​Join our weekly community
for tea and conversation.
All welcome!

​​7-10pm Tea Service

​​Free gongfu tea service all night.
Caffeinated and herbal options.
Free jar of tea to take home. Tea of the Week: LEMON BALM
Teas and accessories available for purchase.

​​8pm Live Music

​Jef Stott (Middle Eastern Oud)
Jef is a highly accomplished lifelong multi-instrumentalist, adding a live performance element to his live shows with many instruments ranging from Arabic string and percussion instruments to guitars, bass drums and live electronics. As a trained anthropologist, Jef Stott has made an in depth academic study of the instruments of the Middle East with master teachers including Hamza el Din, Omar Faruk Tekbilek among others. Jef often collaborates and performs with master musicians and dancers from the Middle East, Northern Africa, the Balkans and India as well as top shelf fusion artists from the West Coast.
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​Heartlab is a cozy space in the Mission at 3095 21st St, SF

​Parking & Transit

• ​3 blocks from 24th & Mission BART Station

• ​Bike racks out front, no bikes allowed inside.

• ​Street parking can be challenging in the neighborhood.

• ​Local parking garages
  California Parking - 3 blocks. Open 24 hours. $15/day
  Mission Bartlett Garage - 3 blocks. Closes 10pm. $6/hour

​About Our Tea Lounges

​Tea Tribe has been producing tea lounges at events for 20 years. We helped to popularize gongfu tea at West Coast events and festivals, inspiring numerous spin-off tea services.

​Tens of thousands of people have experienced our tea lounges at hundreds of events: parties, weddings, conferences, festivals, and also at the events we produce, including World Folk Jam, World Jazz Jam, Midwinter Magic, Midsummer Magic, Equinox Enchantment, Folktronika, Heartform, Glitch.Bass, Teacompression, Teapocalypse, and Be Here Tao.

​Tea Tribe's Philosophy

​Tea Tribe's founder, oshan anand, was introduced to gongfu tea in 2006 by renowned healer Master Wang, apprenticing under him for several years while also studying Chanoyu (Japanese Tea Ceremony) at the Urasenke Foundation.

​Oshan founded and operated Om Shan Tea, an organic restaurant and teahouse in San Francisco's Mission District, from 2008 to 2012. The establishment served as a prominent cultural center for the city’s spiritual and arts communities.

​Oshan is passionate about promoting tea culture as a remedy for many of our societal ills. He believes it helps to inspire community, mindfulness, healing, reverence for nature, and heart-based communication. His goal is to nurture tea culture and create spaces for the sharing of tea, inspiring more people to connect mindfully face-to-face.