BEING TEA CO ORIGINAL · IN DEVELOPMENT
Between Steeps Founder’s Playtest
A tea-and-conversation deck that moves from laughter to sensory attention, stories, and optional deeper reflection. The working 54-card playtest deck is selected and the interest list is open.
Coming soon · Adults 18+ · No orders, pre-orders, reservations, or payments are open.
Between Steeps is a working title. Concept imagery is not finished retail packaging.
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Recommend less. Test more.
Being Tea Co is building a small, transparent field kit—not an endless shelf of products we have never used.
Research stage: no commission links, paid sponsors, or Being Tea Co products are active. Recommendations stay off the page until they pass the documented testing and disclosure checks below.
Leaf
Small samplers with named origin, maker, harvest, processing, and storage information.
Tools
A gram scale, dependable kettle, simple brewing vessel, and cups—function before ornament.
Reading
Annotated books on botany, processing, history, ceramics, culture, and practice.
Partnership status
No commission links or affiliate partnerships are active on this page. Potential partners remain private research until Being Tea Co has tested the visitor experience, product fit, disclosure language, and a representative sample where possible.
If a paid relationship becomes active, the disclosure will appear before the first recommendation—not buried in a footer or added after a click.
How a recommendation earns a place
- Name the exact product or tea lot and whether it was bought, gifted, discounted, or borrowed.
- Record the price and date, availability, origin, harvest, cultivar, maker, and storage claims when supplied.
- Photograph the exact tested item and describe its condition and storage on arrival.
- Publish water, vessel, leaf-to-water ratio, temperature, time, and repeated-infusion notes.
- State strengths, weaknesses, value, and the drinker for whom the item makes sense.
- Verify the signed rate, attribution window, reversals, payout, brand rules, and image permissions.
- Place a plain-language disclosure before the first paid link and mark paid links as sponsored.
Original projects in development
Between Steeps is the current priority: test the conversation deck, learn from real tables, and revise before any paid edition. Other ideas remain concept studies until a physical sample or downloadable prototype passes real-use review.
- Conversation deck: a free sampler and founder’s playtest are available now; no paid deck is on sale.
- Digital field tools: tasting journals and sampler files may follow after the core educational library is stable.
- Branded objects: cups, tins, textiles, or stationery would require sample, handling, packaging, shipping, and disclosure checks before launch.
Status: research and playtesting only. No orders, pre-orders, reservations, or payments are open.
