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FA is opening a retail location in Seattle!

You read that correctly, friends. Our small tea shop has been growing and evolving steadily for six years now, and we have outgrown our manufacturing space! We will not be able to sustain our level of operation, nor expand enough to meet growing demand, without moving into a new space. Rather than sell the company, we are trying to raise funding to move into a brick-and-mortar shop in Seattle's Phinney Ridge neighborhood.

Taste all 200+ Friday Afternoon teas in our store!
With your help, Friday Afternoon Tea can continue to grow and spread our weird, nerdy tea love to the community. Our new space will host free tastings any time, local geeky art on our walls, craft nights for adults and regular art hours for children. We'll do custom blends on the spot and run weekly game nights. Our goal is to create the ultimate living room for you and your friends. How can you support us in making this happen?

We recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds necessary to move into our new home. We're getting a lot of pledges already, but nowhere near what we need to make this happen. Please contribute what you can, keep an eye on our campaign updates and encourage your friends to support us however they can as well! Without these funds, we cannot continue to spread our love of all things nerdy and tea-related to you and our other lovely friends.

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Thank you for loving us all these years. We can't wait to see you at our grand opening.


Happy sipping,

Friday



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