Frequently asked questions

Because seating is so limited, and because our booking platform does not allow automatic refunds for cancellations, we are only able offer refunds should it truly be a financial burden for you to not receive one.

You can reschedule up to 24 hours before a sit through the rescheduling link in your confirmation email.

No. We are open by appointment only, and only serve tea during the ceremonies. If you are wanting to come by the shop for teaware and tea items, message us, and plan to arrive 15 minutes after a ceremony ends.

Boulder Tea Hut is by appointment only and the directions are in your booking confirmation email. We are in Central Boulder.

The Way of Tea is a practice of reverence, and Tea can guide us to a deep connection with Self and Source. Come with subdued elegance so as to honor the Tea but not distract from Her.

Please do not come with perfume or having just washed your hair with scented shampoo.

In your manners, a Daoist go-with-the-flow. We begin all ceremonies with at least three bowls in silence, but Tea Ceremony needn’t always be subdued: sometimes Tea calls for laughter among friends as well.

In the event that we have two rows of guests, the row in front should pass the bowls back and forth to the row behind them, placing the bowl on the floor rather than putting it into the receiver’s hands.

Usually yes. The amounts vary dramatically, and caffeine is only one of a huge range of active compounds inside of Tea, including several calming compounds such as Theanine (the “God chemical”). In aged Teas the caffeine has often broken down to nonexistent. There are varieties of Tea that have no caffeine. If you are particularly caffeine sensitive please let us know beforehand. Caffeine is largely steeped out in the first three steepings and one can easily nearly eliminate caffeine intake by foregoing the first two or three bowls, while still having a full experience thereafter. We can easily accommodate your needs.