CALABASH ANNIVERSARY JUNETEENTH PATIO PREVIEW!

2701 12th Street Northeast,Washington DC 20018

19 June, 2021

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CALABASH — the multiple award-winning teahouse & wellness brand will celebrate its reopening on Juneteenth! 🎶 “It’s been a long time… We shouldn’t have left you… without a strong tea to steep to!” 🎶 CALABASH — the multiple award-winning teahouse & wellness brand — returns to in-person service after more than a year! Come join us on our herb garden patio to celebrate our JUNETEENTH ANNIVERSARY while we soak up the sun together, surrounded by healing plants and edible flowers! Your reservation also includes a "sack-lunch" with an Omega Bite, a Vegan Jamaican Patty, and one brand-new bottled CALABASH iced tea, manufactured in partnership with TRYB, a local Black-owned beverage company! Take your pick at Calabash favorites like the Love Potion Chai, Jamaican Ginger Sorrel, My Last Good Nerve Lemonade, and more! As usual, we will be selling packs of loose tea blends, tonic spray bottles, and even some fresh, new Calabash merch! Bring yo' Apple Pay, CashApp, Venmo or other electronic payment methods (We are cashless)! “We’re so excited to welcome back our communi-tea. Safety has always been our top priority so we’ll be easing folks into the Calabash experience everyone is used to by opening patio service first. We look forward to introducing our new crew to all our friends and establishing a consistent schedule in the next couple of weeks.” — Sunyatta, Ali & the Calabash Crew The seed for Calabash was planted two doors from the world famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NY with the opening of 'Pyramid Tea & Herbal' in 1976. As the counter help at Pyramid, her parent’s healthfood shop & juice bar, Sunyatta trained as a 5th generation master herbalist and later as a Naturopath - learning the medicinal value of global teas, foods & spices. Since being able to peek over the shop counter, she has served NYC residents alongside health-seeking celebrities. For many decades Sunyatta accompanied her Syrian-Jamaican/Cuban family on spice buying adventures, while daydreaming of outfitting Pyramid with the fabrics & decor of these exotic destinations. Slipping ‘green cuisine’ out of Birkenstocks and sliding it into stilettos offers aphrodisiac philters such as 'Love Potion #10 Chai', 'Mighty Mandingo Chai', 'All Night Long' (Passionfruit Ginseng Green Tea) alongside ancient herbal elixirs like 'Rescue Me' (Flu & Cold Brew), 'Goddess Kali's Hibiscus Healer (Blood Cleanser)' and Yoni-Verse (Womb Wellness Tea). The majority of our 100 tea & coffee blends and vittles are rooted in our grandmothers' time-tested recipes - especially the aphrodisiac concoctions. Hey, why should ill-behaved congressmen have all the fun in DC?