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 was founded by John-Paul Lee aka. 이창선 in 2005.[1] Lee, then a Management Consultant at Accenture, saw a business opportunity in tea while residing in Europe. The tea consumption volumes in the European market came to him as a shock, as an American, used to the frenetically fast-paced life coffee chains have inspired. Upon returning to the States, Lee brought the seed of inspiration of tea with him, sharing it with his friend, and another Tavalon Co-Founder, Sonny Caberwal. The two noticed a void in the luxury tea market in the United States and after 3 years of planning, they both quit their corporate jobs to launch Tavalon Tea.
Lee and Caberwal opened their first Tavalon Tea Bar in Union Square Park in Manhattan.[2] 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 Tea is headquartered in New York, New York and operates a website for online retail purchases from their warehouse facility in, New Jersey.
Currently, Tavalon Tea is available through in over 8500 high-end restaurants/hotels/spas/corporations around the world, including Bloomingdale's