Never Leaving Mint & Honey Behind!
By Guest on Sep 3 Filed In Guest Blogger, Sweet Consumers, Vacation 3 Comments
In recent years, I have made an annual trip the first week of August to the Davis Mountains and Big Bend area of Texas to spend time with some dear long time friends and attend an old fashioned Camp Meeting of 3,000 people from across Texas as well as a few other states. In addition, this year my sister was joining me near the end of the trip to celebrate her upcoming “significant” birthday. The thought of not having access to my favorite Sweet Leaf Tea, Mint and Honey, for eight days was not a pleasant one and I did not want to pack the tea in my suitcase even though Southwest Airlines takes the best care of my bags (and they fly free). I checked the Sweet Leaf Tea website for retail sites in Fort Davis, Alpine and Marfa but no luck. Since I was flying into Midland and renting a car for the drive, I checked the Midland area and found that the local HEB market carried Sweet Leaf Tea. I called HEB and explained to the manager that I needed to “reserve” six half-gallons of Mint and Honey Sweet Leaf Tea for pick-up on August 5. The manager checked his stock and then called me back to say it would be waiting for me in Customer Service when I arrived. Two days later, I flew to Midland, drove to HEB, picked up my Mint and Honey plus some other supplies and then headed for the Davis Mountains where the Texas sky is bigger and more blue and the clouds are more white than any other part of the state. We drank Sweet Leaf Mint and Honey Tea in Midland, Monahans, Pecos, Balmorhea State Park (home of one of the neatest swimming holes in Texas), in Fort Davis, Marfa and Alpine. We drank it in the car, at the hotel, in restaurants, on a cabin porch in a rocking chair, in a Camp Meeting cook shed, by the swimming pool, while watching the stars at night at the McDonald Observatory, driving through sand dunes, and even on horseback while on a trail ride. When we shared it with friends, they always said “This is really great tea! What kind is it?” And then we told them the Sweet Leaf Tea story. In the land of “Giant,” Sweet Leaf Mint and Honey is a giant of a tea.
Me & my last half-gallon of Mint and Honey Green Tea.(Texas Highway 67. Davis Mountains are in the background.)
By, Carol Childress
Carol, YOU are the one who got me addicted to this tea! It’s amazing
Carol, I loved your picture. The only thing missing was a sign that said, “tea, 5 cents” plastered to a box.
My daughter and I always drink the Mint & Honey Sweet Leaf tea. We love it. I miss when our shop here in town doesn’t have any. It seems sometimes there is a run on tea (especially the Mint & Honey). Thanks, Sweet Leaf, for that great tasting tea. I understand why no one would want to leave it behind. I wish it was in every town.