MANSFIELD — Braxton Daniels did his best to look on the bright side Friday morning. “You gave me a day off. I get to take a nap today,” he said, addressing whomever broke the back door and stole the cash register from his downtown tea shop. “You can try to slow people down, but it won’t. […]
Braxton daniels
Posted inCommunity Development
Coming home: Grow by NECIC will open on Springmill Street this summer
MANSFIELD — The North End Community Improvement Collaborative Farmer’s Market is just a few months away. But this year, it’ll be in a new location. The market is moving to the parking lot of 486 Springmill Street, where the NECIC will also be relocating its operations. NECIC’s Springmill Street offices, known as Grow by NECIC, will […]
Posted inBusiness
3rd Cup Tea unveils private label tea ‘Purple Lady’
MANSFIELD — Braxton Daniels said 3rd Cup Tea’s first signature blend will welcome customers with a delicious, robust plum and hibiscus flavor with notes of cinnamon and licorice root.
Posted inLife and Culture
3rd Cup Tea partnering with MRCPL for monthly teen book club
MANSFIELD — Courtney Hardy always liked to read until she was assigned a book. “If it was something I didn’t want to read, I wasn’t going to read it,” she said. Now a teen services librarian at Mansfield-Richland County Public Library, Hardy is leading a teen book club with 3rd Cup Tea. The club has […]
Posted inLife and Culture
Cup of Art to bring live music, poetry and art downtown this weekend
MANSFIELD — Braxton Daniels, Luke Beekman and Diane Googins want to make Mansfield a place that celebrates fine art. With that in mind, the group of local artists and entrepreneurs is hosting “Cup of Art” on Friday night and Saturday at 3rd Cup Tea and Galería Ekkles. The event will feature live music, original poetry readings […]
Posted inLife and Culture
‘Tea and Tunes’: 3rd Cup Tea hosts live music on first Fridays
MANSFIELD — The Back Lot Series will feature local talent performing in the shared parking lot of 3rd Cup Tea, Two Cousins and Relax, It’s Just Coffee.
Posted inCommunity Development
How can community and unity benefit all of us?
Many sessions I attended at SXSW — whether about gun safety, the future of sustainability, creating wealth, or even implementing Artificial Intelligence to aid in building the future of our cities — all circled back to community and the unification of the people within those areas. “What do you mean, Braxton?” Hang on, because I […]
Posted inCommunity Development
‘Mansfield Rising’ plan to get new faces & inspiration in March
MANSFIELD — Many recent improvements in downtown Mansfield can be traced to Austin, Texas. That’s where the origins were born for ideas found in Mansfield Rising, at the annual South by Southwest Conference (SXSW) in 2018, attended by 15 local residents. Six years later, a second group is ready to help the Mansfield Rising plan […]
Posted inEducation
Sipping history: 3rd Cup Tea hosts ‘Boston Tea Party’ for local 8th graders
MANSFIELD — Braxton Daniels wove his way around the circular tables, pouring hot tea into dainty China cups for a crew of boisterous eighth graders. Daniels stepped out of his tea house on North Main Street Friday afternoon to bring the timeless beverage to students at The Richland School of Academic Arts. Eighth grade history teacher […]
Posted inBusiness
3rd Cup Tea & Third Street Services partner for Suicide Prevention Month
MANSFIELD — A special menu of drinks at 3rd Cup Tea are steeped in a purpose for the month of September, which is National Suicide Prevention Month. Each London Fog latte, pumpkin chai and raspberry matcha sold will benefit local mental health services thanks to donations from 3rd Cup Tea, Imagination Childcare and Step By […]