When you first enter teany, the friendly staff won't just give you some laminated menu that simply lists the items and their prices; instead, they'll hand you a metal binder that's filled with descriptions of the 96 tea varieties, creative espresso drinks, vegan sandwiches, entrees and desserts they have to offer. Many of teany's tea varieties are special curative blends, such as "tea for the flu," "tea for allergies" and "tea for memory." Each curative blend lists its active ingredients and what each one can do to help relieve your ailment. "Tea for allergies," for example, reads, "Stinging nettles acts as a natural decongestant and helps to dry up sinuses, while slippery elm bark, peppermint, and mullein all work together as anti-inflammatory agents."
However, the information doesn't end there. Following the detailed menu, the binder contains page after page listing the health and beauty benefits of tea. Now, these aren't the regular, trivia-style facts that nearly everyone knows about tea. Teany teaches you about tea's most well-known and most obscure benefits alike, citing a variety of reputable sources in the process. In fact, teany's informational material reminded me of the research documents that we at News Target provide at the ends of our articles. While you leisurely read through the wealth of information packed into the metal binder, you will feel more like a student learning about health, rather than a customer who is being marketed products.
It's impossible to memorize all of tea's health and beauty benefits in one visit, so if you can't visit teany regularly to catch up on the freely available information, you can buy owners Kelly Tisdale's and Moby's teany book from the teany web site. For only $17, you can read through the tea-based health and beauty tips at home, as well as teany's history. Teany isn't just about selling products; it's about teaching anyone and everyone how they can make themselves healthier.
Teany's products are so good that you'll probably want to take some home with you, which requires little more than walking right next door to their to-go space. You can pick up a sample to-go menu, which regrettably doesn't have room for all the extra health and beauty information, and order your favorite drink or food to take with you. If you're unable to visit teany in person, teany's to-go space will even deliver (with a $12 minimum and within reason distance-wise). Teany's bottled beverages are also gradually becoming more available outside of New York City and even in the United Kingdom.
From my perspective, teany shares many goals and values with News Target, including an unselfish concern for public health. Whether you visit teany in person or shop on teany.com for products, you can feel good about what you're putting into your body and the fact that you're supporting a "teeny" business with a large amount of integrity.