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Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory – Boulder

Serving 1.6 billion cups of tea per year, Celestial Seasonings is North America’s biggest manufacturer of herbal teas. Their tea factory is located in the Gunbarrel neighborhood of Northeast Boulder. The company, established more than 40 years ago, has only one mission:

to provide delicious, high-quality teas that are good for their customers and good for the world.

Celestial Seasonings is a world-famous tea factory, with free factory tours throughout the year. The Tea Shop has every flavor of tea they make, plus plenty of Celestial swag. On-site dining is available for breakfast and lunch at the Celestial Cafe. Enjoy light, nutritious home-cooked meals.

Natural Tea produced in Boulder

The iconic Sleepytime Tea Bear had very humble beginnings. Back in 1969, a visionary group of herb-knowledgeable entrepreneurs started blending natural herbs in a small Boulder barn. Like-minded people Mo Siegel, John Hay, Peggy Clute, and a few more others, started gathering herbs in the Boulder mountains to make their very first blend of tea.

It was also in the succeeding years that the herbal tea category was defined when they started selling herbal teas in hand-sewn muslin bags. The company’s name was inspired by one of its co-founders, named Lucinda Ziesings. All their ingredients were sourced from the area’s forests and fields.

This calming blend of hand-harvested chamomile, spearmint, and lemongrass was sold in 1969 through local health food stores. Today it boasts its own Wellness line of eight different Sleepytime varieties.

Helping the Whole World Unwind!

The idealistic founders of Celestial Seasonings were determined to find success, but not at the expense of peaceful and harmonious coexistence with the planet. Forty-five years later, the singular shared vision sustains one of the largest specialty tea manufacturers in North America, serving 1.6 billion-plus cups of tea annually, crafted from more than 100 different ingredients from over 35 countries.

Factory Tours on Sleepytime Drive

Celestial Seasonings offers free 45-minute factory tours that run every hour and comprise of a short video introduction and a 30-minute long walking tour throughout the factory. Complimentary guided tours take you into the working factory, multiple times every day. Every visitor gets the chance to see the behind-the-scenes, everything from making teas to packaging them.

Go on the weekdays to view the factory while the workers are busiest. If you catch it on a weekday you’ll see the factory in operation, blending, packaging, and shipping products. Tours are first-come, first-served for walk-in guests with reservations required for any non-family group of 8 or more.

See how everything comes together, from fresh ingredients to finished tea. Children 5 and up are allowed to tour the factory. All ages are welcome in the Tour Center.

All teas are available for tasting at the sampling bar and visitors are always welcome to stop in and try new blends without touring the facility. While on the property, enjoy a meal and some great art at the Celestial Café, open for breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday.

Other onsite attractions such as their Mint Room, Celestial Herb Garden, and Tea Shop are also open for daily tours. The Celestial Café, located in East Boulder’s Gunbarrel neighborhood, offers hearty breakfast and lunch meals and many beautiful works of art.

Specialty Seasonings – Popular Products

Aside from the USA and Canada, their teas are sold in many countries via their international distributors.

Furthermore, the flavors can be floral, fruity, minty, rich & earthy, spicy, or sweet. Their teas are sold in various forms, like bag, bottled, concentrate, and k-cup, while also being marketed to satisfy different moods:

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2014 brought the launch of Organic, Fair Trade Certified™ Estate Teas sold exclusively at Whole Foods Market®. Hand-selected tea leaves are sourced from some of the world’s finest tea gardens in Rwanda, China, and India.

Celestial Sustainability

Blending for a purpose, the Celestial Seasonings also gives back to the community by helping different charities and organizations based in Colorado, as well as around the world. Corporate social responsibility remains the foundational core of the Celestial Seasonings mission:

Doing business the right way by combining high-quality, sustainably produced products with responsible global citizenship.

These ideals are evidenced in the natural fiber, biodegradable, compostable, chlorine-free tea bags that deliberately lack strings, tags, staples, and individual wrappers. Tea boxes use 100% recycled paperboard, including 35% post-consumer waste.

The company’s botanicals purchasers deal directly with the farmers and communities that grow the products, allowing for the highest-quality ingredients while simultaneously providing economic benefits that remain within the communities. Many of the farming partners have supplied Celestial Seasonings for decades, operating in accordance with sustainable agricultural practices.

The Artist Behind the Box Art

We think our boxes are just as important as the goodness they hold, so we’ve always created beautiful packaging adorned with commissioned works of art and thoughtful, inspiring words.

If you have always wondered whom to thank for the beautiful eye candy featured on the vibrant tea boxes all these years, much of the gratitude goes to artist Jerry LoFaro. From his enduring relationship with Celestial Seasonings Tea, LoFaro created images for over 50 tea boxes, products, and tins .

