The main purpose for our excursion north was to attend the first-ever Northeast Tea Festival held Saturday, August 23, 2025, at the Arts at the Armory in Somerville, a suburb of Boston, MA.This one day tea extravaganza promised to be "the perfect place to indulge your love for all things tea". The event was hosted and coordinated by Nepal Tea Collective, along with sponsorships from Simpson & Vail Teas, MEM Tea, Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, Chicago Teahouse and Cambridge Naturals.
Admission to the festival included a tote bag and a tea tasting cup. The opportunity to sample teas from around the world was available around every corner. Vendors came from far and wide, eager to talk about their unique teas or specialty blends. The tea flowed throughout the day along with enthusiastic crowds comprised of the novice tea drinkers eager to learn standing side by side with experienced tea aficionados on a quest to discover their next ultimate tea experience.
If you've attended the Pennsylvania Tea Festival, you might recognize Mike and Deb Raab of Tea-for-All, in Trenton as they brought their tea and tea wares here to vend also.
As noted in this picture, there is a balcony that provided a refuge from the masses on the floor. It also afforded a nice overview of the vending area and a quiet respite to simply watch the activities from above.
In addition to the sales floor, there were different programs to attend, of which we selected two. Susanna and Angelica had fun with the hands-on autumn tea blending session guided by Cyndi Harron of Simpson & Vail. Later, we attended a program presented by Bruce Richardson of Elmwood Inn on the Five Teas that Launched a Revolution. The Northeast Tea Festival reached a wide range of tea enthusiasts, and appears to have already outgrown its space. There are talks about finding a new location for next year. Follow their Facebook page, to keep up with their updates.
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