A La Carte: Teavana offers 99 options in loose tea
25.05.13
TEAVANA — a store devoted to the art of making and appreciating fine tea — is open in Springfield’s White Oaks Mall.
If you don’t know much about brewing loose-leaf tea, ask store employees and they will walk you through the process.
“Some people are avid Teavana fans. Others ask, ‘What is tea?’” said Courtney Dalton, one of the store managers.
Behind the front counter are 99 large tins of loose-leaf tea from throughout the world — white, green, oolong, black, mate, rooibos and herbal infusions, such as peach tranquility and citrus lavender sage.
“It mostly comes from Europe, China and Japan. Most of it is hand-picked,” Dalton said.
There are cast-iron, ceramic and glass teapots, tea tumblers for making single-serving steeped tea, water heaters, timers, three types of honey, German rock sugar, tins, mugs, gift box sets, books, music CDs and other tea-related accessories and gifts.
Source: The State Journal-Register