The world expects a lot out of us on a day to day basis. We are supposed to be kind, productive, and generally good people. It’s hard work. At times, it can be downright grueling and exhausting.
So, at the end of a long day, when I go to make a relaxing cup of tea, do I really need a tea bag to remind me that I may be missing the mark?
The label on the tea box promises a soothing relaxing beverage. But here’s what I get on my tea tag:
That seems like a pretty long list.
I do love Yogi’s bedtime tea and I applaud the company for trying to make the world a better place, however misguided I feel their attempts might be. Then again, maybe it’s just me that gets irritated by the tea tags. In the interest of fairness, I completed an exhaustive research study (5 min on Google) to see if anyone else gets annoyed by their tea tags. Here’s what I found:
Yogi has a Facebook page which, of course, is all about how great their tea is and includes many references to how inspiring their tea tags are. I scrolled down. Was I the only one who finds the tags overbearing? Hard to say when the page is run by Yogi. I did run across this though:
Someone named Sharon posted a photo on the Yogi FB page featuring this tea tag –
And someone else posted this response to Sharon-
Ha. See? Sharon’s friend feels stressed by the tea tag as well. Or, it’s possible that she’s a very literal person. I continued my research.
Finally (four minutes into my research) I came across a scathing ‘Open Letter to Yogi Tea’ written by Madeline Gorman, a University of British Columbia student. Presumably an English major, Madeline commends Yogi Tea for good intentions and then skewers them for tea tags that are “at best, ungrammatical, and at worst, nonsensical”.
There you go. A literalist (Sharon’s friend), an angry English major (Madeline), and a thorough researcher (me) all agree that the tea tags are a) unrealistic, b) lacking and c) perhaps even stress-inducing.
It’s okay though, Yogi Tea. We know that, like all of us, you’re trying. I’ll leave you with one of your own tea tag messages – “Wherever you are, you are. Be proud of it.”
