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Happy Fairtrade Fortnight!

posted at 4:34pm, 22 Feb 10 by Siobhan [ 0 comments ]

Fairtrade Fortnight is here again and this year’s theme is The Big Swap. At Cafédirect, we’d like you to swap your non-Cafédirect cuppa for a Cafédirect cuppa – make sure to register your Fairtrade swaps here so that the Fairtrade Foundation can track how many swaps happen over the next 2 weeks.

Some of you may not know that we have a range of teas as well as coffees so if you haven’t already tasted them, now is the perfect time!

There are lots of ways to get involved -

- look out for our Special Edition “Taste Guaran-tea” packs in stores now

- swap a bag of quality donations at Oxfam & get a pack of Cafédirect Everyday Tea in return

- get your dancing shoes on for the Fairtrade Foundation Tea Dances this Saturday

- host a Tea Party using our Tea Party kits…

Tea Parties are a great way of getting together with friends or family, trying some new teas, getting creative & enjoying yourself. We held our own Tea Party in the office on Friday to kickstart Fairtrade Fortnight which was lots of fun!

Cafédirect Fairtrade Fortnight Office Tea Party

Cafédirect Fairtrade Fortnight Office Tea Party

We played party games, made our own bunting from empty tea packs, upcycled cake stands using old crockery (find instructions for how to make your own cake-stands here), baked cakes  and of course drank lots of tea!

BUNTING CLOSE UP

upcycled cake stand with home-made scones

We also had a couple of special guests who will be popping up at events during Fairtrade Fortnight so keep an eye out and check the blog later this week to find out more!

If you haven’t already ordered your Tea Party kit, there’s still time to do so, and you can also download some resources  here. At your Tea Party, make sure to take lots of photos and upload them to our Facebook Tea Party event – you might be lucky enough to WIN a Cupcake Class with our friends at Fair Cake!

Have a look at our photos if you’re looking for some inspiration for your own party and share any of your own party tips with us here or on Facebook!

Happy Tea Partying!

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