melinda Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:59:31 +0000 http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2#comment-676 A great post - thankyou! Sometimes finding fair trade tea can just feel too hard, especially when there is much less variety from shops like Oxfam than there are from profit-based companies. However, this is a good reminder to keep trying. I guess that the more we demand fair trade tea, the more the traders will see that there is a viable market, and produce a bigger range. I am only just realising how big an issue this is, so thankyou for your useful suggestions! A great post - thankyou! Sometimes finding fair trade tea can just feel too hard, especially when there is much less variety from shops like Oxfam than there are from profit-based companies. However, this is a good reminder to keep trying. I guess that the more we demand fair trade tea, the more the traders will see that there is a viable market, and produce a bigger range. I am only just realising how big an issue this is, so thankyou for your useful suggestions!

]]> By: Brenda@Coffee Tea Books and Me http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2#comment-674 Brenda@Coffee Tea Books and Me Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:26:45 +0000 http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2#comment-674 We have been talking a lot about these very things in our household. I loved that book! I couldn't read it all before I had to return it to the library but even the first half was very good. We have been talking a lot about these very things in our household.

I loved that book! I couldn’t read it all before I had to return it to the library but even the first half was very good.

]]> By: Steph W http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2#comment-673 Steph W Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:41:45 +0000 http://www.teapartygirl.com/tea-parties-and-caring-about-the-bigger-picture-2#comment-673 This is such an important, critical, dire topic. THANK YOU for writing about it! I am in a constant balance of wanting yet another pretty teacup (mostly found at thrift stores) and placing it back on the shelf b/c I have NO place to store any more. :-) Purchasing tea is truly an affordable luxury. A few extra pennies for fair trade tea makes minimal difference to us, but a world of difference to the tea pickers. This is such an important, critical, dire topic. THANK YOU for writing about it! I am in a constant balance of wanting yet another pretty teacup (mostly found at thrift stores) and placing it back on the shelf b/c I have NO place to store any more. :-)

Purchasing tea is truly an affordable luxury. A few extra pennies for fair trade tea makes minimal difference to us, but a world of difference to the tea pickers.

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