O
Openness
Open to what’s new, and paying attention to what’s in the cup.
OUR STORY
A tea house in San Francisco.
EST. 2002
2002
HOW IT STARTED
Slow down.
Unplug. Share a pot.
Samovar opened in San Francisco in 2002 as a tea house. The idea was simple: a place to step out of the rush, sit down, and share a pot.
People came in for chai after work, matcha on a Saturday morning, a pot of oolong that lasted the whole afternoon. For the next fifteen years, that is what Samovar was: rooms around the city where tea was the reason to stay.
OUR VALUES
The Samovar way of life.
Six things we hold to.
F
Fairness
Treat people fairly and they do their best work. That goes for customers too.
L
Love
The people around the table are why we do this.
I
Integrity
Say what the tea is. Say when it changes.
F
Focus
A short list, chosen one tea at a time.
E
Energy
We drink a lot of tea. It shows.
Now
THE NEXT CHAPTER
The tea house,
at home.
Today Samovar is a short list of teas we keep on hand, a rotating set of small lots, and the same idea we opened with: make a little time, and share it.
We choose every tea, say what it is, and show you how to brew it. When something changes, we tell you.
Find your everyday tea
