🧧 Member Perks

Explore the perks we offer to Sippers & (Big) Steepers!


Sippers

$3 / month – most accessible

🎟️ Discounts

Receive 10+% off at the following small businesses and tea shops:

🇨🇳 Grand Tea & Imports (10% off)
🌿 Anima Mundi (15% off)
🍵 Matcha Thomas (10% off)
📚 Eighty Degrees (10% off)
🌸 Unfound (10% off)
🇹🇼 Dae Tea (10% off)
⛰️ The Ridge (10% off)

More info about the discounts here.
Members, access your discount codes here.

⛩️ Voting

Once a season, our community decides which park we should serve free at. Votes are collected via email and Instagram.

These community-decided Popups are an effort to empower those who support us, explore the diverse neighborhoods of New York, and serve free tea all around the city.

More info about voting here.

🏠 Town Halls

Every solstice and equinox, we invite our members to a virtual livestream to share ideas and questions.

Together, we reflect on the previous season's events and collaborations, set intentions for the upcoming season, and discuss the goals and evolution of The Tea Stand.

More info about Town Halls here.
Members, access archives here.


Steepers

$9 / month – most popular

🍵 Travel Cup

A customized, collapsible travel cup made by Stojo. The cup is 12oz, endlessly reusable, and dishwasher safe. And the sleeve is printed with our motto: free tea for all.

We ship the Travel Cup as part of your first Tea Box.

More info & photos here.

📦 The Tea Box

A seasonally-aligned box of curated tea and local art which we ship to your door every solstice and equinox (4x per year).

Each Tea Box contains:

  • 6 bags of loose leaf tea (3 different teas, 2 bags each)
  • Locally made art (e.g. a postcard illustrated by a local artist)
  • Info sheet with tea brewing suggestions and ingredients
  • Our zine, bōcha [solstices only]

More info about Tea Boxes here.

📗 bōcha

bōcha is a biannual zine that we author and design to share stories, resources, and updates on The Tea Stand. We publish bōcha twice a year on the summer and winter solstices.

We ship each new issue of bōcha as part of your Tea Box.

More info about bōcha here.
Members, access archives here.


Big Steepers

$99 / month – most impactful

🏺 Local Ceramics

Receive locally-made teaware, like teapots and teacups, once a year. Your first item will be a teapot made by Lilian Wu of Gasworks.

Over time, you'll receive a full tea set: starting with a teapot, then tea cups, perhaps a tea pet, etc. And the best part: you can use this hand-crafted teaware during your annual tea ceremonies!

More info & photos here.

🫖 Tea Ceremonies

Attend educational tea ceremonies led by local tea practitioner Tim Chacko once a year. Ceremonies take place virtually and in-person.

Each tea ceremony features 3 different teas and is about 90 minutes in duration. These ceremonies use a brewing method called gongfucha, a Chinese method with a focus on skill, ritual, and mindfulness.

More info here.

🌱 Brooklyn Tea Tour

Experience a guided tour of DONA, a Brooklyn-based tea distributor, at their tea warehouse in Bushwick. Includes a tea tasting & some free goodies!

More info here.
Members, book your tour here.

🖥️ Coworking Day Passes

Receive monthly day passes to telos.haus, a coworking space and event venue in East Williamsburg.

A day pass to telos.haus grants you access to their studio featuring shared work tables, a full kitchen, an enormous roof, and a phone booth for calls. Coworking hours are Monday through Friday, 9am to 6pm.

More info here.
Members, access your day passes here.