Founded by Swikriti, who grew up in Darjeeling, Darjeeling Cup brings single-origin Himalayan teas from smallholder farmers directly to Berlin, where she pours cups every Saturday at the Boxhagener Platz market. The focus stays on fair wages and each season's harvest.
Eastern Leaves grows and produces tea within a centuries-old forest ecosystem in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, keeping only 15 percent under cultivation. Their pu'er, red and white teas come with an invitation to walk the land itself, alongside a Milan tearoom and tea academy.
Born from a founder's discovery journey to China, Hotsoup is a Dutch tea shop curating loose-leaf teas from China, Japan, India, Taiwan and beyond, sorted by type and origin, alongside teaware and ceramic accessories for a discerning, inquisitive audience.
From Hamburg, InfiniTea Leaves curates a fine selection of Japanese and South Korean teas, from delicate Sencha and Matcha to rare leaves grown in Hadong. Built on direct relationships with growers, the shop hosts tastings and Gong Fu Cha sessions.
Jack Farm Kyoto grows tea in the hills around Kyoto, a region rooted in Japan's long tradition of tea cultivation. Discover their harvest at the festival stand.
Jana Matiscik throws teaware on the wheel in her Slovak studio, carving leather-hard clay into pieces with tactile, sculptural surfaces. She also shapes soft clay into flower forms finished with layered glazes, believing teaware belongs in sight, not hidden in a cupboard.
Jeremy Keala shapes ceramic vessels through movement rather than plan, describing his process as an unplanned dance where one move brings on another. Working mainly in forms for tea service, he treats clay and tea alike as living practices in conversation.
Jing Tea Shop has sourced Chinese tea directly from growers since 2004, returning year after year to the same families - the Lius in Anxi, high-mountain growers in Wuyi, and Mr. Huang in Fenghuang since 2005. Rather than chasing trends, Jing follows terroir, harvest timing and the maker's hand.
Kreislauf is a small Berlin workshop where furniture and objects are designed, built and repaired by hand. From smoked oak cupshelves to carved boxes and incense trays, their work grows out of a quiet, sustainable relationship with wood.
Mai Teahouse imports single-origin tea directly from Vietnamese cooperatives, including wild forest white teas and lotus tea, alongside mooncakes and other specialities. Based between Berlin, Leipzig and Halle, it hosts tastings and tea ceremonies that share Vietnamese tea culture.
Meetea is a small tea bar and studio in Prague, curating teas for their individual charm rather than sheer variety. Sourced from small gardens, wild and old-growth trees, their selection of white, green, oolong and aged puer teas centers on aroma, taste and feeling.
Miri Ceramics is a small, wheel-thrown pottery studio based in Upper Austria. Pieces are shaped by hand on the wheel, with a quiet focus on form and everyday function rather than trend-driven design.
Moychay is an Amsterdam tea culture club sourcing rare teas from China, Japan, Georgia, Vietnam and beyond, with founder Sergey Shevelev traveling the world's tea regions each year. Moychay curates over 250 teas from 13 countries and produces its own tea in Georgia and Thailand.
Petr Jurnicek is a ceramicist from Jevicko, Czech Republic, handcrafting tea vessels - shiboridashi, kyusu teapots and matcha bowls - shaped by both Japanese and Czech traditions. Each glazed piece is made as a one-off original, built on the idea that tea tastes best from a vessel with its own story.
Saeam Kwon is a Korean ceramist based in Berlin, working in fine stoneware since 2009. Her wheel-thrown pieces fuse minimalist form with Korean sensibility, using dark, textured clay set against delicate detailing, mostly shaped as teaware and tableware.
Studio Unagi is a ceramics practice from Italy led by Elia Castellini, shaping vessels for the tea table. Come find their work at the festival stand.
Tea Daydreams sources wild tea from remote mountain regions of northern Vietnam, offering loose-leaf teas with names like Echoes of Eternity and Highland Sunrise. They treat tea as a quiet counterpoint to a hectic world, a small meditation folded into the everyday.
TeaGardenia sells loose leaf tea - white, black, green, oolong and chai - sourced directly from gardens in Darjeeling, Assam, Nilgiri and beyond, including rare finds like Arunachal Pradesh's Wild Purple White Tea, following a garden-to-cup model without intermediaries.
Tedelics is a Barcelona-based tea company sourcing loose-leaf black, green, oolong, pu-erh and white teas directly from producers in China, Taiwan and Thailand. Its founders travel to the tea mountains themselves, tasting widely and building lasting relationships with the growers behind each harvest.
Teehaus Villach is a tea room and shop in Austria run by Melanie, who shares years of experience with teas from China, Taiwan, Japan and India, served either from a traditional pot or in the Gong Fu style. She also leads Gongfucha seminars and cold-brew workshops.
Wanoka crafts wakocha, Japanese black tea, from organic, pesticide-free farms in Minamata-Ashikita, Kumamoto. Founded in 2017 by Kazuko Otsuka after her return to her hometown, the tea house works to preserve heirloom tea plants and support local growers.
Yurika Saito's Living Dyeing project practices kusaki-zome, traditional Japanese dyeing with flowers, herbs and vegetable peels, including used tea leaves collected from Berlin restaurants for their tannins. Spent leaves are given a second life as colour.
Zimmermann Pottery is a small ceramics workshop shaping handmade vessels for tea and everyday use. Visit their stand at the festival to see the pieces in person.
