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My first cup of loose-leaf tea was at a Chinese restaurant in Glasgow. I was there studying bassoon at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. I’d just arrived from Texas and didn’t know loose leaf tea was a thing. The tea I had in that restaurant was a tie guan yin purchased from a Tesco around the corner and it was better than any tea I’d ever had.

I put down my bassoon when I came back to Texas and joined the fire department. I didn’t put down my tea cup however. While my fellow firefighters drank coffee in the morning and sweat tea in the afternoons, I stuck with loose-leaf tea.

My passion for tea started with that first cup in Scotland and expanded into Intergalactic Tea in 2019. I work hard to bring my customers the best tea I can find.

The first iteration of Intergalactic Tea was meant to be a mobile tea shop and I bought tea from bigger vendors and sold it at farmer's markets. Then the pandemic happened and I didn't do a lot with the business. Also I didn't really like hauling all of my stuff out to the farmer's market every weekend. So in 2023 I revamped Intergalactic Tea. I found a partner in China to help me with sourcing and decided to focus more on pressed teas.

My philosophy in regards to sourcing tea is pretty simple: Do I like the tea? Am I ok with the price? If the answer to both questions is yes and I think the tea deserves a spot on the site, then I sell it. I try not make a lot of claims about the age of trees etc.

Last, I still sell some of the tea that I sold when I first started the business. My in-laws really like earl grey, so I sell it.