Blend your own teas and turn them into cafe-style drinks in one of the tastiest team building workshops in the Bay Area. In this hands-on class at a tea shop in Alameda, your group samples loose-leaf teas, herbal tisanes and natural ingredients from Africa, Asia and South America, then creates hot or cold brewed teas, iced tea, tea lattes and milk tea.
The class runs two hours and is priced at $65 per guest for private groups of 5 to 40 guests. A flat private class surcharge of $400 per class applies when the session is reserved for your group alone. Beginners are welcome, and no tea knowledge is needed to join.
What's Included
- A two hour hands-on tea blending and tea drink class
- All teas and herbal tisanes used
Blend your own teas and turn them into cafe-style drinks in one of the tastiest team building workshops in the Bay Area. In this hands-on class at a tea shop in Alameda, your group samples loose-leaf teas, herbal tisanes and natural ingredients from Africa, Asia and South America, then creates hot or cold brewed teas, iced tea, tea lattes and milk tea.
The class runs two hours and is priced at $65 per guest for private groups of 5 to 40 guests. A flat private class surcharge of $400 per class applies when the session is reserved for your group alone. Beginners are welcome, and no tea knowledge is needed to join.
What's Included
- A two hour hands-on tea blending and tea drink class
- All teas and herbal tisanes used in class
- All equipment for blending and brewing
- A welcome tea sample as you arrive
- Artisanal cheeses, chocolates and other sweet bites to pair with your tea
- Two to three 2 oz pouches of the tea blends you create to take home
What You Will Learn
The class opens with a sample of tea and a discussion of tea basics, so everyone understands the differences between white, green, oolong, black and pu-erh teas, herbal tisanes and their benefits. Then the group jumps in and makes its own tea blends from the teas, herbs and tisanes provided, while your instructor demonstrates how to make cafe-styled tea drinks at home.
Along the way you explore tea and food pairings with the cheeses and chocolates on the table. The goals are simple: expand your taste buds with new teas, learn to make your own cafe-styled drinks, and find your tea preference while building real tea knowledge. It is a relaxing and creative environment where you learn, sip, blend and sip again.
Why It Works for Groups
Few creative team building activities are as easy to love as this one. Everyone works with their hands, tastes as they go and compares blends with the people around them, which keeps conversation flowing from the first sip. Reviewers describe an instructor who is friendly, energetic and full of tea knowledge, and a class where the whole group has a great time together.
With room for 5 to 40 guests, it scales from a small team to a large department, and it is one of the more hands on team building activities that also feeds the group. It fits a team building outing, a Christmas party, a birthday or a bachelorette party, and as christmas team building goes, every guest leaves with a pouch of tea to share with family and friends.
About Your Host
Your host is a women-owned tea shop that carries more than 100 exotic fusion teas from Africa, Asia, South America and Europe, with a carefully curated collection of fine loose-leaf, herbal and wellness teas. Its founder has loved tea since early childhood, when a small cup of tea with milk ended each evening, and grew up blending teas for every mood and moment, from steaming hot cups and iced teas to tea cocktails and tea-infused treats. Workshops are built around learning through hands-on creativity, and guests can sample the shop's teas through its tea sniffers. What began as a childhood ritual grew into an exploration of global flavors, healing traditions and sensory experiences, and the shop offers its own specially blended teas alongside teas from other fine tea makers.
How the Session Runs
- Arrive and enjoy a welcome tea sample
- Learn the tea basics, from white and green teas to herbal tisanes
- Blend your own teas from the selection provided
- Watch a demonstration of cafe-styled tea drinks, then make your own
- Pair your teas with cheeses, chocolates and sweet bites
- Pack your pouches of tea to take home
Good to Know
- Beginners are welcome; no experience required
- Wear something comfortable you do not mind getting dirty, or bring an apron
- Private groups range from 5 to 40 guests
- Held inside the tea shop
- Past guests who are not tea enthusiasts say they loved it too, and reviewers mention the host staying after class to answer questions and help pick the perfect blend
Plan Your Tea Blending Class
Share your preferred date and group size to check availability. At $65 per guest with all teas, equipment and pairings included and tea to take home, this is one of the most fun team building activities for adults and a warm choice among team bonding activities for any season.
