How Alfonso Wright and Jamila McGill Launched a Tea Empire | Brooklyn Tea | School of Hustle Ep. 49
In this episode
In this episode
Learn:
- As School of Hustle sits down with Alfonso Wright and Jamila McGill, the founders of Brooklyn Tea
- How the Brooklyn Tea story starts with a young Alfonso honoring a daily family ritual: bringing his mother a hot cup of tea
- How Alfonso’s daily ritual turned into a lifelong passion, and as an adult, he dove headfirst into the world of tea, studied different varieties of tea, how other cultures experience tea, and even got certified as a tea sommelier—that is, a bonafide tea expert
- How his passion turned into a business, and after loads of planning (and even more tea) he and Jamila launched their company, Brooklyn Tea, offering an assortment of hot and iced teas to their customers with a simple promise: to open their minds to the world of tea and its many flavors
- As Alfonso and Jamila share how running a business together has changed their relationship, the importance of a solid business plan, and what’s brewing next for Brooklyn Tea