Guest article by Dana Sayre The Tea Spot is nestled between The Vegan Yacht and Love Balls behind the Spider House Cafe courtyard in Central Austin. Inside an intimate shack, owner So Han Fan sells Chinese tea and performs gong fu cha style tea tastings for interested Austinites.

Kombuch-huh?: interjection – a sense of bewilderment when first learning about the fermented beverage called kombucha. You’ve most likely stumbled across aisles of brightly labeled bottles and non-alcoholic taps during a recent visit to the grocery store. And not just in the crunchy-granola-ish of health food stores, either. Kombucha is at your local grocer and even […]

Guest article by Kristin Leigh The Texas sun is as incessant and nagging as your great uncle at a family reunion and there’s little chance to escape it, short of hunkering down in a dark, air conditioned bunker until October when, hopefully, the mercury drops to bearable. This time of year, Austin coffee shops have […]

Let’s be honest, we Austinites enjoy our libations. We like our local craft beers, our flavored and six time distilled vodkas and, of course, a Mexican martini or two. That being said, we’re also a city of health conscious folk who like to fit a day’s worth of fruits and veggies into a plastic cup. […]

Guest article by Chin Lin Pan Most people drink coffee to jumpstart their day, and while coffee is great for that adrenaline rush, nothing tops the variety and calming effect of tea. Luckily, in a city as culinarily diverse and weird as Austin, you can usually find a tea shop right around the block! Whether […]