At Short and Stout, It's Time for TEA.
Serving the communi-tea with delicious choices, because we all deserve a healthy lifestyle and a place to relax and be ourselves.
Hi! We’re Matt and Joyce, the owner of Short and Stout Tea Company.
We are glad you are here, joining our communi-tea! Our story with tea began back over a decade ago from a surprise anniversary gift that sparked our interest in tea. This deep passion, turned obsession, developed into a side-hustle basement business that helped generate some income while we raised our 3 girls. As the business plan came together, the name “Short and Stout Tea” was quickly selected for “I’m a little teapot” being the song that we kept hearing our children sing over and over again while role playing a tea party.
To us, tea is more than just a drink. We became fascinated with every aspect of it including the rich history and the art of production from farm to cup as well as the science of brewing. Soon tea had become an integral part of our lives that one could say we drink, breath and sleep tea. It indeed connects the dots and overlaps with many things that we enjoy doing such as traveling, cooking, learning new things, meeting new people, or simply spending a quiet time sipping the cup and appreciating the moment.
THE TEA LOUNGE
SIP, SMILE, SHARE
Since 2011, we’ve sold tea at local farmers markets and craft fairs before we had an opportunity to open a brick-and-mortar store in our community a couple years after. Today, Short and Stout is a full-service tea lounge, serving tea with a modern twist-merging tradition with innovation-and craft custom blends. Besides tea, we also serve light snacks and sell a myriad of tea accessories. We take pride in friendly customer service. We believe in the power of smiles, making it a haven where laughter and relaxation intertwined. Pop in to say hi and visit us if you are ever in the Albany, NY area. Take a private tea session with Matt or enjoy Joyce’s homemade tea creations. We’d love to see you!
OUR LOOSE TEA COLLECTION
Short and Stout Tea is a home for over 150 kinds of loose tea from white, green, oolong and black tea as well as fruit and herbal tisanes. Many of our single origin teas including matcha come directly from small farms where we’ve visited in the past. In addition, we have some award-winning tea blends from the World Tea Expo as well as our own blends that Joyce crafted from her own inspiration and customers’ suggestions.