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The Teance Mission

Teance is located in Berkeley, CA just east of San Francisco, home of some of the most leading gourmet food and beverage products in the world. The mission of Teance is to promote authentic fine teas and re-introduce the culture surrounding its appreciation. By providing the most pure, premium, seasonal whole leaf teas possible, we hope to introduce to the consumer the enjoyment, health benefits, and the serenity that comes with drinking tea. Teance is named for tea and all of the elegant thoughts associated with it: nuance, ambiance, elegance. Our mission is to introduce and revive the art of drinking, preparing, and appreciating traditional, whole leaf teas. The best teas from the Far East-competition winners, rare and available nowhere else in the country-can be sampled here
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Teance supports traditional tea cultivation techniques in Asia by importing directly from boutique farms and farming collectives, bringing our customers the purest, best quality regional teas available. Our teas range from the finest, freshest handpicked Pre-Rain Dragonwell to some of the oldest Aged Pu-erhs existent.

Since opening in January of 2002, we have been reviewed by the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, East Bay Express, 7 x 7 Magazine, Sunset, and more.