It started with Tea on Tuesdays.
Every week in eighth grade, an English teacher set out teacups after school. One student came to skip daycare. She never missed a Tuesday again.
Formerly Everleaf
What began as a way to escape daycare quickly became the highlight of Angelica's week. Her teacher's Tea on Tuesdays grew so popular that students had to sign up in advance. It wasn't really about the tea. It was about a table where everyone was welcome, a pot in the middle, and a reason to stay a little longer.
Through high school her love of tea grew beyond the leaf itself to what it does for people: it slows a room down, starts conversations, and turns an ordinary afternoon into a memory.
Aurelia is that table, grown up and on wheels: a golden cart that brings people together at weddings, offices and launches, and a shop that brings the ritual home.
As Aurelia has grown, this year has been all about the matcha cart: serving people and connecting them over Aurelia matcha and our iced loose-leaf teas, at weddings, office celebrations, brand launches and every Thursday with our farmers market regulars.
Next, we’re bringing that experience home. We’re creating kits that let you recreate the ritual wherever you are, at home or anywhere in the world, so those moments of connection don’t have to wait for the cart. Wherever you’re pouring, Aurelia will be right there with you.
We started as Everleaf. As we grew from a tea brand into an experience, we wanted a name that captured the feeling we create, so Everleaf became Aurelia.
Aurelia means golden. When tea farmers harvest, the finest young buds of the Camellia plant are sometimes called golden tips, the most prized part of the harvest. Just as those leaves elevate every cup, Aurelia is about elevating the moments we share over tea.
It’s more than a new name. We’re turning tea into an experience that feels golden: moments worth savoring, sharing and remembering.
The gold in our logo and on our cart is a reminder of what we're here to make: the golden hour of an event, the moment people put their phones down, clink cups and actually talk.