A Discount Watch
By: brenda moore
Sometimes we can go to the local department store and find a discount watch that doesn’t necessarily look like it is a discount. When you are simply looking for a timepiece to wear for a while, you sometimes can’t expect this timepiece to keep its lustre for long periods of time if it only cost you ten dollars. Yet there are inexpensive watches on the market that can last a little bit longer. continue reading
By: brenda moore
Sometimes we can go to the local department store and find a discount watch that doesn’t necessarily look like it is a discount. When you are simply looking for a timepiece to wear for a while, you sometimes can’t expect this timepiece to keep its lustre for long periods of time if it only cost you ten dollars. Yet there are inexpensive watches on the market that can last a little bit longer. continue reading
Meditation & Tea: Words of Wisdom from Samovar Employee Paul T
By: searhrankpros
Paul T. writes: "To my knowledge, no one ever founded a spiritual practice based on the preparation of a Starbucks Americano.
Sure, some folks may have what constitutes as a religious commitment to that morning cup, but those snaky lines, noisy steam and the jolting nature of caffeine in coffee can make mindfulness a pretty tall order. Good ol’ coffee and conversation considered, we’ve come to associate the dark pick-me-up more with passion and productivity then we do with self-contemplation.
Organic tea, on the other hand, brimming with grace and femininity, was ennobled centuries ago into a religion of aestheticism – Teasim, if you will. continue reading
By: searhrankpros
Paul T. writes: "To my knowledge, no one ever founded a spiritual practice based on the preparation of a Starbucks Americano.
Sure, some folks may have what constitutes as a religious commitment to that morning cup, but those snaky lines, noisy steam and the jolting nature of caffeine in coffee can make mindfulness a pretty tall order. Good ol’ coffee and conversation considered, we’ve come to associate the dark pick-me-up more with passion and productivity then we do with self-contemplation.
Organic tea, on the other hand, brimming with grace and femininity, was ennobled centuries ago into a religion of aestheticism – Teasim, if you will. continue reading
The Samovar Tea Lounge Growth Plan: one slow sip at a time
By: searhrankpros
Thanks to amazing support from our customers, vendors, and employees, Samovar Tea Lounge hasgrown from a little tea spot in the Castro, to becoming a huge presence in the tea industry, with our new location in Yerba Buena Gardens, a great online store, plans for regional rollouts, and phenomenal national, and international press. From the Dutch foodie community surrounding Bouillon Magazine, to the Chicago Tribune, to the Japanese tourist industry featuring us in Figaro Magazine, the world has received us with a warm embrace. Thank you.
Because of this strong public reception, we are constantly asked “Are you going to grow? Are you planning on becoming the Starbucks of tea?” I actually saw a recent reference in an online blog that suggested we are in fact owned by Starbucks, and that Starbucks is testing out the tea market by going undercover in “stealth mode” as Samovar Tea Lounge!
I was amazed, surprised, and slightly alarmed, and, felt it was very important to respond. continue reading
By: searhrankpros
Thanks to amazing support from our customers, vendors, and employees, Samovar Tea Lounge hasgrown from a little tea spot in the Castro, to becoming a huge presence in the tea industry, with our new location in Yerba Buena Gardens, a great online store, plans for regional rollouts, and phenomenal national, and international press. From the Dutch foodie community surrounding Bouillon Magazine, to the Chicago Tribune, to the Japanese tourist industry featuring us in Figaro Magazine, the world has received us with a warm embrace. Thank you.
Because of this strong public reception, we are constantly asked “Are you going to grow? Are you planning on becoming the Starbucks of tea?” I actually saw a recent reference in an online blog that suggested we are in fact owned by Starbucks, and that Starbucks is testing out the tea market by going undercover in “stealth mode” as Samovar Tea Lounge!
I was amazed, surprised, and slightly alarmed, and, felt it was very important to respond. continue reading
Samovar Staff Speak Out: How to Spot Your Own Sweet Darjeeling
By: searhrankpros
You can learn so much about a person by what kind of tea they order. Don’t get me wrong – I was definitely a peppermint Stash kind of guy when I walked into Samovar for the first time on a man-date with one of my best friends. It was his secret date place, and, as it is for many people unaccustomed to camellia sinensis, the tea and herbal selection was quite intimidating to me at first. continue reading
By: searhrankpros
You can learn so much about a person by what kind of tea they order. Don’t get me wrong – I was definitely a peppermint Stash kind of guy when I walked into Samovar for the first time on a man-date with one of my best friends. It was his secret date place, and, as it is for many people unaccustomed to camellia sinensis, the tea and herbal selection was quite intimidating to me at first. continue reading
Is a Tea Company an Environmental Company?
