🧧 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
📦 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
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
🖥️ 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.