{"id":8600,"date":"2011-01-02T10:11:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-02T16:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=8600"},"modified":"2011-01-02T10:11:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-02T16:11:08","slug":"steepster-the-social-network-for-tea-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/02\/steepster-the-social-network-for-tea-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Steepster – the social network for tea lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the past month I’ve written about Beerby<\/a>, the social network where you can check in the beers you’re drinking, see what beers your friends are drinking, and earn “badgers” for certain beer-drinking accomplishments. Last night, I was reading through Twitter and discovered that there’s a similar social network for people who love tea.<\/p>\n

It’s called Steepster<\/a>. On this network, you can see what teas your friends are drinking and get recommendations from them. You can also write a tea journal. You can view a map on their website of places to drink tea near your current location. You can connect your Steepster account to Facebook and Twitter and broadcast your teas on those networks.<\/p>\n

It’s different from Beerby in that there’s no smartphone app, at least that I could find – you manage your account and record your teas via the Web.<\/p>\n

Probably not a network I’ll ever join, but I thought it might be of interest to some of you.<\/p>\n

Credit for finding this, by the way, goes to an account I follow on Twitter, @abbisiler. I’ve never met her in person but she runs a social media business, Local2Social<\/a>, in eastern Arkansas. I think I started following her when I missed BarCamp Memphis but was using Twitter to keep up with what was going on there.<\/p>\n

In other news: Thanks to the people who invited me to the house party on Main last night. Had a good time, and what a cool apartment on Main.<\/p>\n

Up early… my presence has been requested at brunch at the Majestic Grille, as we say goodbye to a friend whose job is moving to another city. Future Sunday Fun Days will be less fun without him here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"