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Good Earth Organic Chai Tea The Perfect Holiday Gifts For Women We know, women are mysterious creatures. But one thing they have in common is liking gifts. But (yes, there is a caveat when...
Good Earth Organic Chai Tea
The Perfect Holiday Gifts For WomenWe know, women are mysterious creatures. But one thing they have in common is liking gifts. But (yes, there is a caveat when it comes to giving women gifts), they don't want blenders, self-help books, or mixing bowls. If you want to make all of the ladies in your life happy, you need to follow a few easy rules. Joint-use gifts If you're in a relationship, never buy "joint-use" gifts unless previously discussed. For example, buying your sweetie a 50" plasma TV when you live together may send the message that the gifts is really for you. And never buy her a kitchen appliance unless she tells you she really, no really, wants a Cuisinart juicer, do not, I repeat, do not buy your significant other an appliance for Christmas (unless you like sleeping on the couch). Buy the right size If you buy the women on your list an article of clothing (generally inadvisable), make sure you know her size. You don't want to buy something too big or too small. And if you buy her lingerie, give it to her in private. You don't want to explain to her nieces and nephews what a lace negligee is. Lavish gifts When buying for colleagues, bosses, and acquaintances who you are not romantically involved with or dating for a significant time, don't buy too lavish a gift. Buying an expensive gift can send the wrong message. Avoiding the dog house Also consider the type of gift. Is a satin robe really a good choice for a female boss? While she may love it, she probably doesn't want her subordinates knowing what she wears to bed. Think about how the recipient will interpret the gift. For example, would your sister appreciate the sentiment behind your choice of anti-cellulite cream or a book on how to lose weight? Or, do you want the girl you've gone on two dates with to read into your gift of $3,000 diamond earrings? Lookout, she may expect an even bigger diamond in the near future! In general, try to find out something about the recipient, so that you can purchase a thoughtful gift that she'll love. And whatever you do, don't name a constellation after her. In the event that you're completely clueless, pick something from this list and you'll avoid the bad gift blacklist for another year. The best part is that you can buy all of theses gifts without leaving your living room. Top Gifts for Her: Makeup When buying cosmetics, stay way from items like foundation, powder, and blush. These things are extremely individual and women like to pick the beauty staples out themselves. Eyeshadow and lip gloss palettes that include a wide variety of colors make wonderful gifts for women. There is always a color she will like. Pretty Makeup Bags Most women like products and pretty makeup bags to keep them in, like hand painted makeup bags. Jewelry Storage If the lady on your list already has a solid collection of jewelry, get her a stylish wy to organize it that will fit into any decor with a jewelry wardrobe. For the woman on-the-go, give her the gift of tangle-free jewelry. The metallic leather jewelry roll lets her travel in style. It is also made out of Moroccan genuine full-grain goatskin, so it is luxury all the way. Jewelry The recycled glass bottle necklace is earth friendly and perfect for a niece, daughter, or teenager on your list. Great Smelling Candles Women love candles, and it is an appropriate gift for virtually every women on your list. A classic choice: Diptyque-Limited Edition Parfumee Encens Candle. Reed Diffusers The hottest trend in home fragrance is reed diffusers, and the women on your list will appreciate your foresight. The Voluspa Fragrant Oil Reed Diffuser in Santiago Huckleberry is a fail-safe gift. Bath Gift Sets You can always pick up a set from Bath & Body Works but if you want to go the extra mile, show her you know a thing or two about luxury. The Potter & Moore- Sheer Luxury in Spiced Tuberose & Orchid 4 piece set includes a beautiful black leather cosmetic bag embossed with the Potter & Moore print filled with full sizes of Eau de Toilette, Bathing Milk and Triple Milled Soap duo. Journals Show her you care about her feelings with a journal or luxury notebook for jotting notes or even shopping lists. Perfect stocking stuffer for sisters, nieces, and acquaintances. Cashmere Robe A luxurious and well-received gift for girlfriends, wives, sisters, and moms (as in your mom). Slip Into Comfort Slippers make great stocking stuffers. Slip Amy Jo Gladstone Bam Bam slippers into her stocking. Comfy Throw Picture her curled up on the couch with a good book and a soft blanket on a cold winter night. If she's your girlfriend or wife, maybe she'll even share. Super Soft Towels It's such a wonderful feeling emerging from the shower and enveloping yourself in a luxurious, oversized bath towel. Surprisingly, many women don't buy these for themselves. Step up to the plate and dazzle her with Super Pile Towels, they are seriously the thickest, most luxurious towels you will find. Made from 100% Egyptian cotton ina super hefty 700 grams available inn 55 colors. Tea Time If the woman on your list loves tea, she'll love a pretty tea set. A perfect choice would be Teaposy Snow Dance Gift Set. Say It With Chocolate Sure, you can always buy her Godiva, but why not fill her stocking with more exotic chocolates? The Grand Collection from Chocolate Celeste features heavenly flavors like amaretto, key lime, chili pepper, coconut, dulce de leche, golden cinnamon, red raspberry, champagne, chai, milk chocolate parfait, need I say more? Sleek Point and Shoot Camera Women love to take pictures. The Casio - EXILIM 7.2MP & FUJIFILM - FinePix 7.2MP cameras fit nicely into a handbag, so she can snap away any time she wants. Perfume Perfume is a tricky gift. Unless you know the person really well, i suggest a different gift. However, if she's asked for perfume or you know she's open to trying new things, the following scents are, in my opinion, unanimously coveted: Cleopatra EDP Tocca Beauty Pure Poison by Dior Vera Wang The Fragrance Pashminas (Silk or Cashmere Shawl) Pashmina shawls are an easy choice but definitely shows your thoughtfulness. Choose from a variety of colors, fabrics, and sizes, so she can wrap up in style and luxury any time she chooses. Gifts For Pets If the women on your list has a pooch, chances are the little fur ball is like a child to her. Giving her a gift for the dog will show how sensitive (and thoughtful) you are. Gift Certificate To A Spa This is one gift certificate that's far from impersonal. Go to Google, type in "day spas" along with your city name, and most of the time you can order a gift certificate online. Gift Certificate To Department Stores When you're buying for women you don't know well, like a second cousin or your 14 year old niece who lives in Idaho, a gift certificate to a large department store is great because she can shop for whatever she wants. Women and girls like clothes and since they are so hard to buy for someone else, a gift certificate covers your bases. It also gives her something to look forward to after all of the other presents are opened. What's your great gift idea? About the Author To learn about signs of lactose intolerance, lactose intolerance in babies, lactose intolerant tips, what is a midge, midge repellent , midge tips and other information, visit the Health And Nutrition Tips website. |
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Is a Tea Company an Environmental Company?
