From humble beginnings, the Art of Tea began selling just 12 different varieties of tea at Salamanca Market, in Hobart, Tasmania every Saturday. The business quickly grew, as locals and people travelling from all over Australia and beyond were keen to enjoy quality loose leaf tea.

As The Art of Tea began at Salamanca Market, our best selling flavoured green tea is named after this famous Market.

In 2007 whilst on maternity leave, Samantha Brown purchased the Art of Tea stall at Salamanca Market and her love of leaf tea, the Market, and being able to make a real difference to people’s health and wellbeing began. This was indeed the perfect brew for Samantha, all whilst managing a young baby!

Our core business values are Caring, Being Genuine, Relationships, Health and Making a Difference. In 2017 The Art of Tea sponsored the LGBTIQA+ International Tennis Tournament at the Hobart Tennis Centre.

We created a blend as a gift to the players, at the time named "LGBTea". After the marriage equality vote, we renamed the blend "Rainbow Blend" and made it part of our core range of tea.

Our quaint, signature store in the historic suburb of Battery Point offered teas to tourists and locals alike. Sadly the store closed in early 2020 due to COVID

In 2025 we celebrated 25 years of The Art of Tea with 2 Limited Release tea brews and a commemorative spoon.

The Art of Tea now has over 150 tea & herbal varieties available! We have a wide range of the well-loved classic black teas. With best selling breakfast teas, as well as single estate black teas from Sri Lanka, India and also Australia tea growers. Our smokey Lapsang Souchong remains a firm favourite. Our Chai tea selection and flavoured black teas remain popular year in and year out, and our Mount Wellington Tea named after our local mountain Kunanyi is a delightful addition to every pantry.