[davidw]

Heh, I was actually thinking of writing a followup when your site came to mind (really).

The difference so far though is that this tea site at the moment only has adsense, whereas you and the tumbleweed guys actually sell something.

How the heck did you come up with the bingo card idea anyway?

[patio11]

You can read the short version on my About Us page at the site and the long version on the About page at my blog. Both are linked from my HN profile.

[Edit: incidentally, I agree, "charge money for value" will almost always be my #1 suggestion for a business model. In this case, value probably means "a tea I have never had before". Nobody says you have to grow or ship it yourself.]

[davidw]

That's a cool story - I submitted it here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=392642