About Naja Tea

Tea and I have had a love affair since I was a young girl, age 6 or 7. I remember waking each morning and seeing my grandmother Ella begin her busy day with the solace of a peaceful and nurturing ritual. For years I observed this act of self care and often participated in the ceremony. On occasion, I imagined I was a princess and Ella the Queen, and together we prepared ourselves to rule the kingdom. Through these mornings, tea became a symbol of a lifestyle that I cherished. Throughout my life, as I grew into a woman and traveled the world, I noticed that tea was a source of goodness for so many people. I started to see that where there was tea, there was laughter. Where there was tea, there was intellectual stimulation. Where there was tea, often there was love and delight. I studied tea’s history and the many social traditions that grew from the drink: the Ladies Tea, the Afternoon Tea, and, of course, the beloved children’s tea party. I delighted in tea and its traditions on a daily basis, as millions of people around the world do every day. But I craved a more fresh and modern experience that I knew had to be possible. When I visited Boston in the winter of 2003, I sensed for the first time that having my tea and drinking it too was, in fact, possible. It was a vibrant tea lounge full of people who seemed content with the day. I walked out of that trendy little spot compelled to design a company that would make others feel the way I felt that afternoon. Simply content.Read their story