Celestial Seasonings Tour and Tea Shop

I was refused water in the tasting area. A place that gives away free water made into tea wouldn’t give me water. While surrounded by families with children from all over the country college age pony tail girl tells me I need to use the drinking fountain… 2 issues here. First the lady who was helped directly before me asked for and received a water… and second I have been in before and was graciously given a water upon request. Not cool power trip pony tail girl, you denied a fellow human a basic need.

Loved learning about the history of the company. Tasting the yummy teas and learning about the way they do business. Gift shop is so cute. Love the fast lane, especially since I won’t drink coffee!

I loved the tour and it was fun and educational although it is not for those sensitive to strong scent. My 11 year old couldn’t take it and had to be flee the tour before it ended.

We had a great tour here. This place smells awesome and I especially loved the mint room. Seeing all the herbs and how they blend everything was interesting. Tea samples and whimsical art.

Ok. Where do I start.
Free tea sampling of over 100 flavors. Adorable lounge café featuring some incredibly creative artwork and teapots. Gift shop that have things you would actually buy, like tea at very reasonable prices.
Factory tour every hour — watch a cute feel-​good video, suit up in hairnets and beardnets (if applicable), and walk into an impressive vault of SMELLS. So many smells… but nothing beats the mint room. Wowee!
Our tour guide was so wonderful. I laughed, I learned, and I loved. So many fun stories of university student protests, catnip tea, and the adventures of Charlie the masterblender.
The factory is so efficient being so small and the only one supporting every customer around the world. The company has a lot of great values that puts people, planet and profit in the right focus. I think I will start buying from them more.

Was fun and free. Doesn’t get much better than that. Got to try any flavor of tea I wanted. Can’t remember how many I tried but between my boyfriend and I it was a lot Lol.
Tour was fun and informative but they tried really hard to be funny. Was like was amateur comedy night.
Ended up spending $ 60 in the gift shop but it was nice to have all that tea in one place.

This was a surprisingly fun stop during our Boulder/​Denver trip. You walk in to the tea tasting area and are presented with 10+ types of tea for your enjoyment as you wait for your tour. The tour takes about 30 minutes, walks you through their factory, shows you the manufacturing process, lets you sit in a room of the strongest peppermint smell you will ever smell, and then ends in the gift shop.
The tour and tasting are both free, and they also offer some snacks if you would like to purchase some as well.
Overall it was a fun experience for the two of us.

Fun and interesting tour. Was cool to learn the history and how they make their teas. Can’t miss the peppermint room. The tea shop is also a can’t miss with lots to choose from.

If you’re in the area, the tour is free and isn’t super time consuming; W and I went in the morning before heading to Denver and it was a nice start to our day!
The lobby has a wide variety of tea samples for you to try out as you wait for the tour to start — if you get there early enough and try enough tea, it might be a good idea to use the bathroom before going on the official tour!
The tour started with a brief video, which I found to be interestingly informative, and it was neat seeing the different tea ware-​house rooms and machinery in the factory. I’ve never really known much about celestial seasonings except from seeing their tea bags at various events, but the tour has given me a newfound respect for their company.

Great place to visit. They have a free plant tour and everything. You can sample some of their latest teas and stop and shop at their tea store, which is much cheaper than the grocery store.
Stop in and try some awesome teas! Take the tour and see how the largest Tea manufacturer in the world works.

Was in Boulder for the holidays and this tour was on my list to see, diffently a busy time of year to go, it was sold out the first day we went but the second day they added extra tours, very nice.
Went to the gift shop before the tour, we had a hour to fill so this was the best place to do it. Lots of tea stuff, if you know your teas this is a gold mine of tea, I don’t drink much tea, but I’m changing that this year, good bye Starbucks.
We enjoyed the tour a lot. I expected more workers but they are there if things go wrong otherwise it’s all machinery, packing all the boxes, which was cool.
The mint room was cool too
All in all we had fun and it was Free

