Founded by Michelle Brown and Linda Neumann, Teaism is a tea shop and restaurant that has been operating since 1996. It hosts networking gatherings, training meetings, speed dating sessions and panel discussions for professional associations. The company offers tea in various flavors that include black, green and white. It features more than 10 types of Tisanes tea, such as berry beauty, cinnamon apricot, French verveine and kuding. Teaism also provides online information related to tea. It also operates a tea shop that features a collection of tea accessories and exhibitions of work by local potters and artists. Teaism maintains a location in Washington, D.C.