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Recently I was having tea with one of our staff and the concept of culture came up. We realized that for good culture to flourish, there are a few rules. The biggest of which is the value of Respect. Following are some of our tea-inspired thoughts we had while drinking Blood Orange Puerh, and talking culture.
Love is BS. It’s marketing hype driven by chocolate and greeting card companies. Love today is mostly buying stuff to give to people to supposedly make them feel good. Or passionate. Or kind. Or sexy. Blah.
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Tea is just like life. A rich full life is sensory-infused, one complete with a rich blend of experiences. It is a journey that transports you through things, places, people and feelings and that leaves you with memories and the knowledge that you’ve grown and touched others.
Good tea will take you on a sensual journey.Right now is where it’s at. And then now is gone. Tea is this sweet nectar that focuses us right-here-now, into this blossoming moment. Can you see the most beautiful art in existence – your life?
Let the electric blast of now ignite your senses and turn-you-on.There are two kinds of fear: good fear and bad fear.
Good fear is when the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. The kind of fear that tells you to cross the street for “some strange reason.” The kind of fear that gives you superhuman strength in dealing with sudden danger. The kind of fear that immediately threatens your physical survival and that prepares you for dealing in the short term.
Bad fear saps us of life, slowly. It must be destroyed.
There’s something delightful and dangerous about sliding a thin blade of cold steel across your face. And although it has the potential for instilling a truly rapturous experience for a man, today the act has been relegated to something merely mundane, sterile, and more of a nuisance. Yes, this simple act of shaving.