Moms are the best kind of marketers out there
One new thing about the new year is that I gave up coffee. I never thought I would write these words. Maybe I’ll have it again someday. I know I will, but for now, no coffee.
I started to experience a little bit of acid reflux, and I narrowed it down, through a process of elimination, to the coffee. Now that I’ve been coffee-free for over a week, the reflux is gone.
I’ve always been a coffee drinker and a tea drinker. Now, I’m more of a tea drinker. Green teas, chamomile, mint medleys, and more. Then, when I thought I couldn’t meet a tea I didn’t like — I found Dandelion Root.
At first sip, I felt like I had made a mistake. That in my cup of coffee, there were bitter roots from ancient plants. Unburied after hundreds of years and ground up into a tiny tea bag somehow making its way into modern day supermarkets.
It was at that moment, I realized I was a victim of corporate marketing. “Pleasantly roasted with bitter notes,” is not exactly how I would describe this tea flavor. Tea companies are the best at marketing. They sell you on the partnership that you are creating with the earth. On the support you are giving to farmers and herb collectors.
They tell you how much life will be better with a cup of warm tea, a cozy couch, a cat by your side, and the sound of a…
