The well caffeinated marketer is well caffeinated today, in fact I’m sipping a nice cuppa pu’erh (tea) at Julie’s Tea, Coffee & Herb in the Bay Area.

Pu’erh tea is an acquired taste. It’s tea that has been put through “secret” preparation in China. The secret preparation, of Pu’erh, usually includes lumping huge stacks of unprocessed recently picked tea leaves in a warehouse and letting it sit for months, usually underneath a large tarp. After some time, the tea is then smashed into shape, usually large circles, rectangles or squares about 1.5 inches thick and 6″ to 15″ in width. Pu’erh, was used as a form of currency back in the day. Can you imagine, drinking currency? Interesting, huh? Well I dig this stuff. Some people say that it tastes like old locker room socks, and to be honest that’s - sometimes - not too far from the truth…ha ha. Like I said, it’s an acquired taste.
Yummmmy…the tea is delicious. It has a nice earthy flavor with a hint of ginger and flowers that linger in my mouth for minutes - like a nice glass of wine. I love tea. With MacBook in hand I’m reading the latest news and updates on what’s going on in the social web space. The web - once again - is shattering into a thousand little pieces to reform and coalesce into a few dominant players, again. Oh Joy!!!!!

- Mark

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