#friday tea

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🤖 We've got the teabag envelope machine up and running as of Monday night, and are beginning the huge endeavor of blending and prepping over 160 lb of tea leaves to run through the machines, box up, and send out the door to our first round of Kickstarter teabag backers!

🎁 You'll see these pretty pretty boxes on our tea house shelves, convention tables and website super soon!

[whispersosoftly]

I'm blending today. :)

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Today is my birthday, which you know I always use as an excuse to spoil you! November 14th, everything online is 14% off, no code needed! Just skedaddle on over to the site and get shopping!⁠ ⁠

Bonus: I've got my special Mexi-Chocolate Birthday Torte recipe up on the blog and the matching flavorscape tea is available online and in-store all month!

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Good morning, teahearts! What's keeping you cozy through these last lingering days of winter? ❄️🍵⁠ ⁠ In my cup: Decaf Vanilla Black

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Rise and shine, teaheart! What's fueling your Friday? 🍵🥰

[nanananmi773]

International Students Tea at Hubbard House

Today, the Hubbard house HCA (House Community Advisor) organised a panel of international Hubbardites to host a house tea to discuss the experiences and struggles of international students at Smith. I volunteered myself to be a part of the panel because I've thought a lot about my experience as an international student throughout my life in Smith for the past year and a half.

The discussions were very comfortable and meaningful. There were a lot moments when the air was tense from thoughtful comments and lively gestures in an attempt to communicate difficult emotions, as well as laughs and giggles about international students' love for food.

Even as the international student on the panel, I learned a lot about the domestic students' perspective and other international students experience. I found that fellow non-international Hubbardites are curious as well as open and accepting about the international students' narratives. Many asked us how they, as domestic students, could they help international students ease into the Smith environment. The SJE (Social Justice and Equity representatives) reached out to us for help to remind them of the cultural differences during conversations of social justice.

I was very happy that our house could have a conversation about being inclusive of international students in the Smith community. It was a great way to spend the afternoon.