The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® Opens 42nd Store at Two E-Com Center

Specialty coffee and tea purveyor, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®, reinforces its claim as the preferred café chain in the country by opening its 42nd store right at the heart of Pasay City.

Located at Two E-com Center in the Mall of Asia Complex, the new The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® store will be serving customers their full selection of specialty coffee and teas by February 18. “This newest addition to our line of strategically-placed stores will help us fully realize our vision of providing every Filipino with the best available coffee and tea out there,” explains Walden Chu, President of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®. “Being a new landmark that packs commercial, retail, residential and business areas in one unique structure, having a shop at Two E-com Center will help us reach more people and tap different markets in a way that we have never been able to do before.”

Located in an alternative business and entertainment district amidst a spectacular bay setting, the new The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® store will serve as a haven for both cult-like followers of the brand, and coffee and tea aficionados of all sorts.

“The Mall of Asia Complex is home to a growing number of young professionals working in technology-based companies and business process outsourcing centers in the area,” adds Chu. “The people that regular the vicinity are part of the growing coffee population in the country that are in constant search for the best blends.”

In line with its debut, The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf® branch in Two E-Com Center will be holding a special promotion that will run from February 18 to 24, 2012. During the promo period, customers can come to the store from 12:30 to 1:30 in the afternoon and purchase their favorite drink for only P100.

*This is a press release.

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Wanted Bookbag

It is still more than a month before the school closes for summer break but seems like RJ’s bag won’t make it to the last day of classes anymore. RJ was complaining of a hole worn through at one corner of her bag thus I had it repaired. It was quite expensive so I thought it would last for a long time but I was wrong. The stitches are coming loose and it has faded quite a lot too. I must admit it is not as durable as north face bookbag just like that of my nephew’s. Now I know what to buy next school year and I won’t listen to RJ anymore when it comes to her bags. She is usually after the design and color (it has to be pink all the time  ).

I also want to consider wheeled bookbag to make RJ’s life easier next school year. She has 10 books, 1 journal and 8 notebooks which are too heavy when carried all together in one bag, but the wheels will get the bag off her shoulders.

You might be wondering why choosing RJ’s bag is a big deal for me. It is because I want something that is reasonably priced yet functional and sturdy. Most importantly, I’ve learned from the Consumer Products Safety Commission that many children are treated in emergency rooms every year for injuries related to backpacks. Backpack weight must be limit to just 20% of our child’s body weight to prevent injuries according to Orthopedic surgeons.

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Faux Wood vs. Vinyl Blinds

Our venetian blinds are not functioning as they should…both of them. We installed blinds in the terrace to control the light and maintain privacy but now it’s broken. I pulled the cord to open the blinds but it didn’t open. May be the cord has jammed the track and got stuck so I pulled it again…a little harder this time when the cord snapped. Grrr. I am not sure but I think it’s impossible to fix it. It’s our 4th set of vinyl blinds and all of them lasted for just a year. I am wondering if faux wood blinds are more durable.

I can’t decide now what to buy next between vinyl and faux wood blinds.  Aside of course from the quality of materials used, there’s a major difference in color and price. Wood blinds are somewhat more expensive than vinyl but they are available in a much wider variety of colors while vinyl blinds are less expensive than faux wood but they enable more natural light that makes almost any room look better. Nowadays, our options and choices are so varied that we can have plenty to choose from but still I find it hard to decide. Sigh.

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