I was enjoying a few beers at Avery Brewing and figured afterwards I’d wander over and do the tea tour. When coming into the tour side I was pleasantly surprised that they had a full tasting room setup. I had always seen all their varieties of teas in the stores, but never really bought any because I didn’t know if I’d like them or not. The tasting room definitely fixed that.
My favorite was the sugar cookie. I didn’t know it was possible to make a tea both smell like baking sugar cookies, while at the same time tasting EXACTLY like one. It was amazing, somewhere there must be a magician in the back enchanting a tea bag, because it tasted like they had put a whole cookie in there. The apple cinnamon was pretty good as well, and of course there’s their herbal teas that are tasty and fruit filled.
The tour was really cool as well. They give you a «Tea-​kit» (get it, like ticket) that has 4 tea bags in it, and that’s your pass to go on the tour. It starts out with the history video, and then you put on a hairnet, and it’s off to the production floor. Their operation is pretty impressive, I didn’t realize the size and complexity in mixing teas until taking the tour. Their manufacturing floor is completely automated and very efficient, cranking out a lot of tea, extremely quickly. It’s impressive that they’re able to service an international market from that one facility in Boulder.
And the peppermint room. Ah, I don’t even understand how people can’t stay in there for 30 seconds, because I could live in there. It smells amazing. They sell «Survived the Peppermint Room» T-​Shirt, what they really need are «Tried to move my apartment into the Peppermint Room and got kicked out by security» T-​Shirt. (Note: I did not actually try to move into the Peppermint Room, but the thought definitely crossed my mind)

The Mint Room was so minty your eyes will burn. It smells amazing in there. Plus, you can fart and no one will be able to smell it.
The video during the tour is a bit outdated but the people that work there are very friendly.
The 50% off clearance section of tea is pretty awesome. The «Fast Lane» is a must and only sold at the factory gift store. It has more caffeine than coffee. Definitely worth checking out.

Before we left from our day trip to Boulder, we decided to pop over to the Celestial Seasonings Tour and Tea Shop. I’ve visited coffee plantations, wineries, and breweries before, but never a tea factory! It was definitely worth the cost (free) and was a great experience for our moms, too. :)
Tours are on the hour, and I recommend getting there a little early (30 minutes is probably good) because while you’re waiting for your tour to begin, they have about 10 teas (hot and cold) for you to sample. The tour was very interesting and the scents throughout the factory were heavenly (er, celestial). You even get a complimentary hairnet. And, if you have facial hair, you’ll also be the lucky recipient of a beardnet as well!
The peppermint room was probably my favorite, even though my eyes watered a little. They have to keep the peppermint separated from everything else because it’s SO strong that it will permeate everything else.
At the end of the tour (like at a Disney attraction), you exit through the gift shop. They had tea, tea products, and many other products that the company makes and sells (outside of tea) at very reasonable prices (better than grocery stores). We were fortunate enough to visit while Celestial Seasonings was changing their logo, so all of the teas with the old logo on it were half price! I also bought some Alba Botanica Hawaiian shampoo made by their parent company. We went a little crazy in the tea shop with our purchases, but it was nothing compared to some people who were leaving with huge shopping bags full of tea.

I have wanted to take this tour for years and years.
I love the Celestial Seasonings Bear, and I love the tea.
Why did I wait so long!
We took the tour on a Saturday morning, getting up there bright and early, in time for the first tour.
We purchased our tickets, and walked around the lobby area, where you can sip try various teas. Yummy! They also have artwork/​pictures around the area, that will take you down memory lane, many of which you will remember growing up.
The tour starts with a short video, and then you are lead into the factory. I always knew it was, or would be a big setup, and it was. I was very impressed! The tour is about 40 — 45 minutes, and you are shown some of the ins and outs of the factory. The room I liked the most, was the mint room. The aroma is wonderful! I didn’t want to leave! Talk about cleaning out your sinuses! It was absolutely wonderful!
The tour ends at the gift shop, where you will, of course, make some purchases, which we did. There are teas, tea pots, cups, as well as so many other wonderful things! We were quite please when we left with our purchases.
Cheers Celestial Seasonings!
I’m raising my teacup to you!

I’ve been to the tea house at least 4 times in the past two months. It seriously is so amazing! You can sample any of the celestial seasonings teas, with the teatenders. The pumpkin tea with some sugar and half and half tastes so extravagant it almost feels like you’re drinking a drink from a coffee shop! The watermelon zinger is also really good.
They offer some baked goods for purchase which are also splendid. I got a warm melty chocolate chip cookie and it was so delicious.
Celestial seasonings also offers a tour of their factory. Keep in mind hair nets are required and you have to be at least 5 to take the tour, but it is very informative and even though I’ve done it 4 times its still interesting!