It’s a fact:
Being a tea company, we are also an environmental company. After all, our very business is 100% reliant on the ability for this earth to deliver, season after season, bountiful crops of camellia sinensis (tea!). Fertile soil, clean rain, cool, damp fog, and warm sun must all contribute for us to have tea here in San Francisco. It’s easy to take our tea for granted. It seems like we just write our suppliers a check, and a week later UPS delivers, magically! But in reality there are so many fine details that must all conspire for the tea to sprout in a 1300 year old tree in the jungles of Southwestern China, to then show up in a cup in urban San Francisco. Now the fact that all the components, from where and how it is grown, to the people who pick, dry, toast, pack and ship it, to the transport companies that deliver reliably to us week after week....everything just fits together, and we have our tea. That is magic.
There is always, always, always room for improvement. But we are trying our best, and have had many accomplishments along the way. We’d love to hear from you if you have suggestions on areas for improvement. Below are some ares we have successfully implemented our philosophy as a business--for our customers, employees, and business partners.
1. Build-out:
For our new Yerba Buena Gardens location in downtown SF, we wanted to create a space founded sustainable, renewable products, and that fit our aesthetic and design style. Bamboo was the perfect material as it grows at a rate of 6+ inches a day throughout Asia. It is our main material for tables, counters, etc. For our “wall of tea,” we chose aged, recycled wood that not only creates a feeling of age, but is old! We really like the space as a whole because it is naturally temperature regulating, plenty of windows providing cross-draft for when it’s hot out, and ample solar heating for when it’s cold and windy.
2. Product Offering:
All of our products (food, tea, teaware, and retail products) have been chosen based on environmental and economic sustainability, support and supply from local businesses, and organic and fair trade connections. Please read this blog for more info on our philosophy. Our specialty teaware, is an exclusive made by our friend and neighbor Drew Dewitt. The chai cups and tea cups were designed especially for organic tea. They keep your brew hot, and your hands cool, and are really, really sexy. Elegant and natural they look great in our store, but also at home. They will be for sale this holiday season, so stay tuned.
3. Recycling:
We opened our original location at 498 Sanchez st. in the Mission-Castro neighborhood, nearly 4 years ago--and when we opened we had a weekly trash pickup of 6 waste bins. We are now down to 2 waste bins, and 2 compost bins, and 2 recycling bins. Our goal is to be 100% NO waste, and we're working on educating all of our staff to make this a reality. In terms of disposable utensils, when we opened our doors in 2002, we thought all our paper products were environmental. Recently we found out that the majority of paper cups and containers have a waterproof barrier inside them that is actually a petroleum laminate that will be around for hundreds of years! We’ve now gone to changing over to truly paper products and utensils made from rapidly-composting materials like sugar cane fiber, corn, and unbleached recycled paper.
4. Local, really, really local goods:
We make a point of partnering with local bakers, artists, and farmers to supply our customers with products that have a minimal environmental impact on getting from Farmer to You. We are even working on gardening our own herbs right in downtown SF--in the Yerba Buena Gardens. Also, we'll soon be supplying the gardens with our used tea leaves, for them to incorporate as fertilizer in their organic garden.
5. Tea Dinners:
We host events that educate and entertain our customers about our products, business, and the environment. Please see the press release for our October 18th Fair Trade Tea dinner Gala & Panel discussion. (http://www.samovartea.com/html/lounge/newsroom.cfm)
6. We care about our employees:
Our employees are the front line to our customers, so if they are happy, so our the customers. We offer health insurance, and, preventative care with local businesses. To stay healthy, our employees get free yoga classes around the city with teachers that join our tea ambassador network, and, they also get treated by our neighboring acupuncture clinic. Soon we’ll even be offering employee stock so that everyone who works at Samovar is an owner.
Many of you notice how our employees come and go and come and go for months at a time. We recognize that everybody has unique needs and we want to provide a place that caters to these needs. Whether it’s for school, travel, another job, or fun, most of our employees have taken sabbaticals for up to 3 months--ranging from peace efforts in the Middle East, to farming rice in Minnesota, to tea-touring in Asia. Opportunity is limitless for our employees. Just ask Erick, who joined us nearly four years ago as a dishwasher at Sanchez St. He’s the manager today running the show for the whole location!
7. Community involvement:
We do our business in the community so why not get involved? We supply many local businesses with our tea, some donated and some not. If you know of a non-profit that needs fair trade tea, just let us know and we’re happy to help out. Theatre, education, environmental groups, artists... We enjoy connecting and supporting all of these organizations because tea is about community and health, and for us to succeed as a business, we must embrace our community, connect, and work together.
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For more article on fair trade tea, please visit our Samovar Tea Blog