Teasite: Steepster
Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 12:04PM One of the best sites out there that maybe a lot of people haven't heard about is called Steepster, which is a social network for tea enthusiasts. Think of a sort of Facebook for tea lovers. While it's not as fleshed out as Facebook in terms of features like sharing photos, general wall posting back and forth, gaming, etc, that's obviously a conscious decision by the site runners and a good one, IMHO.
A site such as Steepster after all should focus on the one thing it does, which is bring together tea lovers, give us a place to post our thoughts on teas, comment back and forth on those specific things, and that's about it. That's pretty much all we need. And Steepster does it pretty darn well.
That said, they have been steadily rolling out new features over the past year, like a discussion area, private messages, cool contests, and I'm sure a lot more to come. If you're a tea lover, I think it's a must have on your bookmark list. I know I've discovered quite a few new varieties of tea there, found a few good deals from tea sites, and made more than a few new friends.
By the way, I'm at steepster.com/jrking if you want to become my friend.
Reader Comments (1)
With such a large community of tea drinkers worldwide, it makes sense that there would be a social network for it. Steepster is pretty cool. They have a very Twitter like hybrid thing going. Nice website.