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World Tea Expo hits Philly

Posted: Sep 12th, '11, 21:48
by Chip
The FIRST World Tea Expo EAST was this past Friday and Saturday in Philadelphia. It was good to see a number of TCers in attendance ... and as it turned out quite a few lurkers (one attendee called herself a TC stalker :) ).

I was asked last minute to assist our forum's host, Adagio, since the owners both had last minute problems in attending. I was therefore wearing an Adagio exhibitor badge that they also kindly added TeaChat Moderator ... and I was positioned in the booth instead of an observer outside the booth as has always been the case. I was really surprised how many attenders saw my badge and either recognized the forum or even my name ... often with a broad smile.

I was there to assist another forum member who works for Adagio wholesale, cynTEAa.

Although this expo was a drop in the bucket compared to Vegas in size, it was a good first year for the event. And much more convenient than Vegas for easterners. Soooo, hopefully this will grow versus fade out of existance. :mrgreen:

Re: World Tea Expo hits Philly

Posted: Sep 12th, '11, 21:50
by Chip
If you attended, please comment on the Expo here.

If you did not but have a comment or a question, please also post it here.

Re: World Tea Expo hits Philly

Posted: Sep 12th, '11, 21:57
by auhckw
I demand photos :wink:

Re: World Tea Expo hits Philly

Posted: Sep 12th, '11, 22:29
by Chip
auhckw wrote:I demand photos :wink:
Well, I was too busy ... maybe someone took some. cynTEAa did ...

Re: World Tea Expo hits Philly

Posted: Sep 13th, '11, 00:43
by SlientSipper
Will it always be Philly or will it move to some other city?
:?:

Re: World Tea Expo hits Philly

Posted: Sep 13th, '11, 00:57
by Chip
SlientSipper wrote:Will it always be Philly or will it move to some other city?
:?:
I heard rumors at best, and more likely it was speculation that they would not have it in Philly next year ... would it roam, who knows. I guess we could ask WTN.

Re: World Tea Expo hits Philly

Posted: Sep 13th, '11, 08:42
by CynTEAa
Hi Folks! Big thanks to the Chipster for his tremendous help on very short notice!

Chip in action shot:

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Tony Gebely and Griffin Kelton join us:

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:D

Re: World Tea Expo hits Philly

Posted: Sep 13th, '11, 08:52
by Herb_Master
Chip revealed :D

An image to go with he who must be obeyed :lol:

Re: World Tea Expo hits Philly

Posted: Sep 13th, '11, 08:55
by auhckw
Finally I can imagine Chip better than a cookie image :)

Re: World Tea Expo hits Philly

Posted: Sep 13th, '11, 10:09
by Chip
Here is a close up photo ... sorry, I was having a bad hair day. :lol:

Re: World Tea Expo hits Philly

Posted: Sep 13th, '11, 17:26
by night.owl
I wish I had known about that! Is there a spot on the boards somewhere where upcoming events are posted?

:(

Re: World Tea Expo hits Philly

Posted: Sep 14th, '11, 00:18
by Chip
night.owl wrote:I wish I had known about that! Is there a spot on the boards somewhere where upcoming events are posted?

:(
That is a good idea. There is not a single location designated for this purpose currently.

Re: World Tea Expo hits Philly

Posted: Sep 14th, '11, 02:02
by David R.
Chip wrote:Here is a close up photo ... sorry, I was having a bad hair day. :lol:
You look familiar... Maybe we met before ! :lol: