Our blending space is located one floor below our retail shop. A few weeks ago, we moved the business into a beautiful new space that is about twice as big as our previous shop, giving us lots of room to continue growing! 90 teas and counting! Take us on a virtual tour of your tea blending space. That was 19 years ago! I moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2007 and started ArtfulTea. After about a decade, I decided to leave the law in favor of opening a tea shop in Florida. I went on to have a career as a lawyer, but was never very happy practicing law. Back then it was more milk and sugar than tea, but somehow that early experience grew into a lifelong love of tea. My maternal Grandfather started me drinking tea when I was a girl. (We call it “Daily Darjeeling” because it’s affordable enough to drink every day!) Can’t go wrong with a Darjeeling! Tell me a bit about your tea journey and how your love for tea evolved into ArtfulTea. It has a wonderful, slightly nutty taste. This is an organic blend of first and second flushes from the Happy Valley Tea Estate. What tea are you going to steep for us today?ĭarjeeling.
The kettle is on and I can hear it about to sing. At the tea table Karen discussed her daily tea rituals, her tea blending space and how she repurposed broken teacups and other fine china. When she’s not working at her tea shop, you might find her in her backyard, enjoying a form of meditation with a tea related landscape she created. Today Karen is still sharing her passion for tea with every cup at her retail shop. This motivated her to open up an online tea shop, ArtfulTea, in 2007 so that she could continue to provide for her loyal customers and eventually newcomers. Six years later she moved to New Mexico and past customers would reach out to her requesting to order their well-loved tea blends. Karen Gardiner began her tea career in 2000 when she opened her first tea shop in Florida, Kindred Tea.
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