I want to live here!
I’ve been doing their free tour every year for the past 10yrs. It gets me out of the hustle and bustle of Denver and I enjoy seeing the prairie dogs out and about. The tea samples at the beginning of the tour are great, but I mainly come here to hit the peppermint room. It really opens up your senses. If you’ve never done the tour, then the packaging room should be really interesting. However, by my 3^rd tour, I was over it. The tour ends at the gift shop which is like the mecca of Celestial Seasonings tea. There’s a lot of good deals to be had and I usually stock up on boxes of sleepy time tea each visit.

Great free fun. And unlike many corporate tours, you get to sport a hairnet and actually hit the factory floor. Not the mixing room. That’s off limits. But you do get to see an assortment of automated packaging equipment and ingredient storage. The minimum age for the tour is five.
Free tea tasting while you wait for your tour group. A free tea sample as your admission ticket. You can even keep your hairnet as a souvenir if you must. Also check the corporate website for a coupon for a free box of tea (your choice) for tour participants who spend $ 10 at the gift shop. On this day you just needed to know to ask.
Warning. The tour does end at the aforementioned gift shop. This is the only place in the world you can buy hyper-​caffeinated Fast Lane tea (by the box or by the case). Many unique, funny, tasteful… tea accessories. Our «free» tour somehow ran into three digits if you include gift shop purchases and was still well worth it. Don’t forget the catnip infused Tension Tamer. It may help with the rest of your vacation.

As it was raining in Boulder the weekend I visited, what perfect weather for Celestial Seasonings tour! When you arrive, you check in for tour, they give you a tea packet as your ticket for the tour and have tea in the lobby for you to enjoy while you’re waiting for your tour.
The best part of the tour if you’re a peppermint fan as I am is the Peppermint Room, the smell is amazing!!!
All of the employees are very friendly, welcoming and proud to be a member of the Celestial Seasonings team. Stop by & enjoy the tour while you’re in Boulder — they produce over 80 varieties of tea!

A tea addict asked me to go along, and it was surprisingly interesting. For starters, everything about it was very hospitable: they give samples of literally any tea you want while you wait. And it’s all free! The folks working there could not have been nicer.
After a 9 or so minute video/​history/​branding exercise in a little theater, you put on a playfully embarrassing hair net and head into the facility. It’s what you think an automated warehouse/​factory would look like on the inside, except it smells totally amazing. The cut lemongrass dominates everything, and the little room where they store the mint is a uniquely intense experience that is enjoyably hard to describe.
In one of the storage rooms, there was a map of the world marking countries from which the company sources tea. That a brand which embraces its flower child image would proudly display a partial who’s who of corrupt non-​democracies humming along on graft was a distractingly delicious irony. I get that international businesses have to operate in less-​than-​perfect countries. That’s fine; they all are. But woof, these were some strikes.
Guatemala is basically ground zero for violent cartel domination and trafficking, both narcotic and human. I imagine Sri Lanka would have been a hard place to do business in the last three decades without partnering with someone at least indirectly connected to some form of ethnic violence. The Indonesian government, if you want to call it that, has a wince-​inducing human rights record. Poor Burundi has a president who unsurprisingly feels uncompelled to step down now that his term is over, and is violently repressing an uprising in the capitol right now from the attempted coup to remove him last week.
There were others but you get the idea. It lead to a whole internal dialogue that lasted me the rest of the tour. Who is protecting the product and delivery on the ground and how? Is bribery tax-​deductible? Is there a corporate tea Indiana Jones type fixer whose job it is to go in and reconnect with whichever faction controls the farms after each period of strife? Are you accepting applications? Because that would be a fun-​to-​read job description.
I quietly asked after the tour what happens when they have (what I would imagine would be frequent) unrest-​related interruptions in supply. I sort of expected a disingenuously optimistic spiel on how they see their farmers through the hard times by gosh, through which we could smile and nod along with everybody’s dissonance intact. Nope. The tour guide said very matter-​of-​factly that they source many ingredients from multiple countries, diversifying their risk. I guess it makes sense that you have three countries you’re working with, one is usually productive even if the others are going through something atrocious. How morbidly astute.
Well, tea hippies, you have really grown up. But sometimes growth isn’t.