Boise's Premier Tea Store! A Certified Tea Specialist plus 155+ teas, sweet treats and comfortable seating equals a GREAT time. Meeting room available
Owned by Terry Hathaway, Joyful Tea started as a natural outcome of Terry’s 30 year passion for tea and a desire to share their love of tea.
Joyful Tea provides tea novices and connoisseurs with a superior tea experience. Whether you are interested in purchasing tea for yourself, giving the gift of tea or hosting a tea party or educational event, JoyfulTea will provide their expertise and attention to detail to ensure a quality experience.
Joyful Tea offers:
✔ The sale of fine loose-leaf teas and tea accessories
✔ Gift packages and gift certificates for the tea lover in your life
✔ Tea Talks & Experiential Sessions – tastings and cuppings
✔ Tea Parties: dessert teas or cream teas (usually as an accompaniment to a tasting session/party)
✔ Private Tea Consultations – discover which tea(s) best fit you and your life-style
About Terry Hathaway
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Terry Hathaway started on his “tea voyage” in 1980 while living aboard a 46’ Chris Craft called Auf Wiedersehen on Lake Union in the Seattle, Washington area. As is true for many people his first exposure to tea was a tea bag of “Earl Grey,” and he has been widening his tea horizons ever since. For the past 31 years Terry has been collecting tea, tea china, tea cookbooks, and books about tea and, in the process, developed a broad knowledge of tea – from its history to brewing techniques and how to select teas for various occasions. This knowledge fostered a desire to share what he has learned. He decided to take his passion for tea “public” by starting a tea business focused on selling a variety of great loose-leaf teas as well as giving talks and tastings or cuppings. He's often willing to create a delectable dessert to accompany the tasting – don't hesitate to ask! His favorite teas are China and Indian blacks.
In 2011 Terry became a level II Tea Specialist through STI (Specialty Tea Institute, the educational arm of the Tea Association of The United States) In 2013 he will be traveling nation-wide completing Level III and will then be a Tea Professional.
About Karen Bowen Hathaway
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Karen Bowen Hathaway is relatively new to the life-style of the tea-passionate – preferring Oolongs, Jasmine and the lighter teas, as well as Chai and tisanes. Although now retired she has a background in education as well as event planning and is putting her volunteer management experience to use with several Treasure Valley organizations. She's loving this new tea adventure and discovering how to correctly brew a great cup of tea – no tea bags allowed – is proving to be delightful!
For hours of operation and details on how to find the JoyFulTea store in Boise, ID, please visit: www.joyfultea.com/Boise_Tea_Store.html
premium loose leaf teas, hot tea by the pot or cup; tea ware including brewing systems, YiXing and selected tea pots, tea cups and mugs; sweet treats: cookies/cones/crumpets/toast
