The Numi Tea Garden opens its doors on October 12

Numi Organic Tea, a proud Oaktown business, is opening its enchanted Tea Garden in Oakland’s Embarcadero Cove. As part of the celebrations, Numi is hosting a benefit for local non-profit, Art in Action, who work to bring inner-city youth to summer camps to develop their artistic expression and eat healthy with organic food. Art in Action Youth Leadership Program uplifts and transforms the lives of young artists impacted by violence and poverty. Art in Action provides a supportive, positive place for young leaders to cultivate leadership through dance, theatre, music, spoken word/poetry, painting, storytelling, and media arts. Numi is thrilled to be able to help support this important program.

The Numi Tea Garden is an urban tea oasis where you can unwind, relax and be immersed in tea. Numi has a full selection of loose tea and teasan varieties as well as a menu of light snacks. The Numi Tea Garden is also a retail store that includes a lounge for music and community events.

Ahmed Rahim, Numi’s co-founder, designed and ran teahouses in Europe before launching Numi with his sister, Reem, in the Summer of ‘99. Opening this tea garden space in Oakland has been a long awaited goal to again serve premium quality teas to the public while offering education for true tea appreciation. “As a former owner and creator of Tea Houses, it was evident Numi needed one, not just for the purpose of selling and educating our local customers about Numi, but also a place to support our local communitea. Since Numi is a pioneer in the Organic and Fair Trade global communitea, it is important that we are there for our local communitea as well, to support other pioneers, share our tea knowledge, social values and to help change the world one person at a time”.

There are plans for Numi Tea Garden to evolve over the years to provide tea classes, seminars and activities with local chef’s (cooking and pairing teas), local concerts with musicians from around the world. With Numi’s strong commitment to sustainability and fair labor practices, the Numi Tea Garden is sure to become a much-loved venue for Oakland residents and for those fortunate enough to be visiting.

If you’re in Oakland on October 12, we strongly encourage you to attend the opening celebrations, which will be filled with special guest speakers, musical performances, and more.

When: October 12, 12pm – 12am

Where: Numi Tea Garden, 2230 Livingston Street, Oakland, CA 94606

Website: www.numitea.com (for more information)

Schedule of events

2pm-5pm Local Community Speakers:
Oakland Inner City Advisors, Rudolf Steiner Fund, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights/Art in Action, Peerless Coffee, James Norwood Pratt, author of A Tea Lover’s Treasure, Drake Sadler ( Founder, Traditional Medicinals Tea)

5pm-midnight Live Performances:
Tibetan Tuvan Throat Singing by Arjuna, Middle Eastern Oud by Jef Stott, bellydancing, West African Dancing/Drumming by Rhythm Village and world beats from Jef Stott (Six Degrees Records) & DJ Dragonfly (thegroovegarden.com): Trans-Globally-Fuzed Electro-Funky Grooves!