Tavalon Tea

Infobox_Company|
company_name = Tavalon, LLC.
company_name =
company_slogan = the future of tea(tm)
company_type = Company-Owned & Managed
foundation = New York, New York (2006)
location = Brooklyn, New York, US
key_people = John-Paul Lee, Co-Founder & CEO
Chris Cason, Co-Founder & Tea Sommelier
industry = Food & Beverage
products = Teas
Tea Accessories
Tea Cocktails
Tea Beauty Products
Tea Treats
homepage = [http://www.tavalon.com Tavalon.com]

Tavalon Tea is a New York City based tea company that sells premium loose-leaf teas and related tea products from all over the world. The music inspired tea company categorizes their blends and infusions as Mixes, Remixes, & Uncuts.

The company started in 2006 with the Tavalon Tea Bar in Union Square Park in Manhattan. In January 2008, Tavalon Tea Bar was featured as the number 1 reason in Imbibe Magazine's "10 Things We Love About Tea" survey. Tavalon is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York and operates a website for online retail purchases.

Currently, Tavalon is sold in many high-end restaurants/hotels/spas, including Bloomingdale's, Garden of Eden, Tisserie, Townhouse Spa, Gansevoort Hotel, Hyatt Regency, and Il Valentino to name a few.

References

* [http://www.america.gov/multimedia/photogallery.html#809a3ee7-0171-4e66-95e9-b2fc0ab56f40 America.gov featuring Tavalon Founders]
* [http://www.thestreet.com/_tscs/video/index.html?clipId=1373_10357143&channel=Small+Business&cm_ven=&cm_cat=&cm_ite=#10357143 TheStreet.com Interview with Tavalon CEO John-Paul Lee]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6462755 NPR Radio- Americans Turning their Attention to Tea]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0CE4DF1F30F931A25757C0A9609C8B63 New York Times - On East 14th Street, It's Always Time for Tea]
* [http://www.amny.com/business/am-farnoosh0814,0,5798166.story AM New York - Making Tea the Next Big Thing]

External links

* [http://www.tavalon.com Tavalon Tea Official Website]
* [http://www.tavalon.com/TeaReview.aspx Tavalon Tea Press & Reviews: Archive of National Publications]