By: searhrankpros
It’s a fact:
Being a tea company, we are also an environmental company. After all, our very business is 100% reliant on the ability for this earth to deliver, season after season, bountiful crops of camellia sinensis (tea!). Fertile soil, clean rain, cool, damp fog, and warm sun must all contribute for us to have tea here in San Francisco. continue reading
By: searhrankpros
It’s a fact:
Being a tea company, we are also an environmental company. After all, our very business is 100% reliant on the ability for this earth to deliver, season after season, bountiful crops of camellia sinensis (tea!). Fertile soil, clean rain, cool, damp fog, and warm sun must all contribute for us to have tea here in San Francisco. continue reading
Herbal Tea – Benefits of Herbal Tea
By: peterhutch
Numerous studies have demonstrated the anti-cancer properties of antioxidant polyphenols. Some studies have suggested that tea's polyphenols may reduce the risk of gastric, esophageal and skin cancers, if one consumes 4 to 6 cups daily. Another study showed that just 2 cups of tea may lower the risk of ovarian cancer by 46 percent in women. continue reading
By: peterhutch
Numerous studies have demonstrated the anti-cancer properties of antioxidant polyphenols. Some studies have suggested that tea's polyphenols may reduce the risk of gastric, esophageal and skin cancers, if one consumes 4 to 6 cups daily. Another study showed that just 2 cups of tea may lower the risk of ovarian cancer by 46 percent in women. continue reading
Slow Down 2008 - The Samovar Tea
By: Search Professionals
Living in 2008, we sometimes get caught up in all our obligations and to-do lists., forgetting about thelittle things in life. At Samovar, we intentionally try to slow you down. Sometimes that can be painful, so please be patient. continue reading
By: Search Professionals
Living in 2008, we sometimes get caught up in all our obligations and to-do lists., forgetting about thelittle things in life. At Samovar, we intentionally try to slow you down. Sometimes that can be painful, so please be patient. continue reading
Business is Nothing (Part II)...But Community
By: Search Professionals
One of the funniest ironies about technology and improvement is that as we make giant technological leaps ever day, and get ever more “connected,” we are at the same time we are also getting more disconnected from each other and the world. Author Bill McKibbons wrote recently in Mother Jones Magazine that ever since 1956, the “Happiness Index” of Americans has been going down. How can this be, amidst an ever improving “standard of living,” that we are getting progressively unhappy?
It’s because we are flesh and blood and that until that changes, like attracts like, and we need to be amongst flesh and blood, ie. continue reading
By: Search Professionals
One of the funniest ironies about technology and improvement is that as we make giant technological leaps ever day, and get ever more “connected,” we are at the same time we are also getting more disconnected from each other and the world. Author Bill McKibbons wrote recently in Mother Jones Magazine that ever since 1956, the “Happiness Index” of Americans has been going down. How can this be, amidst an ever improving “standard of living,” that we are getting progressively unhappy?
It’s because we are flesh and blood and that until that changes, like attracts like, and we need to be amongst flesh and blood, ie. continue reading
Business is Nothing (Part I)... But Stories of People
By: Search Professionals
Business is not about profit, money, software, HR, taxes, credit lines, technology, training, payroll, or anything else. Nope. continue reading
By: Search Professionals
Business is not about profit, money, software, HR, taxes, credit lines, technology, training, payroll, or anything else. Nope. continue reading
Tomorrow's Tamari Takes Time
By: Search Professionals
Since the Buddhist monk Kakushin brought back the original soy sauce from China in 1254, soy sauce has become virtually ubiquitous world wide. So what is the difference between Soy Sauce, Shoyu and Tamari? Generally speaking, when people refer to soy sauce, they are referring to the light, fruity, salty taste of shoyu. Shoyu is made from a mash of soybeans and wheat.
At Samovar we decided to use traditional tamari instead, because it imparts a deeper, richer, darker, and more complex taste for our sauces, dips and marinades. continue reading
By: Search Professionals
Since the Buddhist monk Kakushin brought back the original soy sauce from China in 1254, soy sauce has become virtually ubiquitous world wide. So what is the difference between Soy Sauce, Shoyu and Tamari? Generally speaking, when people refer to soy sauce, they are referring to the light, fruity, salty taste of shoyu. Shoyu is made from a mash of soybeans and wheat.
At Samovar we decided to use traditional tamari instead, because it imparts a deeper, richer, darker, and more complex taste for our sauces, dips and marinades. continue reading
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