Discover the world of tea. A tea community in Lancaster and online.

Tea is a huge world, and it's hard to find your way in alone. Common Steep gives you a place to start and people to explore it with.

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A white gaiwan of steeped leaf and a small cup of amber tea on a carved wooden tray

Know your tea. Find your ritual. Share a cup with your people.

Start with whatever tea is already in your cupboard.

A cup of tea in afternoon sun on a wooden table

Steeped oolong leaves opened up in an open hand

Rolled oolong leaf on a kitchen scale reading 3.9 grams

Ritual

The ten minutes where the kettle hums. Warm the cup, smell the leaf, pour. A ritual you make your own way.

Learn

Where a tea grows, how it's made, who made it, and how to brew it. Every tea word translated.

People

A cup shared with people who care about tea, online or at a table in Lancaster. Guests who know more join us too.

Open Steep

Free. Online. About 45 minutes.

Bring any tea and a cup. Cameras optional. Talk or just listen.

Next: Sun Nov 1, 3 PM ET, on Zoom.

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Bower on a dock by the Susquehanna with a cup of tea on a fog-covered morning

Your host

Hi, I'm Bower.

I host Common Steep from Lancaster, PA. I've been on a tea journey for about eight years and I'm still learning. My job is to pull up a chair and connect curious people with people who know more than I do.

The one question

Why do you love tea?

Every Open Steep starts here. Anyone can answer, in a sentence or two, and passing is fine. Everyone's answer is their own, and there's never a final one.