Archive for July 24th, 2008

Is a Tea Company an Environmental Company?

Posted in July 24th, 2008

Being a tea company, we are also an environmental company. After all, our very business is 100% reliant on the ability for this earth to deliver, season after season, bountiful crops of camellia sinensis (tea!). Fertile soil, clean rain, cool, damp fog, and warm sun must all contribute for us to have tea here in [...]

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Samovar Staff Speak Out: How to Spot Your Own Sweet Darjeeling

Posted in July 24th, 2008

You can learn so much about a person by what kind of tea they order. Don’t get me wrong – I was definitely a peppermint Stash kind of guy when I walked into Samovar for the first time on a man-date with one of my best friends. It was his secret date place, and, as [...]

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The Samovar Tea Lounge Growth Plan: one slow sip at a time

Posted in July 24th, 2008

Thanks to amazing support from our customers, vendors, and employees, Samovar Tea Lounge hasgrown from a little tea spot in the Castro, to becoming a huge presence in the tea industry, with our new location in Yerba Buena Gardens, a great online store, plans for regional rollouts, and phenomenal national, and international press. From the [...]

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Meditation & Tea: Words of Wisdom from Samovar Employee Paul T

Posted in July 24th, 2008

Paul T. writes: “To my knowledge, no one ever founded a spiritual practice based on the preparation of a Starbucks Americano.
Sure, some folks may have what constitutes as a religious commitment to that morning cup, but those snaky lines, noisy steam and the jolting nature of caffeine in coffee can make mindfulness a pretty tall [...]

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