Barb's Tea Service is now on Substack!

Find Barbara Gulley on Substack, where we talk tea and tea-adjacent topics

 

This year, Barb's Tea Service is celebrating its "Emerald Anniversary" with twenty years in business. Thus far, we've also engaged in social media, for almost as long, to connect with our fellow tea-enthusiasts on Facebook, Twitter, blogspot, Instagram, YouTube and SoundCloud. 

And, now, Substack!

If you're new to the outlet, welcome - so am I. But, to be fair, it is relatively new on the scene. According to a Newsweek article last month, "Why Is Everyone Suddenly on Substack?", the San Franciso-based tech platform only launched in 2017 and already is "home" to 50,000 publishers. 

Who's on Substack? 

There's a wide range of contributors including former New York Times opinion editor Bari Weiss, FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver, journalist Dan Rather and the talented, singer/songwriter, millennial son of one of my besties. 

And, now Barb's Tea Service.

At the urging of my Podcast co-host, Chris, I signed up to Substack last month and published two articles to date. The first one was just an intro, the second, a topic very familiar to BTS blog readers:  Jane Austen. For our first true content piece, we reviewed three film adaptions of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (and, yes, one of them covers Mr. Collins' mastery of the banal dinner conversation, i.e., "the most excellent boiled potatoes").

Our second Substack article reviews three Austen film adaptations. 

To date, many publishers quoted in Newsweek like Substack's kinder/gentler environment. According to Catherine Valentine, Substack's head of politics, content producers like the great visibility but also, "more than that, [they] have been able to find a community with their readers".

We hope you will be part of our communi-tea.  😊 Please check us out with the link below and we'd love if you "subscribe" (no charge!) 

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