The Cultured Cup now serves and sells drinking chocolate from local supplier Dude Sweet Chocolate in Oak Cliff. Owner Katherine Clapner is the former pastry chef of Stephan Pyles Restaurant, a restaurant that has worked with The Cultured Cup for quite some time. Come to the store and try a cup, and bring some home to enjoy with Katherine's Keffirs (Russian marshmallows).
2/2010
Kyle Stewart is now a Certified Tea Specialist!
After over two years of courses, Cultured Cup co-owner Kyle Stewart has been designated a Certified Tea Specialist (CTS) by the Specialty Tea Institute. View the press release.
6/2009
The Cultured Cup at The Joule and Four Seasons Resort and Club!
Café on the Green at the Four Seasons Resort and Club in Las Colinas and Charlie Palmer at the Joule have now officially begun using tea from The Cultured Cup. Visit one of the restaurants to see their new menus and try some of our newest tea selections.
6/2009
Join our fans on Facebook or follow us on Twitter!
The Cultured Cup recently launched pages on Facebook and Twitter. Please join our fans on Facebook follow our posts on Twitter to keep up with what's up at The Cup:
The Cultured Cup was nominated for best specialty coffee shop on the wfaA-list. Voting is going on right now, so please cast your vote.
5/2009
The Cultured Cup chosen as consultants for Frito Lay
Frito Lay has begun development on some tea-related snacks, and sought the expertise of The Cultured Cup to create effective pairings for these snacks. They recently used a concentrate from our Marco Polo tea at a large meeting, and the tea was the only item for which the CEO requested seconds!
1/2009
Have some tea at R + D Kitchen
Our neighbors at Café R & D are now using some of The Cultured Cup's newest additions to our tea collection, including one signature blend designed specifically for their menu. Swing by Café R & D for a sandwich, sushi, or some devilled eggs and try the R + T or Sencha Gojiberry as a complement to your meal. Then come by the shop and have us mix you up some R + T to take home!
1/2009
The Cultured Cup debuts at The Inn at Dos Brisas
In mid-2008, The Cultured Cup began speaking with The Inn at Dos Brisas in Brenham, Texas to develop a superior tea program for their distinguished restaurant. We are proud to announce that they have begun serving our tea and would like to encourage our customers to visit them and receive first-class service from Texas' only Mobil Five Star rated restaurant. For restaurant or casita reservations, please call 979.277.7750 or email reservations@dosbrisas.com.
1/2009
Hot Tea at the Dallas Museum of Art!
The Cultured Cup is proud to announce the beginning of hot tea service at the Dallas Museum of Art’s Seventeen Seventeen Restaurant. Thanks to our relationship with Sodexo and Stephan Pyles, we were privileged to meet Chef Jason Ferraro and develop a unique and cutting-edge tea program to begin in conjunction with the Dallas Museum of Art’s anticipated Tutankhamen exhibition. After your tour of the Tut exhibit, be sure to stop by Seventeen Seventeen Restaurant for a wonderful lunch and tea from The Cultured Cup.
And please stop by the restaurant every third Friday evening for Late Nights at The DMA, where Kyle will give presentations about tea from around the world paired with Chef Jason's worldly cuisine!
10/2008
Best Fancy Teas
The Cultured Cup was recently featured in The Dallas Observer's Best of Dallas issue:
"We know folks around here prefer their tea heavily sweetened and over ice. And we will never refuse a tall glass of sweet tea on a muggy summer day. But at home, away from judgmental Texas eyes, we love to fill our Bodum tea press with a delicious hot tea—one of our favorites is Thé Rouge au Sahara from Mariage Frères, a rooibos-based herbal blend with mint and rose petals. Yes, we are fancy. And fortunately, The Cultured Cup has a wide selection of Mariage Frères teas to satisfy all our snooty desires. Not sure what kind of tea you like? They are glad to make suggestions, and the tea "bar" offers gotta-have-it-now tasting opportunities. To indulge your sweet tooth, Cultured Cup offers fresh Belgian candies from Leonidas (we love the fruit-shaped "jellies") and drinking chocolate fit for a queen (seriously)."
10/2008
The Cultured Cup in Modern Luxury Dallas
Modern Luxury Dallas swung by The Cup to take a few pictures for an article about some of the finer restaurant tea programs in The French Room, Screen Door, and our very own tea appearing in Seventeen Seventeen Restaurant:
"Chef Jason Ferraro consults with [Kyle] Stewart much as he would with a sommelier. During the...Tutankhamun exhibit, for example, many of the dishes will reflect North African influences, and service will include suggested tea pairings. 'They will be pairing tea with dishes, like wine,' says Stewart,...adding the concept 'goes way beyond what the British tea ceremony is all about.'
The tea bar will be like an open kitchen where tea is brewed to order. That doesn't exclude iced tea, however...He and chef Ferraro collaborated to find the perfect tea to serve iced. They settled on a full-bodied black tea with assertive flavors of Mediterranean fruit and marigold flower that come across as a 'velvety taste' (Bolero).
09/2008
The Cup Dishing Out Gratitude
The Cultured Cup was invited to serve beverages at North Texas Food Bank's Dishing Out Gratitude Ceremony. We highlighted our Iced Bolero and Kyle's own Cold Chocolate Cherry shots made with shaved Belgian Chocolate.
