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Serving Tea in a Coffee Shop

by Matt Milletto

Apr 14, 2009

In every coffee shop I have managed we have served tea in one form or another. I feel it is important to serve a high quality tea that compliments the quality coffee and espresso beverages on the menu. However, I am curious what people have found when choosing to serve either loose leaf or a form of single portion, bagged tea. It seems much easier to find a single portion option, unless one wants to invest a lot of space and labor in loose leaf and tea pots.

The tea sachets that Two Leaves and a Bud offer seem very cool. Somewhat of a hybrid of loose leaf and an easy way to serve teas.
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    Joseph Robertson

    If you had both you could use the larger one for groups or couples.
    12oz for individuals.
    joe

    colleen meyer said:
    What would be a good size of tea press to offer in-house customers, 12 oz. or 24 oz? Seems like a great way to serve high quality loose leaf tea.

    May 4, 2010

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    colleen meyer

    What sizes of french presses are most popular and do you offer second a second steep? Beth said:
    I agree with all everyone has said. We are opening our espresso & tea bar come Monday, but have tested in front of focus groups (well mainly women and spouses from my Curves workout group - much cheaper than hiring a marketing firm) in selecting from over 50 teas. We narrowed down to 24. We display them in glass jars and brew to order as we would our coffees (pot, french press, infused in cup).

    One neat innovation is the to-go filter lids that are emerging as a quick way to allow the in-store brew time experience of loose leaf with the convenience of a tea bag. Plus most of our coffee/tea shops in the area haven't begun to use the newer lids. So there was a little of "I've never seen that before" to make us unique.

    May 5, 2010

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    Coffee Dramatist

    Hi Matt,

    I discovered a wonderful mixture of the two possibilities you mention above. It was in Hamburg in a corner coffee house named Cafe Bar Knuth, not far from the Altona Main Train Station. The tea is served in a bag, but these bags have all been packed by hand in the premises. On one side I find that to be a good thing, as it is a better choice to commercial bags. On the other hand I much rather let the leaves swim freely, as I believe the need to in order to provide a high quality tea.

    Nov 11, 2010