🧧 Member Perks

Explore the perks we offer to Sippers & (Big) Steepers, people who support The Tea Stand via monthly contributions and keep this project running.

Learn more and/or sign up for our membership program here.


Sippers

$3 / month – most accessible

🎟️ Discounts

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

🇨🇳 Grand Tea & Imports (10% off)
🍃 Leafhopper (20% off)
🌿 Anima Mundi (15% off)
📖 The Other Alamanac (20% 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

📦 Tea Boxes

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)
  • A postcard illustrated by a local artist
  • Info sheet with tea brewing suggestions & ingredients
  • Our zine, bōcha [solstices only]

More info about Tea Boxes here.

🍵 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 you a Travel Cup in your first Tea Box.

More info & photos 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 in your (solstice) Tea Boxes.

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.

You'll be invited to bring your own teaware and learn how to brew gongfu style, a Chinese method with a focus on skill, ritual, and mindfulness.

Each tea ceremony features 3 different teas and is about 90 minutes in duration.

More info here.

⛪ Ambient Church

For any Ambient Church event, you can enter into a random drawing (of other Big Steepers) to win 2 free tickets to the show.

Ambient Church hosts deep listening experiences in churches with site-specific light projections. Past performers include Laraaji & Ana Roxanne.

Members, request your tickets 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!

More info here.
Members, book your tour here.

🆓 Free Merch

Every item in our Marketplace is 100% FREE for Big Steepers. This includes our custom washi tape, our mixtapes, and all future merch. Limit of 1 quantity per item.

Members, find your 100% off discount code here.