Now that the holidays are nearly over for another year, put on the new slippers, snuggle in, and soothe your overworked nerves with Boulder’s most beloved sleepy bear.

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Join us here in the beautiful foothills of Boulder, CO for a factory tour. From raw ingredients to finished products, you’ll learn all about the wonderful world of tea and see how our wholesome products are blended, packaged and shipped. You'll never look at tea the same way again! Our tour is $5 per person and takes 45 minutes to complete. After a short introduction in our theater, visitors enjoy a walking tour through our tea factory. Please see their website for important information about wheelchair accessibility, minimum age requirements, and tour restrictions. While you’re here, be sure to visit our Tea Shop, featuring Celestial Seasonings teas and gifts plus healthful foods and personal care products from the Hain Celestial family of brands. Details at https://celestialseasonings.com/pages/tea-tour

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Afterward, visit a tea sampling bar with more than 100 kinds of tea.

Do note that children must be age 5 or older to participate in the factory tour. Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult.

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Wheelchairs and walkers are welcome on the tour. Courtesy wheelchairs are available on a first come, first served basis.

Hairnets and beard nets (if applicable) are required to be worn at all times while in the factory and will be provided

Children under 5 years of age are not allowed on the factory tour

Children under 15 years of age must be accompanied by an adult

Service animals are not allowed in the factory

Outside food and beverages including candy, gum, and glass containers are not allowed on the factory floor

Photography/Video are not allowed on the factory tour

Personal items allowed on the factory portion of the tour are limited to a small bag such as a handbag or fanny pack and outerwear such as coats, vests, and sweaters.

Tours run year-round (except holidays) and depart hourly Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday.

4600 Sleepytime Dr., Boulder, 303-581-1484.

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Celestial Seasonings© teas are an invitation to taste a world of flavor in every box. From relaxing herbal teas to energizing black teas and green teas to refreshing cold brew iced teas and everything in between, there’s a Celestial blend that’s perfect for any occasion.

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Cold brew iced tea.

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Our mission is to improve people’s lives by providing delicious, beneficial products while maintaining our commitment to our customers, our values and our planet.

We blend our teas using the finest herbs, teas, spices and botanicals available, and we lovingly package them in engaging, thoughtful boxes that truly represent the goodness found inside.

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“ Our tour guide was really engaging and the gift shop was pretty fun to shop around in once the tour ended. ” in 186 reviews

“ I am posting a few pictures before and after the tour, since you aren't allowed to take pictures in the factory . ” in 113 reviews

“ The tour stopped at the Peppermint room to smell the aroma (peppermint is kept separate from the other teas). ” in 81 reviews

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Some recent reviews note that the user went on the Celestial Seasonings tour. However, the website still says the tours are halted. Can someone please clarify? I want to do a tour! 😀

The Celestial Seasonings Tea Tours are reopening on Saturday, August 12th! They have new and different hours than are posted here on Yelp, so I recommend checking their website before you try and visit.

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I was eager to visit this place since it's reopening. I took the $5 tour of the warehouse. I waited in the lobby for the 10am tour while sipping some of the tea samples provided (I really enjoyed the Sleepytime Lavender tea). I walked around the several displays of beautiful art paintings and unique tea pots. The tour ticket was a 2 pack of tea bags to keep (cute idea). The tour guide was friendly and knowledgeable. The tour stopped at the Peppermint room to smell the aroma (peppermint is kept separate from the other teas). The tour finished in the gift shop which had a large variety of tea related items to purchase. Celestial Tea is celebrating their 50th year anniversary and for good reason because their tea is exceptional!

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I came here with two other tea fanatics late afternoon on a Saturday. We were excited to go on the tea tour and sample the teas. Unfortunately, they were all booked for the tea tours and so we couldn't go. An employee told me that although their tours are first come first serve in person registration, they fill up quickly, especially on Saturdays. People come early, check in, and then come back for their tour, there are large groups, or they are just busy. Luckily we could still taste as many teas as we wanted from the tea bar and read about the history of their teas. This was fun and the employees were very kind and knowledgeable about the teas.

My mother & I got to do the Tea Factory tour & it was SO cool. The tour itself is only about 30 minutes after a 7 minute video intro that was entertaining & informative. Very easy parking & the tour itself only costs $5 (but of course we got lost in the tea shop afterwards.) All the staff were extremely friendly & the place is very clean. Super fun activity to do with traveling guests or just on a random off day.

