Husband-and-Wife Team Bring Ethically Sourced, Authentic Teas to ATC April 5-26, 2019
Morgan and Wael, the team behind Jeddah’s Tea
A couple heavily steeped in tea culture, Morgan and Wael are bringing unique teas and cultures to Durham.
The couple’s business, Jeddah’s Tea, features teas found all over the world and are organic and fair-trade. It will be the latest pop-up experience for Durham’s American Tobacco Campus in April.
Best of the Bull, a popular online guide to Durham, featured Jeddah’s Tea earlier this year, writing: “Husband-and-wife team Wael and Morgan plan to combine their passions for tea, social activism, and community and aim to create a space where all people can come together over a great cup of tea. They love and appreciate the many roles a cup of tea can play the reconciler, the peacekeeper, the comforter, the storyteller and the sage.”
Jeddah’s Tea is affectionately named after Wael’s maternal grandmother who sold traditional tea blends at her storefront in Hargeisa, Somaliland. It is her legacy that Morgan and Wael hope to honor by offering teas from cultures, growers and countries seldom acknowledged in the American tea market, in hopes of using their medium to spark intercultural curiosity.
Jeddah’s Tea will spend the month of April as the PopUp at American Tobacco.
Dates and Times:
- April 5-26
- Monday-Friday 7 am – 3 pm
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
- With special events for game days/ticketed private events
Location:
Jeddah’s Tea @ PopUp Durham
359 Blackwell Street – Diamond View III Building
Durham, NC 27701
The PopUp will showcase loose-leaf teas, iced teas and tea ‘mocktails’, and also offer locally sourced pastries and coffee.
After the pop-up, Morgan, and Wael will open their own location of Jeddah’s Teas in Durham.
More on PopUp @ American Tobacco Campus
PopUp @ American Tobacco Campus will regularly feature new entrepreneurs and their concepts. The revolving showcase deepens and enhances Durham’s role as “the Startup Hub of the South.”
The PopUp experience has spread from the single location to also include PopUp opportunities at The Bullpen.
PopUps featured in the space include: Caballo Rojo, Boricua Soul, MicMag by Me, East Durham Pie Shop, Beard and Lady and NC Oyster 365.
Entrepreneurs can review PopUp @ American Tobacco Campus’ microsite (popupdurham.com) for details and information on how to be involved.
Consumers can also check the microsite for information on the latest PopUp showcase. American Tobacco’s social channels (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) will carry PopUp news. The hashtag is #PopUpDurham.
Thanks to American Tobacco for this capcom story, graphic & photo.
