No. 1851
Discover Your Favorite Tea
Creative blends and single origin varieties.
Crafted from the world's finest teas and botanicals.
Discover Your Favorite Tea
Creative blends and single origin varieties.
Crafted from the world's finest teas and botanicals.
No. 1912
ROSE CITY GENMAICHA
green TEA
No. 45
PEPPERMINT LEAVES
CAFFEINE-FREE HERBAL
BEST OF THE NORTHWEST 3-PACK
- 1 Carton with 15 Servings of Portland Breakfast Black Tea, No. 1851
- 1 Carton with 15 Servings of Rose City Genmaicha Green Tea, No. 1912
- 1 Carton with 15 Servings of Peppermint Leaves Caffeine-Free Herbal, No. 45
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Our Most Uncommon Approach
ORIGIN
We begin by sourcing the finest teas and botanicals from friends in India, China, Sri Lanka and Africa. We make buying trips around the world, and have samples arriving daily from tea gardens, traders and brokers. Some purchased directly, others from auctions held in the tea trading centers of Calcutta, Colombo, Mombasa and Jakarta.
CRAFT & CREATIVITY
We never buy pre-blended anything. Each tea and infusion we make is crafted with care and discipline.
Tasting and testing again and again — sometimes as many as 10 iterations. To protect every delicate leaf and blossom, we make each small batch by hand, under our own roof.
“What Starbucks did for coffee, craft brewers did for beer and artisanal vintners did for wine, Mr. Smith did for tea.”
“His passion for crafting perfectly balanced teas lives on in the aromatic, heady offerings his team creates to this day.”
"He was the finest creator of tea blends I've known."
About These Teas
PORTLAND BREAKFAST
BLACK TEA
Big, strong and assertive, with notes of malt, leather, spice, and a touch of peat. Not quite as astringent as other breakfast teas. Just rich, dark and perfect for a rainy Portland morning.
Ingredients: A blend of second flush Assam, Pu-erh and Keemun black teas.
Tasting Notes: Malt, leather, peat
Numerology: No. 1851: The year the city of Portland, Oregon was incorporated.
ROSE CITY GENMAICHA
GREEN TEA
A delicious Oregon twist on Japanese Genmaicha. Combines the light, nutty flavor of roasted rice with a grassy green tea character and rose petal finish—all softened by a kiss of sweet manuka honey.
Ingredients: Japanese sencha, genmai (roasted rice), Mao Feng green tea from China, red and pink rose petals, bergamot oil.
Tasting Notes: Toast, umami, bergamot
Numerology: No. 1912: The year Peninsula Park, one of Portland's most beautiful Rose gardens, was built.
PEPPERMINT LEAVES
CAFFEINE-FREE HERBAL
It's no secret that the world's best peppermint comes from the Pacific Northwest. Gently hand-screened for perfect leaf size, it infuses a full, creamy flavor with distinct chocolate notes and an intense finish. A great after dinner treat or midday breath freshener.
Ingredients: Peppermint leaves from the Pacific Northwest
Tasting Notes: Mint, sugar, chocolate
Numerology: No. 45: The "Peppermint Twist” released on 45 vinyl in 1961.
Exceptional Teaware & Accessories
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Meet Steven Smith, Teamaker
STEVEN SMITH WASN'T BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH. BUT HE USED ONE EVERY DAY TO CHANGE THE WAY AMERICANS DRINK TEA FOREVER.
Quietly humorous and charismatic, with a slight smile and twinkle in his eye, Steve got his first taste of the world's second-most-consumed beverage as a kid at his grandmother's house in Portland, Oregon. After high school and Vietnam, he got into natural foods and co-founded Stash, the world's first specialty tea company. From Stash, he became the wizard of Tazo — "the reincarnation of tea" — and made more waves with a mind-blowing mix of Merlin the Magician meets Marco Polo. After selling the company to Starbucks, Steve found himself in the mood for retirement. So he moved his young family to France.
BEFORE TOO LONG, HE HAD ANOTHER A-HA MOMENT
Enchanted by the friendships he enjoyed with his neighborhood chocolatier, baker and perfumier in Avignon, he emailed his old creative team:
"I have an idea for another tea company. But this time, we’re going to do it small, buy only the best tea on the market and blend it with total transparency in our hometown of Portland, Oregon.” And so, after "a year of scarves and 2-hour lunches," he moved home and once again picked up his favorite tasting spoon — a big-bellied, sterling silver antique found in a stall in Tinsukia, Assam. Steve's vision was haute tea couture. Extra-small-is-beautiful. And with characteristic humility, he rejected the title of tea master, and chose to be simply “teamaker”.
Which is how, in 2009, the signature blends of Steven Smith Teamaker were born in a Northwest Portland blacksmith's shop.
Discerninglady
Smith turned me into a tea drinker.
“Flavorful, thoughtful tea. The tea bag is even designed in a way to optimize steeping. My favorite tea on the market, far superior to Tazo, Teavana, etc. delicious, simple tea, with a focus on flavor.”
Rhonda Davis
BEST TEA in the WHOLE WORLD!
“Pure heavenly flavor, aroma, and easy on the palate. As I said, this is my favorite. I will be buying more, and more, and probably more.”
Jonna
These teas are the best I have ever found.
“These teas are the best I have ever found. I discovered I must have English genes because these teas made me quit coffee altogether!”
Discerninglady
Smith turned me into a tea drinker.
“Flavorful, thoughtful tea. The tea bag is even designed in a way to optimize steeping. My favorite tea on the market, far superior to Tazo, Teavana, etc. delicious, simple tea, with a focus on flavor.”
Rhonda Davis
BEST TEA in the WHOLE WORLD!
“Pure heavenly flavor, aroma, and easy on the palate. As I said, this is my favorite. I will be buying more, and more, and probably more.”
Jonna
These teas are the best I have ever found.
“These teas are the best I have ever found. I discovered I must have English genes because these teas made me quit coffee altogether!”
BEST OF THE NORTHWEST 3-PACK
- 1 Carton with 15 servings of Portland Breakfast Black Tea, No. 1851
- 1 Carton with 15 servings of Rose City Genmaicha Green Tea, No. 1912
- 1 Carton with 15 servings of Peppermint Leaves Caffeine-Free Herbal, No. 45
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