I always love this tour. It is fun to see where they started and how far they have come. The tour guides are always informative, available for questions and sometimes funny. The fact that you can try any of their teas before and after the tour is great too. Gives you a chance to try before you buy. We always try different teas that we are not sure we would just buy without tasting them and then we end up buying a ton of tea in the tea shop afterwards. The shop is so cute and had great stocking stuffers for me this year. If you get a chance to do the tour, I highly recommend it. They charge $5 a person but then you get that $5 off in the tea shop so it basically is free.

If you love tea, this is an absolute must stop if you're in Boulder! They do tours every hour on the hour, and they are first come first serve. We showed up at 1230 and were so lucky we were able to get a spot on the last tour. Especially since we came from Colorado Springs lol. There is a station set up where you can sample all of their teas for free while you look at some of the teas history on the walls. Seriously so much fun! My kids loved trying all the tea, and the employees were so kind to everyone waiting to get their next sample. They all went out of their way with their graciousness. The tour was so much fun. You don't get to see the whole factory for what I can guess is safety reasons, but seeing what you do is so much fun. The mint room smells sooo amazing!

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This was so much fun. You can taste all of the teas and the people who let us try it had great suggestions. A quick pic in the Bears teacup house and we're off on a tour. We went on a day the weren't running the machines but that made it easy to hear the tour. $5 per person but you get a $5 per person in the giftshop. That's 1.5 boxes of tea!

During our visit to Boulder, we visited the Celestial Seasonings factory for a tour and tea tasting because we love love tea. The tours have just reopened and are $5 for about a 30-45 min tour. There's not all that much to see, but for such a small fee, it's kind of a cool thing to see how the tea is processed and get a whiff of their mint room. The tour guides are lovely and very knowledgeable. In the waiting area you can sample all the different types of tea that they have available which is awesome - my favorite is probably the sleepytime lavender and the watermelon iced tea was good too! I had never tried that one before. They have the original artwork for several of their teas in the reception area which is cool to see as well. It's amazing that the history of Celestial Seasonings goes so far back and how far they have come since then. There's a fun tea shop to walk through afterward where you can buy their tea and several other tea related things.

It was a long drive for us to get to Celestial Seasonings. We were really looking forward to the experience of the tea tasting, factory tour, and cafe. They have increased the variety of tea you can sample and they are happy to describe the tea and it's qualities to you. The tour now cost five dollars a person. It is interesting and immersive to take in all the aromas and sights. The tour took about 45 minutes. It was a disappointment not to be able to go into the peppermint room but you can stand near the open door to get the effect. The tour guide was enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Much to our dismay, the cafe is closed and none of the employees seemed to know when it would reopen. We planned to spend a few hours at this site, but with no cafe, we left pretty much after the tour. The gift shop is very cute but pricey. You can buy tea of course and it's a little cheaper than at the grocery stores.

A cute little sitting area.

I've been here multiple times when I was little and now as an adult it has always been a fun, relaxing place to go to. I would definitely check for tour times ahead of time before you go. I wish the store was a little bigger I don't think it's very expensive either. They always have good deals on stuff and have amazing, creative new things. They also have all kinds of teas to test before the tour its very neat and tasteful they provide sugar/other add one for teas as well. It's not far from Boulder so you can definitely go hang out there afterwards it's not hard to find. The staff was very friendly. You mention a Tea and they will go find it for you.Thank you!

In the mood for unlimited tea tasting? Yes, please! A must visit when in the Boulder CO area. Ample parking, friendly staff, and unlimited tea tasting. Only $5 per person to tour, but that $5 goes towards gift shop purchases, just as long as you go over the cost of the ticket. Our party of 5 cost $30, and our $100 gift shop purchases got reduced to $70.

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No wonder everyone in Boulder seems so relaxed: The city is home to North America's largest producer of herbal tea, which packages and sends more than 8 million tea bags every day. Founded in 1969, Celestial Seasonings has since grown to serve more than 1.6 billion cups of tea (including green, red, white and chai varieties) a year to consumers all over the world.

Recent visitors agree that a tour of the Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory is well worth the time, even if you're more of a coffee person. You'll get the chance to see the entire packaging process, not to mention the Celestial Herb Garden and the popular Mint Room, where the company stores giant bags of spearmint and peppermint tea. (Recent travelers delighted in the chance to see how long they can bear the powerful aromas before they need to step out for some fresh air.) Plus, you'll have the opportunity to sample some of the factory's best-sellers. If you're not already sold, keep in mind that the tour (and the tastings) is completely free.

Located in northeast Boulder –  adjacent to the Leanin' Tree Museum of Western Art   – the Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory welcomes tea lovers every day (hours vary depending on the day) with 45-minute tours running every hour on the hour between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. (between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Sundays). You can also simply pop in for a complimentary taste anytime between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturdays, and 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, check out the factory's website .

