What I’m Drinking Today Today I’m savoring our Monkey Picked Iron Goddess of Mercy Oolong. A clean, robust infusion with woodsy high notes and deep baked apple undertones. As our description for this tea says: “Sip. Penetrate your issues. Dissolve them.” This is the way of tea and the way of business for us at […]
Author: Jesse Jacobs
Tea Appreciation Day
It’s easy to see tea as a simple commodity; a utilitarian item you keep on hand for occasional enjoyment and/or health benefits. It’s so easy to forget what went into giving you the perfect cup of tea that you may be sipping even this moment: The soil, water, and air that nourish the tea plants […]
Samovar Tea Lounge Partners with The Long Now Foundation
Samovar Tea Lounge is proud to partner with The Long Now Foundation to source a rare pu-erh tea for the foundation’s future Salon, for which they are raising support. The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996 to to creatively foster long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years. They are championing […]
Samovar Featured in The American City Business Journals
Jesse Jacobs, founder of Samovar Tea Lounge, was interviewed by The American City Business Journals for the feature From Beginners to Bigshots: Click here to view the article on the ACBJ website. By Nathalie Pierpont Beginners to Bigshots featured Jesse Jacobs and Samovar Tea Lounge in the 2004 edition. Here we catch up on what […]
If We Had to Choose Just One Tea Utensil…
If we were stranded on a desert island and could choose only tea brewing utensil, we’d choose the Samovar Cloud Gaiwan. It’s beautiful, simple, and makes great tea. The Chinese gaiwan, or “covered bowl,” is one of the oldest brewing devices around. It concentrates the infusion, allowing you to re-infuse the same leaves over […]
Tea Gifts for Father’s Day
Pu-erh is the wine of the tea world: earthy, strong, and complex. Infuse the same tea leaves again and again to emit dark flavors of cedar forests, tobacco, bittersweet chocolate, and espresso. An epicurean experience favored by coffee drinkers and wine connoisseurs. This Father’s Day, pair a box of pu-erh tea with our sturdy Brew […]
Experience the Tea Fields of Hawaii
Our friends on the big island of Hawaii, who lovingly grow our Hawaii Black and Hawaii Oolong, are helping to host the first ever Hawaii tea tour this November. Participants in the 3-day tour will get to meet the community of dedicated tea artisans in Hawaii, and: Participate in the harvesting, processing, and tasting of […]
Eating Tea: How to Make Matcha
Eat tea. Yes, that’s right. We love eating tea, when it comes to matcha that is. Matcha is the only tea we actually eat. The finely milled powder from shade grown organic Japanese green tea whips up into a creamy delicious froth. And the effect? We describe it as somewhere between wheatgrass and and espresso. […]
Private Dining Events at Samovar Tea Lounge
Creating Something Special Customers thank us every day for the peace that Samovar Tea Lounge brings them. We are so grateful to be doing what we do. But when I step back to survey the magic that happens at Samovar, I realize the real superhero is you. You are the one who took time to […]
Cold-Brewing Pineapple Coconut Oolong
When the weather warms up, it’s a great time to chill your teas down. Did you know there’s more than one way to make chilled tea? The most common technique is to brew tea with hot water, then pour it over ice or refrigerate it. But you can also brew tea with cold water, which […]