This may look like I’m into gimmicks, but it’s not totally like that. I had the pleasure of visiting the Celestial Seasonings Factory in Boulder, Colorado. Those who know me well, know that I love factories. I blame Mr. Rogers. I have clear memories of him taking us to factory after factory, watching straws or crayons being made and packaged. I always felt giddy watching the machines do what seemed impossible! How could the machine know how to wrap the crayon or cut the straw? Don’t we need people to do this? Little did I know that the very thing that wowed me about these factories was putting thousands of people out of work. Why didn’t Mr. Rogers ever tell us that? Well, Fred? I wonder if when he passed away he had to go through some conveyer-belt-like-factory to get his ass up to heaven? I wish I could draw because I have a lot of comic strips always going on in my head.

Man, I always get side-tracked. So there I was at the Celestial Seasonings Factory, wiping tears from my eyes from visiting the Peppermint Tea room, and we get handed sample upon sample of tea. The Metabo Partner Tea tastes like Ruby Red Grapefruit only not as acidic. I bought some and all last summer made ice tea out of it. It was the perfect summer drink. I highly recommend it. Now the problem is, good luck finding it in a store. You’ll have to order it online. Enjoy!