Elaine and I were thrilled to join my old college buddy, Pam Hasbrouck, on a tour of the Celestial Seasonings Tea Tour at their factory outside of Boulder. Pam has great roots in this state even though she spent most of her growing up days in Southern California. We were glad to have her as our guide. Celestial Seasonings is a business that grew out of the hippie era, when the founders picked herbs at the foot of the rockies and stitched them up in fabric tea bags. Today it is a huge operation!
When we first got there we signed up for the tour and were given a tea bag as our ticket. We were encouraged to sample any of their current 80 flavors. We downed a few, had lunch in their colorful cafeteria, and then reported back for our tour. This place goes 25/7 and brings in ingredients from all over the world. The gift shop was tea-riffic , and I bought several flavors I had not seen before (“Orange Zinger” makes a great ice tea). We went back to try even MORE flavors after the tour.
We took in the pedestrian walk in Boulder…also a hippie throwback, but the day was all about the tea and being together!
Tags: boulder, celestial seasonings, faille's, pam hasbrouck, rocky mountains, tea
How fun, I think I need to start trying tea again…..heck as I am getting older, I am starting to enjoy things I never use to. BTW, is Pam the lovely lady you are standing with in the picture when you are telling about Traveling Down….? Sounds like good times!!!
what is travelling down, donna?
who is in the picture, pam or elaine?
didnt know you liked tea.
what were you like in the “hippie era?”
is 25/7 a typo or a creative way to say they are constantly busy?
and a worthy pun with tea-rrific.
you had college buddies? where have they been all these years?
This is my friend Pam. I was a Young Republican and that would would explain that I was not a hippie, but did wear the bright colors of the day . I still have about a dozen college pals…you just didn’t realize which of my friends were from college days. There might have been more, but I graduated and left town for two years…with your Dad in the Navy.