urbana in coffee magNovember 9th, 2009

specialty coffee retailer’s november issue – the annual tea issue – focuses on four u.s. tea purveyors, including urbàna.

“we are honored to be included in this publication and to be featured alongside tea greats like san francisco’s samovar and d.c.’s teaism,” says urbàna owner nancy goodwin.

urbàna is featured for its unique approach to in-store retailing of tea. the spa, with full-service teabar that also sells wine, opened in 2006 in charlotte, north carolina. a second location opened in april in the lake norman area of charlotte.

goodwin notes that although many coffeehouses have a small shelf dedicated to tea, urbàna sells 100 teas but has never carried coffee. “we did think about a coffee scrub for the spa at one point,” she says, “ but with 3,000 teas in the world and no shortage of scrubs and lotions that contain tea, we’ve remained loyal to tea in our spa services.”

the november issue of specialty coffee retailer is on-line at:   http://digitalmagazinetechnology.com/a/?KEY=specialtycoffeeretailer-09-11november#page=15

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