On a beautiful morning, with opened windows, the sun rays prances origami shapes casts by plants outside of the shop onto the walls and floor. The smells of tea leaves dances closely together and creates a sense of calm aroma. It matches the personalities of both owners and mood of tea and song. I once was addicted to coffee. I would drink coffee every day. Some people say coffee wakes them up, keeps them going or awake, etc. Coffee never gave me that feeling and I never drank coffee because of it. Coffee always did the opposite for me. I would spend a lot of money at Starbucks and still do have Gold Membership, except, I cut down the spending on coffee. Coffee made me drowsy and I notice I did not sleep well throughout the night. My migraines and anxiety weren’t as bad once I cut away my coffee intake. I had finally made my switch fully back to tea. I love tea, tea is ♥, and tea makes me happy!

I stopped by this place, Song Tea & Ceramics, at the time they were not even open for a year. However, it was by far, one of the most beautiful tea spots I have ever been and here is why.:

• Both owners go over to Asia (China and Taiwan) to help pick their tea leaves along with the farmers.
• The farmers also receive profit on the tea bought and the tea leaves they pick.
• Both owners (of Song Tea & Ceramics) have enriched historical information not only on tea, but also Asia where they get their tea, the farmers, the tea process, and so much more.
• They are willing to share their endeavors with you! When you buy tea, you help the farmers!
• Ceramics made by local and non-local artists (international and national) you can buy here and they receive majority of the profit; how wonderful is that!

You can walk over to the shelves and pick up the containers, open the lid, and smell the tea. Tea is something you can smell and the smell is exactly how it taste. Also, they always have their tea of the day, for you to sample along with other tea for you to try. And for $10 you can have a flight of three teas from the Song collection. It is a very intimate experience. When I went, you can just drop in and have a flight of tea as pictured above before the blog starts. You may want to check and see if that has changed.

There are many options to choose from. There are traditional and non-traditional tea cups. I bought myself a traditional set and it comes in beautiful packaging.

I bought 2 traditional tea cups. Support other artists!

They even have tea pots!

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