April 2007 Archives

Now, please don't be fooled by the photo. We certainly don't encourage or support exploitation of children. But this one insisted on donning the teapigs t-shirt and flogging our wares at the recent Vitality Show in London. Why would a young girl choose to do this rather than fighting her way around TopShop? Nepotism of course, Emily is Nick's daughter and she did a fine job for us too. Her reward? Well, her favourite chocolate flake tea of course.

Thanks Emily and thanks to all of you who came to visit us at our stand.

Start 'em young

Apart from training for our sponsored bike ride, early morning sunshine on the way to work. Beats reading bumper stickers.

en route to work

As part of our support for the Gisenyi Orphanage in Rwanda we thought it would be nice if we dressed up in lycra. No, our thinking didn't stop there - we thought lycra then bike ride, then a sponsored bike ride.

So this summer Nick and I are going to cycle about 60 miles from our offices in Ealing to visit some of the cafes, shops and pubs that sell our teas. Now for someone like me who has probably never cycled 60 miles in their entire life, that'll be some challenge.

We'll soon be plotting a suitable route and of course getting in some much needed training. Cycling to work will be a good start. We'll keep you in touch with our progress and let you know our route.

Dust off the cobwebs

Whilst gazing out of our office window the other day, we spotted a rainbow. Quite a faint one so we didn't go prospecting. Anyway, we've got our own special pot in the office that's always full of golden nectar.

Err, it's a hard one but I think I'll stick with a tea if it's all the same to you. It did make me wonder, who is this for? Are those hard-nosed buyers for supermarkets putty in the hands of giant walking sweet packets? Nick, says no, but I think that's more to do with the fact he doesn't think walking around as a giant teapig tea temple is the right image for a tea tycoon.

One way to promote your product

We just want to say thanks to everyone who came to visit us at the International Food Exhibition. We met many lovely people which will hopefully mean that teapigs will be appearing in a cafe/deli/restaurant near you soon.

And yes, it had to happen eventually, I suppose. That's the rather camera shy me, snapped by Nick at the recent exhibition.

Getting ready to rumble

In our previous lives we used to work in a large modern corporate office building. Now we work out of a small room in a grand Georgian house. Quite a contrast. We don't miss much about our old offices but there are lots of things we like about our new habitat. The view from the window, the location on Ealing Green, our Ikea furniture, our shiny new phones.

Then there's the community of others who work in the same building. Bassi, our "in-the house" printing expert, Paul and Ruth, who've just started a film-making company, Another Paul, a life coach and budding teapigs salesman, yet another Paul, this one a sound engineer and Sam the IT man. Then there's Mark, our rather, ehm eccentric landlord. More about him another time maybe.

Ealing Green

When we're in the office we enjoy the view of Ealing Green from our window. Last week we were busy meeting lots of potential new stockists at a major trade exhibition, so the view was somewhat different. Very different. Don't ask. We didn't.