Tea Time- Me Time
by Monika Holmes
Invite More Me-Time Into Your Life With Our Teas
Life can get hectic these days. The hurry and the lack of time are two primary components of modern life. Always in a rush, always on the go. Work, home, food, meetings, entertainment, chores. All over again. Every day. Yet, you get bombarded by warnings to slow down and take care of yourself, which is crucial to your well-being, health, and sanity. But how do you find a pocket of time to stop and create quality me-time?
Tea May Be The Answer
At Clonakilty Tea Shop, we believe in the magic of three sips of tea that conjure up a well-deserved and exciting break you need. They are simple and doable steps to incorporate an exceptional me-time tea-time experience into your life. Read on to discover how to do that.
A Sip Of Adventure
Your adventurous me-time can start here in our tea shop among the tins of speciality loose teas from Korea, Vietnam, China, India, Japan, and South Africa, to name a few. Open up your senses and broaden your horizons by choosing your tea, which is an experience in itself: smell the leaves, examine their shapes, or ask us about the tea’s story. Stir your imagination and surprise yourself: close your eyes and find yourself on a tea plantation on a misty morning surrounded by majestic mountains. Awaken your curiosity and explore tastes people in other corners of the world enjoy. A sensory feast for your nose and taste buds, our exceptional teas will take you on a journey without leaving Clonakilty in just a few minutes.
Once you have chosen your tea, you can travel the world from the comfort of your home. Sipping your tea while reading a favourite book or watching your beloved movie may transport you to faraway places, bringing this satisfying sense of adventure we all need while letting your body and mind rest. No extra time is required to spend on creating your special me-time.
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You can take your tea leaves, teapot and teacups and brew in your favourite spot of nature (or take a flask with premade tea, if you prefer). Sit on a blanket: in a forest, in a park, on a meadow, by a river or the sea, on the top of a mountain, whatever place is near your home. Close your eyes, listen to the sounds surrounding you and savour your drink. Savour your me-time, inviting the soothing power of the outdoors to calm your senses and thoughts. Connect to yourself. Let yourself rest with a cup of tea, even for half an hour at the weekend, one afternoon after work, or maybe, during your lunch break.
At home or outside, the tea provides the perfect escape from worries and the business of everyday life: a cup warming up your hands, delicious liquid pleasuring your palate, and a nice fuzzy feeling in your tummy without consuming all of your time.
A Sip Of Enchantment
Your me-time with a cup of tea can be magical. Brewing the loose-leaf tea is like making a potion: measuring the right amount of leaves, smelling them, placing them into a mug or a teapot, pouring the water over them, watching the steam swirling up, inhaling the aroma, observing the leaves change. With it comes excitement, joy and a sense of self-agency, feeling like a witch or a wizard who can conjure up the reality they want.
It takes less time than you think it might to infuse loose-leaf tea. Most black and green teas need no more than 5 minutes to be ready, so brewing speciality tea can easily be turned into a doable daily ritual.
Imagine setting yourself up for a whole day with some magic every morning before going to work, dropping the children off at school or rushing off to university. It could be your me-time in a teacup, a moment to yourself before the hustle and bustle of chores, responsibilities, and hurry. Consider waking up your senses and grounding in the here and now before leaving home, inviting more calmness into your routine. How wonderful would it be to have something to look forward to every morning? Such a small adjustment could change your outlook on the day ahead.
A Sip Of Mindfulness
Creating a relaxed tea experience for your me-time may be a part of your everyday mindfulness practice. Focusing your awareness on tea-making activities is quite meditative. Take the leaves out of the tin, place them in the teapot, pour water into it, wait for a few minutes, and take some deep breaths; pour the brew into a cup, smell the infusion, and feel its warmth. Enjoy your cuppa. Ground yourself in the present moment—all in less than 10 minutes.
You may choose a tea with relaxing properties, like our mint, ginger or rooibos teas, to help your body loosen up and your mind unwind and maximise the health benefits of your me-time.
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You may go for a tea that, after your moment of calm, will stimulate your productivity in a healthy and balanced way, like our Assam or Irish Breakfast teas.
Here at Clonakilty Tea Shop, we want your me-time tea-time to be extraordinary and enjoyable, providing the best teas for you to take home and relish. We also care about the world and are taking significant measures to stock our shelves with a growing range of sustainable and organic teas, making your me-time even more meaningful.
We are here to make your little magical pocket of me-time tea-time possible.
About Monika Holmes
Monika is a creative writer, tea enthusiast and a mum to a wonderful little boy. She loves taking her little red teapot out into nature to sip tea, chill and get inspired. All the ideas that come to her during those magical expeditions, she shares with others on her blog www.birkiverse.com