Apply to be a Tea With Strangers Host

We believe everyone is able to be a great host, but we’re…

The Tea With Strangers Story

Tea times have been happening since 2013, and our organization has gone…

Your Before Tea Time Checklist

You’re going to be a great host. Let’s make sure you feel like it.

Whether it’s your first tea time or your 25th, it can feel daunting to think about going to a cafe and waiting for 1–5 random people to…

Who comes to tea time?

Tea With Strangers isn’t generally trying to convince people that Tea With Strangers is a good idea. We already know it is. You do too. That’s why you’re here.

How we grow Tea With Strangers

In short, we think marketing should be an act of generosity. (Also, what is marketing anyway?)

We live in a time of excessive information, promotion, and “content” (whatever that means.)…

Host Utilities

Some things you know you need. Some things you don’t know you need.

Food for Thought

Perspectives, considerations, and stories. Hopefully you’ll leave with more questions than answers.

Writing Facebook posts about Tea With Strangers to get people you don’t know to come to tea time

A disproportionate amount of our favorite attendees come from the friends and friends-of-friends of our…

Social media friendly TWS graphics

A repository of art and other collateral we’ve made over the years

People talking about Tea With Strangers on the Internet

List of places to learn about Tea With Strangers from credible sources that aren’t us

Picking a place to host your tea times

Tea times happen in public spaces. Cafes are usually prime for this, but in some cities, hotel lobbies, parks and parklets, plazas, or rooftops are options.

Writing a reflection after tea time

Nobody becomes good at something without practicing it.

Hosting tea time is a deeply rewarding way to become a better listener, to ask questions that draw stories, and to find common ground between people…

What do you talk about when you talk about Tea With Strangers?

Talking to people about Tea With Strangers—in real life and on the internet—is how we get people to come to tea time.