Smith Teamaker
Cafe · Northwest District
500 NW 23rd Ave, Portland, OR 97210
Highlights
Artful blended teas, tea lattes, and tea-infused dishes.
Artful blended teas, tea lattes, and tea-infused dishes.
"Smith Teamaker is one of the most renowned large-scale teamaking companies in the United States, and its tasting room in Northwest Portland reflects the late Steven Smith’s relentless drive to introduce a wider audience to quality tea. The light green interior creates the impression of being inside a hot cup of green tea, which isn’t necessarily a bad sensation on a typically dreary Portland afternoon. Tea options include a handful of distinctive choices in each major category, as well as tea lattes, iced teas, gaiwan service, and tea flights. The food menu incorporates tea thoughtfully, with things like granola topped with chai milk and chocolate-tea pairing flights." - Nathan Williams, Eater Staff
"Smith Teamaker will offer some of the city's finest teas at Portland International Airport's new main terminal." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"Smith Teamaker, a tea brand founded by Steven Smith, has opened a new cafe designed by Andee Hess of Osmose. The cafe features a food menu crafted by chef Karl Holl, which incorporates various teas into vegetarian dishes, such as jasmine-roasted beets and White Petal tea-infused sheep’s milk cheese. The tea menu is adventurous, offering 30 teas brewed hot, tea lattes, tea flights, and non-alcoholic tea cocktails. The cafe also provides Gaiwan tea service. The design of the cafe draws inspiration from tea, with features like amber glass light fixtures and tea-green walls. The cafe is located at 500 NW 23rd Avenue in Portland and offers takeout and delivery." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"This cafe from Portland’s celebrated tea brand won’t just be a spot for cups of flowery herbal teas and pu-erh; chef Karl Holl is handling the menu for the tea cafe. Holl will be designing menu items incorporating the cafe’s teas; think: turmeric tea noodle bowls, or cookies and pastries infused with tea. Holl’s noteworthy pop-up at Park Avenue Fine Wines is allegedly done, which means this might be one of the only ways to try dishes designed by Holl himself, outside of his incoming foraging brand’s recipes." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"Smith Teamaker will soon open a new cafe on NW 23rd Avenue featuring a plant-based menu by chef Karl Holl, known for his intricate and homey dishes. The menu will include vegan grains-and-greens bowls and tea-infused dishes." - Eater Staff
