Featured Steepings

Introducing Oregon Red Reserve Series Black Tea

Hand Harvested in Salem, Oregon We created our Reserve Series to highlight the sensational rare teas that our Head Teamaker, Ravi Kroesen, discovers during his visits with master tea-growers around...

Celebrate Summer White Wines with Tea

Discover your favorite Smith tea as it relates to your favorite white wine. 

Harvest Report

The spring of 2020 brought waves of complications to the growing side of the tea industry. While the popularity and importance of drinking tea at home has never been higher due to the...

Meet Ode to Whiskey

What happens when you bring together a distiller and teamaker brimming with passion and creativity? An incredible collaboration sure to elevate your every moment. 

Introducing Spring Jade Snail Reserve Series Green Tea

Since our humble beginnings in a former blacksmith’s shop in Northwest Portland, our goal here at Smith Teamaker has been to bring uncommon teas of the highest quality to our...

Introducing Our Iced Tea Collection

Tropical, fruity and uncommonly delicious, each will leave you refreshed and have you ready for summertime.

Top Teas for Teachers

With summer coming to an end and another school year on the horizon, show your teachers the appreciation they deserve with the gift of Smith Teamaker.

The Time I Drank Grandpa Style Tea with a Monk

The morning traffic inched through Hangzhou along the elevated freeway. Looking out from the backseat at the endless river of cars on the road in front of us, I exclaimed,...

Introducing the Reserve Series

We are thrilled to unveil the first release in our Reserve Series line, a premium collection of rare tea offerings that head teamaker Ravi Kroesen has identified during his travels...

Regional Spotlight: The Ali Shan Mountain Range

Hidden deep inside the county highway 169 is a tea company located in the town of Alishan Li Jia Aboriginal village where we now source our Ali Shan from. 

Regional Spotlight: Darjeeling

Darjeelings are grown in the Himalayan foothills of northern India in the state of West Bengal, where high altitudes, steep hillsides and dramatic shifts in the weather compel the tea bushes to thrust deep into the soil for nutrients to survive. This struggle produces some of the finest teas in the world.

Regional Spotlight: Sri Lanka

The 2019 harvest season for Sri Lanka's Ceylon Dimbula is underway.

Travel Diary: Japan

Head Teamaker Ravi Kroesen recently visited Japan to tour tea farms and visit our matcha producer with a welcomed stop in Tokyo. We asked him to share some highlights from his trip.

New Matcha Now Available

Introducing the new Smith Matcha. Brilliant green in color with a rich, slightly sweet vegetal aroma with notes of spirulina, cashew and malt. 

Bergamot Fruit

Earl Grey is the number one flavored tea in the world, with origins dating back about 300 years. Learn about this aromatic citrus and how Earl Grey put it on the map.

Anatomy of a Blend: Meadow

A fan favorite here at Smith, Meadow is a visually stunning herbal infusion that's beauty has often been compared to that of a watercolor painting.

Five Teas for Fall

It’s officially hot tea season--our favorite time of the year. Read up on our Tea Department's favorite fall steepings.

Pedro Black Tea

Pedro Full Leaf Black Tea is a special limited release tea created to assist our colleague and friend in his recovery from a severe accident caused by a drunk driver. 

Origin Report: Darjeeling

Darjeeling black teas are known as the Champagne of teas. They hail from the hillsides of northern India in the state of West Bengal, where high altitudes and dense fog create a fitful environment ideal for growing high quality teas.

Harvest Report: Sri Lanka

Teas from the island of Sri Lanka are still referred to as Ceylons. These black teas provide the backbone for many of our favorite blends.