The Daily Tea Infusion

When we’re not finding and service delicious artisan tea at the Samovar Tea Lounges in San Francisco, we’re spreading our passion for tea and simple living.

“Tea Porn” will take you deep into the world of sexy tea. Let your senses take you away from the computer and into the leaves.

“Tea-365″ is a place to get some daily inspiration with a quote we think is cool, and a tea we recommend for that day.

We’ve begun compiling our deep knowledge of tea in the “Learn” about tea is pretty obvious. For tea lovers and tea neophytes, this is the place to start learning about what it means to bring the tea ritual into daily practice. From how to brew, to what to pair with tea, you can learn it all here.

Tea Bug

Tea Bug.


April 27, 2011

Mix things up a bit in life. Organic Yunnan Black Tea with a kick of Lemon Zest.

You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

- Richard Branson


Puerh orgy. With tea from 1989. Where were you in ’89?

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Puerh orgy. With tea from 1989. Where were you in ’89?


April 26, 2011

Our special Samovar Lounge black tea blend, Scarlet Sable offers a silky mouth feel with lingering notes of lychee, pine smoke and citrus.

Others indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, and make an outward pretence to it; but the free-thinker alone is truly free.

- George Berkeley


Wabi Sabi


Downright Dirty. Can you name this scene?

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Downright Dirty. Can you name this scene?


April 25, 2011

Royal Garland - Taiwanese oolong technique and minimalist Chinese white tea processing merge to create this Northern Fujian masterpiece.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 


Tea Soup

Tea Soup.


April 24, 2011

Masala Chai - A cozy San Francisco chai, consisting of organic Chinese black tea, cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, clove, and black pepper

Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.

- John Steinbeck

 


Hand Made Hawaii Grown Big Island Oolong

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Hand Made Hawaii Grown Big Island Oolong