Okay, Now I Actually Have to Make This Stuff.

he ingredients are arriving.

Which means we have officially left the fun little part where I make lists, name things, redesign something twelve times and say:

“Ooooh, you know what would be good?”

Now I actually have to make it good.

😂

There are boxes coming this week.

More coming next week.

Teas. Spices. Fruit. Extracts. Things I’ve researched entirely too much. Things I bought because I know exactly what I want to do with them.

And probably at least one thing I’m going to pull out of a box and think:

Now why the hell did I order you?

This is where Source & Savor starts becoming something I can actually taste.

Not a website.

Not a logo.

Not a list in my phone.

Food.

So…we test.

Smell it.

Taste it.

Measure it.

Mix it.

Write it down.

Taste it again.

Add a little more.

Realize I shouldn’t have added a little more.

😂

Start over.

And somewhere between “Oh, absolutely not” and “WAIT…” something starts becoming what I imagined.

That’s the part I’m excited about.

Because I can tell you all day what Pear Pressure, Good Company, Island Business or any of these other ideas taste like in my head.

Now they have to prove themselves in a bowl.

And not everything will.

Some things are going to be great immediately.

Some will need work.

Some might get completely reworked.

And I’m almost certain something I was convinced would be amazing is going to taste like seasoned disappointment.

That’s fine.

That’s why we’re testing.

I’m going to show you some of it, too—the ingredients, the mixing, the notes, the “something is missing” faces, and eventually the moment when I taste something and know:

Okayyyy. There you are.

The boxes are here.

The ideas have had enough time to talk.

Now I actually have to make this stuff.

Wish me luck.

Actually…

Wish my taste buds luck.