Steep It Loose

After three years of working to bring this project to fruition, I’m beginning to understand why it’s the first of its kind – integrating a miniature mechanical timer with a tea infuser proved to be far more complex than we ever could have imagined. After engaging some engineer friends, old classmates, my brother (yes, they’re…

One of our major missions at the TeaSpot is education. We want our staff to be well-educated about tea and the process of making it, the different teas we offer, how to describe flavors, and of course the numerous health benefits of consuming premium, loose leaf teas. We also want to be able to share…

I wanted a teapot that timed the infusion of my tea. Not a tea-maker. I’d tried one of those before, but could never get it to produce as good a quality of brew with its drip-drip mechanism as you can when you immerse all the fresh tealeaves at once. And besides, I wasn’t interested in…

When I’m out in front of customers at a tasting, teaching a class, or just geeking out about tea in our downtown Boulder location, I inevitably get that familiar question, “what’s the best tea for me to drink if I am trying to eliminate coffee from my morning routine?” Well, as many folks might know,…