Gabri Malinverno, now an esteemed Chiropractor with a flourishing business in Italy, was once one of our esteemed managers. He writes to us with fond memories for tea…
Year: 2007
Listen to Samovar Tea Lounge Music…
Tea Lounge Groove is the perfect accompaniment to your tea drinking experience. Listen to our custom blended music, made with local musicians, to elevate your tea drinking to a higher level…
Trade Secrets of Samovar Tea Lounge
At Samovar, we treat the business of the tea experience, our work, as our art. And, we’re really proud of the art we are making for this world. The way we see it, the secret to being a successful artist is to really be able to listen.
(Part III) Teresa in India: More than San Francisco Tea Culture
This time, I will try to take a closer look at the specifics of culture and life in India. I don’t mean to plunge into any elaborate analysis, but rather draw a couple of examples which might strike a foreigner, make him think, laugh and wonder.
(Part II) Teresa in India: Uttar Pradesh
From the Faraway state of Uttar Pradesh, all the way to Samovar Tea Lounge in San Francisco, this is Tea Ambassador Teresa reporting from afar…
(Part I) Notes from Teresa in India: I Arrive!
Since every journey has its beginning, this one starts in the cozy shelter of Samovar Tea Lounge in San Francisco, and ends on the streets of India.
Mi Xiang Oolong and Our Purchasing Philosophy
Jill, a regular customer of ours recently inquired how we, a “socially responsible company” could be so insensitive as to purchase the entire existing lot of Mi Xiang oolong tea–and that our doing so was an indication of Samovar turning into a big, careless corporation. I disagreed, and responded to her with the letter…
(Part II) Business is Nothing …But Community
One of the funniest ironies about technology and improvement is that as we make giant technological leaps ever day, and get ever more “connected,” we are at the same time we are also getting more disconnected from each other and the world.
(Part I) Business is Nothing … But Stories of People
Business is not about profit, money, software, HR, taxes, credit lines, technology, training, payroll, or anything else. Nope. Business is actually just stories of people and their lives.
Meditation & Tea: Words of Wisdom from Samovar’s Paul T.
Paul T. writes: “To my knowledge, no one ever founded a spiritual practice based on the preparation of a Starbucks Americano”.