About Us
Teas With Meaning
Founded in Oakland in 2018, Teas With Meaning is an organic loose leaf tea company rooted in intention, creativity, community, and connection.
What began with intentionally handcrafted tea blends has grown into a world of tea experiences. From the blends we create to the tea bars we build, workshops we facilitate, custom collaborations we develop, and the places we travel for inspiration, Teas With Meaning continues to explore what can happen when we make time to gather around a cup.
Magic is our main ingredient.
For us, that means the magic isn't limited to what's inside the cup. It's in the people gathered around it, the conversations that happen over it, the ingredients and places that inspire it, and the experiences we create with it.
Our creativity has never stopped with what goes inside the cup. Over the years, Teas With Meaning has expanded tea into an evolving collection of handcrafted and intentionally created products, from ceramic mugs, candles, perfumes, tea infused chocolates, and curated gift boxes to limited edition collaborations with Black owned and women owned businesses and artisans.
Travel has also become part of how we create. Since 2018, the places we visit, ingredients we discover, traditions we experience, and people we meet have continued to inspire our blends, products, Tea Travel Bags, and the experiences we bring home to our community.
Growing With Meaning
Since 2018, Teas With Meaning has grown from an Oakland born tea company into a brand that has created products and experiences for more than 100 businesses, organizations, and communities. From OpenAI, Adobe, Google, Salesforce, Whole Foods Market, ESSENCE, Target, MusiCares, and Good Morning America to hometown experiences including Black Joy Parade, Black Vines Festival, and the Black Food & Wine Experience, our reach has grown while remaining rooted in community.
Teas With Meaning has been featured on Beyoncé.com, ESSENCE, Vanity Fair, Netflix’s Jingle Jangle, BuzzFeed, and Shopify. Through every collaboration, product, pour, and experience, we continue to grow the same way we began: with intention, creativity, community, and meaning.
At the heart of the With Meaning, LLC brand is intention, purpose, and wellness. Whatever Kamilah does professionally and personally is...with meaning. Kamilah is a fearless leader, doer and giver. Surviving a brain tumor and now cancer has shaped much of her life. Starting Teas With Meaning in the midst of such a diagnosis is a testament to her spirit and resilience.
Experience Teas With Meaning
There is more than one way to experience Teas With Meaning. From tea bars and craft services, Create Your Own Blend workshops, custom blends, gifting, and collaborations to experiences created for workplaces, classrooms, conferences, celebrations, and communities, we continue to find new ways to bring people together around tea.
Whether we're pouring tea at a gathering, guiding guests through creating their own blends, developing something custom for an organization, or collaborating on something entirely new, the intention remains the same: to create meaningful opportunities to sip, gather, create, and connect. For more information and to request our customized experiences, visit our Custom Tea Creations Page.
Tea Blends
Our handcrafted tea collection is where Teas With Meaning began and remains at the heart of what we create. With more than 20 original blends developed over the years, each brings together thoughtfully selected herbs, fruits, flowers, spices, and teas with its own flavor, story, and intention.
A few longtime favorites include:
