NEW WEBSITE!!!

Hey Everyone!

Over the last few days I have been working on a proper website for the 100 cups project! You can find it at www.onehundredcups.com - It’s ready, and quite fancy… I’ve included some new stuff - a little more about Stefan and myself, more about our mission to have tea, a cup count page that will summarize each cup we have, with whom we have it, and where. There is a links page, where we can share with you guys all the things we learn and come across on our journey too! From now on, the new site will be our headquarters, and where you can go to read all about our adventures!

We hope you like the new site, and hope even more that you will contact us to have a cup of tea!

See you soon for a cuppa!

One down… Ninety-Nine to go.

We are happy to report that we have had our first official cup of tea.

Thank you to Lee Allen, of Essex, for taking a chance and meeting us. We shared some good conversation, a few cups of tea, and even a fruit smoothie. Lee told us of the wonders of working in the radiology department of a hospital, shared his thoughts on the ways of our world today, and talked of his fondness for random meetings with strangers. I think too that I might have made a new friend out of it? I guess that is up to Lee to decide though! 

(Left to Right) - Greg, Kiwi, Lee Allen, and Lou 

It’s funny how many interesting and like-minded people we have the potential to meet in life, but often never do - which hopefully highlights the need to break out a little bit now and again. Say goodbye to routine, and yes to meeting two guys with funny accents for a cup of tea. If that wasn’t so awkward to say, I reckon it could be our slogan.

A bit of a news update I guess. While we have a few cups brewing, it would seem that some people have let hesitation and scepticism get the best of them. Lee almost did, but I assured him that I was probably as nervous about the whole thing as he was. Hell, I even tried to pretty myself up - put on my best cologne - it was like I was getting ready for a bloody date or something! Only, it was with a man, or well, two men if you count Kiwi…

Anyway, with the hope of providing a remedy for this - I plan to put together video to introduce you to Kiwi and I. To show you that we are, for the most part, just a couple a fun loving gentlemen looking for a little adventure. I will post this video soon!

We also have a few more leads which include a psychic in Glasgow, a member of the Irish Guard stationed in Windsor, a couple of actors from West London, and a lady who saw our ad at the local laundrette while drying her clothes!

So, with that, I’ll leave you all with the same question you were left with before…

Fancy a cup of tea?

The ball is rolling!

Thanks to a few well placed adverts, we’ve got some interest already! Thank you to those people who have got in touch. We will make some arrangements, and tea shall soon be had.

Let’s all think of this as a deliberate push out of our daily routine. A push in a new direction. Take a chance on something new, something a little out of the ordinary! Who knows what could come of it…

See you soon for a cuppa!

And so it begins…

Can something as simple as a cup of tea change your life?

This, if all goes according to plan, will be the story of two young gentlemen on a journey of immeasurable importance. A quest to sit down for 100 separate cups of tea, with 100 complete strangers - all with the hope that, well, we might learn a thing or two…

Perhaps it’s unfair to say that the importance of this ‘quest’ is immeasurable, but, it sounds a little more exciting that way doesn’t it?

Our motives are genuine however. This undertaking, if you can call it that, aims to recognize the importance of social contact. 

We live in a world where a store worth visiting is one in which you can buy your groceries, purchase new clothes, do your banking, have pictures developed, renew your car insurance… the list goes on… We want a ‘one stop shop’. We strive for speed and convenience. Gone are the days when service and human contact meant something to us. We want to pump our own gas. We want to scan our own groceries. And, by gosh, we don’t want to talk to anyone while we do it.

This needs to change - even if the change is just in how we think… 

We hope to encourage people to slow down. To talk. To share. To teach and learn. To tell stories. To laugh. To inspire. Not just when it seems appropriate, but all the time. With anyone. With everyone! Any time, and any place.

So, with tea as our vehicle, the quest begins. 100 strangers. 100 cups of tea. 100 stories to tell. 

Care to join us for a cup?