About Us

At ArtfulTea, we’re passionate about quality tea! We enjoy sampling teas from all over the world. But what delights us most is introducing others to the many pleasures of great tea. Our collection includes over 100 exceptional teas, many of which are blended by hand right in our store. We also carefully package each and every tea by hand to ensure that our luxury loose leaf tea is as beautifully presented as it is tasty.

Karen Gardiner created ArtfulTea in 2007 as an online business, and it has since grown to include a thriving retail shop in Midtown Santa Fe. If you're ever in the “City Different” please come see us at 901 W San Mateo Rd. And be sure to introduce yourself when you stop by!

Visit Us

Our Retail Location:

901 W San Mateo Rd, in Midtown Santa Fe.

Our Hours:

Monday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm

Meet the Team

Karen

Karen is the owner and guiding influence behind ArtfulTea. After leaving a career as a lawyer she decided to start her own business, and first began selling tea at a little shop called Kindred Spirit in Key West, Florida. Now in the tea business for more than twenty years, Karen’s expertise and passion for tea shines through in every aspect of ArtfulTea, from our carefully selected teas to our beautiful retail shop. Karen tastes and selects each of our teas in order to ensure that they are of the highest quality.

Susan

Susan blends all of our custom teas by hand and creates and packages our individual samples, packs, and gift pails. Susan is always willing to help out behind the scenes to make sure that everything runs smoothly at ArtfulTea. She got her “tea shirt” on Redbubble.

Maggie

Maggie is the voice behind ArtfulTea’s online presence. She writes all of our blogs, emails, and website content, helping to educate customers about the history, benefits, and characteristics of different teas. With an interdisciplinary master’s degree from St. John’s College and a background in writing and marketing, she loves introducing people to loose leaf tea. She also writes poetry.

Mark

Mark is a recent BFA graduate in the field of Media Arts, with an emphasis in Graphic Design. He's our “stocking machine” and works hard to keep our shelves stocked up with plenty of loose leaf tea. He also helps customers find the perfect teas in our retail shop. Mark enjoys learning about tea and sharing that knowledge with customers who are as excited about tea as he is.

Krislyn

Krislyn has a BFA in Media Arts, with an emphasis in Graphic Design. As our shipping assistant, she helps to expertly pack each order and ensure that customers near and far receive their tea and tea ware promptly. She's always enjoyed tea, but never knew that there was so much to learn about tea until she started working at ArtfulTea!

Sandra

Sandra’s stunning photography first caught our eye on Instagram, and she has since joined the ArtfulTea team as our primary product photographer. Most of the beautiful images on our website and social media pages were created by Sandra!

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