Possible Tea Business Venture?

I have been business-minded since I was about nine years old. Dreaming up something I can do and control on my own to make money has been a fun past-time for me.

I just wanted to do a post about something I have been thinking about doing for a few months now and hopefully get some feedback on it.

My business experience

I started out in childcare at 18 years old and that led to me launching my own home daycare business. It has been very stressful and since the pandemic hit-I have had to stop doing it altogether. The specific reasons for stopping daycare are as follows:

1. I was feeling really stressed out and sick of taking care of a bunch of a children in my home.

2. My son has special needs and I felt like I needed to focus all my energy into him.

3. I was dealing with chronic and worsening GI issues that made it difficult to be as reliable as I wanted to be as a daycare provider

4. I got infected with COVID-19 at my son's OT center and became terrified of being reinfected (which definitely will happen when I resume my daycare business).

5. It seems like it will be really tough running a daycare in these times with all of the precautions that have to be taken. I need some time to figure out what the process and daily schedule will be in my daycare program before I can restart.

Closing my daycare business was a tough decision because it is rough being a one income family. My husband just does not make much money.

I want to make money but my fear of reinfection is causing me mental anguish as I have not even fully recovered from the first infection (happened in early March). What I long for is to find a money-making venture that involves just me being in the comfort of my home with no kids coming in and out-bringing in germs (this is a pipe dream).

A possible business in the future

A while back I was thinking about all of the tea blends that I have tried and liked over the years. Most of them have been discontinued since and it is unfortunate because I would love to drink them again.

I was also thinking about this DIY flavored oatmeal and protein powder blend creator from a certain company that I ordered from a few years ago. The oatmeal blend I came up with tasted so good and I thought it was a cool concept that the company offered.

This then led me to think of how great it could be to be able to have a tea blend creating business so I and others could come up with our own delicious blends!

My idea is that there would be different tea leaf options as the base (green, black, oolong and white) and a bunch of different add-ins. Customers would choose their base tea and pick from the add-ins. The price of it would vary based on the type of tea, amount of add-ins and total weight.

If I were to get enough business, I would then sell other tea-relate things. This would include fun mugs, tea hair rinses, loose leaf tea pouches and some other things.

The problem with this business idea

While this sounds like an awesome idea to me, there are issues with it when it comes to getting started. These issues are as follows:

1. Sourcing the base tea would be expensive- I would want to have a great quality inventory so that would mean I would have to spend quite a bit...I think.

2. Figuring out where to get the teas may be hard.

3. Figuring out where to get the add-ins and what kind to get may be difficult.

4. Figuring out pricing may be difficult.

5. Buying the packaging will probably be really expensive.

6. Figuring out where I am going to do the packaging will be tricky.

7. Finding customers may be difficult.

So basically every thing about this business would be hard!

Should I even consider this or keep dreaming?

The above is my question for anyone reading this. Is this a totally foolish endeavor I am thinking about? To me, I am thinking it probably is but at the same time I would love to start this kind of service.

I know there are many, many tea lovers out there in the world that look for new types of tea or tea blends regularly. I feel like they may really like the opportunity to create their own blend.

If you have any comments as to whether or not this tea business idea is worth it and might be successful, please let me know.

Thanks for reading!

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