Tea Gifts to Soften the Back-to-School Landing
Everybody is frolicking right now. Picnics and parties, early evening baseball games and post-work happy hours. Where are half your colleagues? On vacation. Kids run around at camp, and parents skip out early on Fridays. ’Tis the season of three-day weekends for many working stiffs.
But it all comes to an end in just weeks. Because then the season pivots to “back-to-school,” and that means more than just packing lunches and piloting progeny to bus stops and school parking lots. It means those vacations, the parade of three-day weekends, the loafing and lounging—it doesn’t really return until the thick of the holidays.
Savor it while it lasts! But also consider a little pre-back-to-school planning. Take steps now to soften the landing on that long runway, dense with parent-teacher meetings, homework approbations, bedtime wrangling, after-school sports shuttling and the rest of it.
Brighten back-to-school with tea gifts
Why not festoon back-to-school with tea gifts? Little presents for teachers—who may (probably) be even more crestfallen by summer’s end. For kids, who might find a favorite new beverage to massage their re-entry. For parents, who might view back-to-school as an unwelcome return to rules and rigor.
In coming weeks, we will showcase a large variety of teas that we think serve as so much first-weeks-of-school balm. We’ll explore teas for every age group, for example—elementary school urchins through college scholars. Teachers? They’ll get quite a bit of attention. We’ll spotlight teas that we think promote mental stimulation and clarity (important for school work!) as well as pre-bedtime calm.
But today, we take a look at ways to mark a new school year with perfect tea gifts. And please remember to visit us at our Front Range tea shops! You’ll find loads of back-to-school-appropriate gifts in our atmospheric, welcoming stores!
And don’t forget packaging! Our tea already arrives in decorative bags or tins. But a bow, a ribbon, maybe some tissue or wrapping paper, or an additional decorative bag goes a long way toward making that gift shine even more.
Back to School Tea Gifts: Fruit Punch Blend for Kids
The kids have downed tons of fruit punch over the years—most of it saccharine-sweet and loaded with artificial flavors and colors. In a word—yuck! Not only is it unhealthy, it also leads to mental cloudiness (sugar crashes!) and other issues associated with artificial colors. Your kids can do better! Try our Fruit Punch Blend, with real mango, orange, cherry, pineapple, strawberry, apple, hibiscus, rose, rosehip, elderberry, beetroot, marigold, strawberry leaf and blackberry leaf. The flavors explode—in a good way. And if the kids want a little sweetness (hint: they will), you can control the amount and the kind of sweetener. A win-win kind of gift!
Back to School Tea Gifts: Peach Rooibos Blend (Organic) for Kids
The kids may be heading back to school, but summer vibes remain. Which is why you’ll want to gift the budding scholars with this peach-rich tea—pure Colorado summer in a mug or thermos. This gorgeous blend leads with the South African shrub rooibos, which provides healthy hits of thirst-quenching electrolytes. In addition, we add calendula, for lovely floral qualities. And then the star—real peach pieces! Guarantee: Sipping this elixir will spark smiles among the kids—always a good thing during the back-to-school zone!
Back to School Tea Gifts: SereniTea for Teachers
Many of our jobs dwell in the land of relative calm: We might work on computers all day, or go to a lot of meetings. We work retail—and it can be slow. Teachers? That job falls into the land of extreme chaos. Kids, no matter the age, require management. Tears happen; for many teachers confronting tears among their charges stands as a daily reality. They spend their days trying to broaden and enrich students’ minds, but meet roadblocks all day long. So any teacher in your life will appreciate this superb blend. SereniTea offers rooibos, pomegranate, pomelo, orange, carrot, sage, lavender and safflower—quite a winning mix of winning ingredients. It’s soothing and oh-so calming. Perfect for teachers.
Back to School Tea Gifts: Dark Chocolate Pu-erh for Teachers
Heart health? Check. Blood pressure? Covered. Mood and energy? Yep—our Dark Chocolate Pu-erh can support all of the above, while delivering absolutely spectacular flavor. We think this could turn into a special potion for teachers. Our Dark Chocolate Pu-erh contains the famous, and healthy, Chinese fermented tea pu-erh. To that we add black tea, cacao nibs, sweet rice herb (it’s an herb that tastes like rice) and vanilla. It’s mentally stimulating, satisfying and extremely fragrant—reminiscent of warm hot cocoa! Sip away, teacher!
Back to School Tea Gifts: Empress Garden Oolong Blend for Parents
Ah, parents. They may be just as frazzled as the teachers. We love the idea of gifting parents with back-to-school tea, and this one ranks high. The blend of prized oolong tea, black tea, osmanthus flower and cornflower achieves quite a bit with just four ingredients, especially on the flavor front. The tea elements ground the sipping experience, while the osmanthus in particular promotes feelings of drifting across a wildflower meadow. This beauty is wonderful hot, frigid, room temperature—however you serve it, the tea shines. And it brings serious refreshment during these hot early days of the school year.
Back to School Tea Gifts: Moonlit Pillow Herbal Blend for Parents
Finally, a long back-to-school Wednesday comes to a close. Homework is done. Dishes, washed. Parents, now is your time to sink into extreme serenity. Try our Moonlit Pillow Herbal Blend, which includes green rooibos, lavender, chamomile, oat straw, lemon balm, licorice, mugwort and catnip. So many of these ingredients support sleep; the mugwort is famous for stoking dreams. What a perfect way for any parent to end one of those back-to-school days.
