About Thereabouts / Flavor Purveyor

We are an innovative Atlanta-based tea company who takes great pleasure in the deconstruction and building of flavor profiles, banishing added “flavors” in favor of what inspired flavors in the first place: botanicals themselves discovered by centuries of ancestors foraging the earth. In a sense, we are bringing flavor back to its roots. We’re founded in Asia's rich tea tradition and inspired by the American cocktail and European cafes and spirits. Loose-leaf teas are expertly blended to a subtle and nuanced perfection that rivals wine and craft beers. At the heart of Flavor Purveyor is the marriage of Dustin and Katie Watts. They discovered a mutual love of tea on their first date in Washington, D.C., were inspired by the spice markets of Istanbul on their honeymoon, and started what was originally called K-Teas in Atlanta in their first year of marriage. It originally grew through selling at local Atlanta artist festivals & farmer’s markets. Since then we’ve entered larger markets and wholesaling with a wonderful and growing team of employees. Every day we learn and gain more respect for where tea has traveled over the centuries. We are proud to now be a part of the story of tea, innovating into the new century in a generation of the West that is quickly acquiring a taste for tea.Read their story