The Fayetteville Observer - March 17, 2018: How long have you been working at Winterbloom Tea? ''We’ve been open since October 2016 and I’ve been here since day one.'' How did you get into this line of work? ''It started with my own health issues. I started having abnormally high blood pressure and wanted a better way of dealing with it than prescription drugs. The initial thought was my unhealthy lifestyle. I had a daily consumption of energy drinks. Trying to kick that, I made the switch to coffee and found that it was too acidic for my taste. This is when I reached out to tea and things weren’t the same. I started to learn about all the health benefits associated with tea and thought to myself why we aren’t all drinking this magical liquid. Through my research I quickly learned there are different quality teas. Most bagged tea had little to no health benefits. This started a journey to find excellent quality loose leaf tea in Fayetteville to no avail. Having the opportunity to travel to China and really experience some amazing teas, my taste for tea became spoiled. In short, I turned my obsession into a business.''