#thirstynerds

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I LOVE ROBOTS AND PROGRESS BARS.

Ok, now for realsies what I actually have to say:

As I've mentioned a few times lately, our air compressor can't keep up with the flow rate of our envelope machine and we gotta upgrade. After consulting with two engineers, a more experienced friend in the bagged tea industry (shoutout to Kelsey at Cliché Tea), and confirmation from our manufacturer, we've found an industrial air compressor which will meet our needs!

Bonus unstressor: the model we ended up selecting costs just over half the one we thought we needed, hell yeah!

So while our original goal set yesterday to sub-crowdfund this aspect of our project was a staggering $11k, we're now able to lower that to $6.5k and we're already nearly halfway there just since last night!

Based on input from our Discord server and Bluesky followers, we found a super fun and adorable way to crowdfund our newest robot friend: a special Spring mini advent release in four variations so you can do a week of surprises or a month as you please!

These are SO CUTE, and I honestly can't wait to put them together. Each box will contain seven surprise loose leaf samples (you open the tag as you go so you can see the ingredients before opening the pouch, don't worry) curated to immerse you in a different Springtime setting. Your options are:

Shire Garden Party

Fae Rainbow Orchard

Cryptid Campout

Parisian Café

Each box is designed to set a mood, and will also include a Teaheart Club sticker and a recipe card for a paired treat crafted by me! Remember how I was a professional chef for fifteen years and also use my synesthesia to give you the most immersive flavor landscapes? Yeah, these boxes are all about both of those things.

There's also just a straight-up donation link set up on our PayPal (boo, hiss, I know) and our venmo handle is @fridaytea if that's your jam. I'll keep our progress bar updated and pinned to our Bluesky profile so you can check in any time!

The biggest, best part of today's news is this: the air compressor we're going to buy is domestically made, already in stock, and will arrive at our warehouse within days of ordering. Hell yes. This is going to resolve more quickly than anticipated, which means compostable high end teabags for nerds everywhere way sooner!

Let's go, rock and roll, kick ass, robot army, hell yes, Friday

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A very Monday Monday in import land! We're back in broker hell again with another $5.3kish invoice and a five day deadline before they start stacking holding fees. Same shady bull as the import of the teabag robot, and we're still locked in from the last contract.

AS SUCH, we are fundraising to release our final packaging delivery with a limited run of compostable pyramid teabags in our loose leaf pouches! Bags are 100% PLA, fully compostable in commercial facilities, and the pouches are recyclable!

The nonsense never stops, but we're hard workers & can get through it with our communitea!

These will be lovely and fully finished quality teabags, but be sure to consume within a month or so for best freshness, as teabags have more air circulation in a pouch like this than loose leaf does.

We've got six flavor options and four quantity options (including a vanilla decaf black, which we don't normally carry!) for you and we'll be pulling this range when we hit our funding goal, so let's go!

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Settling into a cozy evening with a warming chili licorice rooibos glitter brew from our Critical Role inspired line! ❤️‍🔥 What's the vibe in your cup, teaheart?

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Spring teas are BACK, baybee!

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Shop the sale now!

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A forever spring fave, and Kayla’s recommendation as the weather brightens: the classic Japanese Genmaicha! Sencha green tea with toasted rice for a light, yet cozy flavor! 🍵❤️

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Our shop is the queer witch nerdy tea house with a dash of cozy and a lot of magic! After all, who doesn't love some rainbow unicorn sprinkles? 🦄🌈

Enjoy our Earl Gay: https://www.fridaytea.com/products/earl-gay

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Cruising into the weekend on gentle toasty vibes with a big pot of Genmaicha. How about you, teaheart? Whatcha drinkin this morning? 🍵❤️

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The King of the Monsters meets the Iron Goddess of Mercy! What are you drinking today? Ti Kwan Yin - https://www.fridaytea.com/products/ti-kwan-yin-oolong-tea

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What's the difference between whole leaf and cut leaf tea? Friday is happy to explain! What other tea questions do you have?

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Are you KIDDING me? 🤩❤️‍🔥 Hands up if you love it!

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Fresh brewed blog for y'all, highlighting our behind the scenes reality in the wake of administrative volatility as well as answers to our FAQs through all this tariff nonsense!

Take some time, give it a read, lots of expectation setting here.

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Hard working robots! 🍵🤖

We finally figured out why our margin of error is a totally unacceptable 20% on the envelope machine! Our air compressor isn’t strong enough to keep up with the demands of both robots in tandem, so we need to get a new one.

It’s going to be 💸expensive💸, but once we scrape the cash together we’ll be able to roll out at the level we need!

This is our slowest time of year, so it’s not clear yet how long it’ll take us to save up for the compressor we need. Sorry for any delays this causes!

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What would you serve at a Hobbit tea time?

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In less than a minute learn all about one of the coolest things about tea leaves: TRICHOMES!

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Industrial machinery is so COOL! 🤖🍵

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Why do some tea ingredients work well together in a blend, but others do not? Take a minute and learn a bit about ingredient density to help you create your own unique flavors!