Maya Tea Company
{{Short description|Beverage company in U.S. state of Arizona}}
{{Orphan|date=April 2017}}
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| foundation = 1997
| founder = Manish Shah and Yash Shah
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| location_city = Tucson, Az
| location_country = USA
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| industry = Beverage
| products = Tea, Coffee, Spices, Teaware
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| owner = Manish Shah
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| homepage = [http://www.mayatea.com www.mayatea.com]
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Maya Tea Company is a beverage company,{{Cite web |last=Weingarten |first=Debbie |date=2015-10-01 |title=A Tale of Two Teas: Tucson's Seven Cups Fine Chinese Tea & Maya Tea |url=https://tucsonfoodie.com/2015/10/01/a-tale-of-two-teas-tucsons-seven-cups-fine-chinese-tea-maya-tea/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Tucson Foodie |language=en-US}} based in Tucson, Arizona,{{cite book|author=Mary Paganelli Votto|title=Food Lovers' Guide to Tucson: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zmOzZkoAnWgC&pg=PA205|date=16 October 2012|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=978-0-7627-8121-8|pages=205–}}[http://www.thedailytea.com/taste/energized-by-chai/ "Energized by Chai"]. The Daily Tea.[http://www.insidetucsonbusiness.com/construction_real_estate/new-residential-brokerage-hits-the-tucson-scene/article_821ff6b2-3f7b-11e4-857e-ebfc531f64b5.html "New residential brokerage hits the Tucson scene"]. Inside Tucson Business. that specializes in the production of custom tea blends, chai concentrates{{Cite web |title=Maya Heritage Chai Concentrates |url=https://www.mayatea.com/collections/maya-chai |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Maya Tea Company |language=en}} and southwestern spices.{{cite book|title=Fresh Cup: The Voice of the Specialty Coffee Industry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X0MsAQAAMAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Fresh Cup Publishing Company}}
History
The company was first established in 1997 by founder and owner, Manish Shah,[http://www.insidetucsonbusiness.com/news/localism-local-food-celebrated-at-tucson-food-festival/article_eca647b8-b5e0-11e3-9474-001a4bcf887a.html "Localism, local food celebrated at Tucson food festival"]. Inside Tucson Business.[http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2014/04/new-festival-cooks-up-best-of-local-foods "New festival cooks up best of local foods"]. By Cali Nash, Arizona Daily Wildcat. and his brother, cofounder Yash Shah. The name, "Maya", comes from the first two letters of the brothers' first names.{{cite journal|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Tara|title=High Time for Chai|journal=Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden|date=March 2007|pages=91–93}} The brothers started first by importing teas from China and India.[http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/2004/07/30/89952-tea-time/ "TEA time"]., Tucson Citizen, by Polly Higgins on Jul 30, 2004 The first sales outlet was a booth at the local farmers' market.[https://tucsonfoodie.com/2015/10/01/a-tale-of-two-teas-tucsons-seven-cups-fine-chinese-tea-maya-tea/ "A Tale of Two Teas: Tucson’s Seven Cups Fine Chinese Tea & Maya Tea"]. Tucson Foodie, By Debbie Weingarten on October 1, 2015
As the business expanded, operations were moved into a large warehouse on the west side of Tucson.[http://3storymagazine.com/category/frontpage/page/3/ "10 reasons why you should love poetry"]. 3Story Magazine.
In 2014 a trademark "Maya Tea" was issued by the US Government.[https://web.archive.org/web/20181116195017/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3720645691.html "Uspto Issues Trademark: Maya Tea"]. US Fed News Service, Including US State News, June 20, 2015 At that time Maya Tea Company teas were served in various coffeeshops,[http://www.arizonacoffee.com/page/2/ "Songbird Coffee & Tea House"]. Arizona Coffee. June 18, 2014 by Chris Tingom teahouses, restaurants, taverns,[http://www.insidetucsonbusiness.com/on_the_menu/coffee-beer-oak-bar-mix-master-french-pressing-beer/article_274235ee-4d81-11e3-b7d9-001a4bcf887a.html "Coffee beer? Oak Bar mix master French pressing beer"]. November 14, 2013 By Matt Russell for Inside Tucson Business. salons and hotels across the United States. The company also produces and distributes packaged leaves for home use.DeMember, Alyssa. [http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2013/03/a-tea-guide "Get your antioxidants with this beginner's guide to tea"]. Arizona Daily Wildcat.
Maya's teas can be found in many collaborative products, including Dogfish Head Brewery's Sah'tea beer, Terrapin Beer Company's Samurai Krunkle's ale, and Borderland Brewing Company's Hibiscus Saison and Agua Bendita Wheat Wine beers.{{cite journal|last=Leif|first=Dan|title=A Trend on Tap|journal=Fresh Cup Magazine|date=December 2012|volume=21|issue=12|pages=32–36}}{{cite web|title=Week of 4/8/13|url=http://borderlandsbrewing.com/2013/04/week-of-4813/|publisher=Borderlands Brewing Co.|accessdate=8 April 2013}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|title=Craft Beer in the Old Pueblo: The Borderlands Experience|url=http://www.drinkbeerthinkbeer.com/craft-beer-in-the-old-pueblo-the-borderlands-experience/|publisher=Drink Beer Think Beer|accessdate=11 April 2013}} The company has been featured in Fresh Cup Magazine's "2013 Tea Almanac", Tea Magazine,{{cite journal|last=Munichiello|first=Katrina Ávila|title=Energized by Chai|journal=Tea Magazine|date=January 2013|pages=23–25}} Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden, and on the podcast, Steeping Around.{{cite web|title=My Chai: From the Kitchen to the Air|url=http://www.steepingaround.com/show25/|publisher=steeping around}}