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Visitors issued a tea bag as a ticket, see the actual tea operations, and learn about the safety cordon surrounding the peppermint room. Tours still suspended due to Covid.

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We visited here today and totally loved it! The tour is free, and you can sample as much tea as you want! My favorite part was how amazing everything smelled. Every few feet you would smell another herb or plant used in their teas.

They had a special room with just tea leaves (so that the leaves wouldn't soak up the scents of the herbal infusions), and they had a peppermint room.

This place was spectacular. I loved every moment of it -- from the "tea-ket" ticket, to the mint room, to seeing the machinery. They have a great gift shop too. Definitely worth going out of your way to visit.

You walk right through the working factory while they are making teas and filling boxes. You also get to go into the "peppermint room," which remains sealed off so that the strong peppermint does not contaminate all other teas in the facility! It's a fun tour and the gift shop is great!

Wonder if the peppermint containment breach alarms ever go off....

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Local news | defendant in coal creek triple homicide case takes plea deal, sentenced to 42 years in prison, local news | celestial seasonings tours, gift shop reopen saturday to the public.

Celestial Seasonings is restarting its popular tours — though they will no longer be free — and reopening its gift shop to the public after a closure that stretched more than three years.

“We are so ready,” said Celestial Seasonings General Manager Tim Collins. “This is the heart of the campus. Having consumers here is so energizing for us. It gives us such pride that people are excited to see what we do. This is such a happy day.”

Celestial Seasonings, located on Sleepytime Drive in a Gunbarrel neighborhood, stopped offering tours in March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The gift shop and cafe also were closed to the public. The cafe’s closure will continue, for now.

In preparation for the reopening, the company held a ribbon cutting and tour on Friday for a small group that included former blendmaster Charlie Baden, who retired after 47 years at Celestial Seasonings. He tasted ingredients prior to purchase and when they arrived, as well as sampling the blends and then “every single batch of tea.”

Baden is featured in the new pre-tour video, which includes photos from the company’s homegrown start in the 1970s as a cottage business selling herbal teas. Baden, who joined the company in 1975, remembers the early years working with a small, close knit group that included a cook to serve daily lunches.

“We were all a happy family,” he said. “We ate lunch together every day. It was all mostly curried, vegetarian and good for you.”

As someone who makes regular visits to his old workplace, he said, he’s been “pestering” Celestial Seasonings leadership to reopen.

“When you visit Boulder, you go to Pearl Street Mall, you come to Celestial Seasonings and you hike Chautauqua,” he said. “This is a cool place.”

Leading Friday’s tour was Debbie Smith, who was close to her 13th anniversary as a guide when the pandemic hit. She worked briefly in the factory before deciding to retire, but agreed to return to her previous tour guide position. About 20 staff members so far have been hired to lead tours and staff the gift shop, many of them returning to the jobs they held pre-pandemic.

“I was delighted to be asked back,” Smith said. “You meet people from all over the world. People love our tea.”

As Smith led guests through the factory, she explained that the tea leaves, Camellia sinensis, for the caffeinated flavors are kept separate because they’re like sponges, absorbing other flavors. The mint, on the other hand, is stored in its own room because it overpowers everything near it.

“Peppermint is isolated because it likes to share,” she said.

Getting hit by a wave of mint’s menthol scent when the garage door to the mint room opens is one of the more memorable parts of the tour. The scent is so strong, it’s the only ingredient that’s bought already cleaned, sifted and cut to avoid having everything else that’s milled on the equipment acquire a minty taste.

Pallets of other fragrant ingredients, such as hibiscus, Nigerian ginger and black pepper, are stacked in pallets on the way to the packaging room. The packaging room includes three robotic “palletizers,” plus machines to seal the tea bags, pack them in boxes, add overwrap and pack them in cases. The overwrap, Smith noted, is soon-to-be discontinued to reduce plastic waste. The majority of the tea already is packed in “pillow” tea bags without strings or labels to reduce waste.

The first-come-first-served tea factory tours will be $5 a person and take about 45 minutes, according to the website. Guests are invited to start with a visit to the Tea Bar for complimentary samples of the company’s 100-plus tea varieties, then end with a visit to the gift shop.

Tours are available during business hours, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Celestial Seasonings is closed Sundays and Mondays. Children under 5 are not allowed on the factory tour, while those under 15 must be accompanied by an adult.

Celestial Seasonings, which started in Boulder in 1969, merged with the Hain Food Group to become The Hain Celestial Group in 2000.

For more information on tours, go to celestialseasonings.com .

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Boulder’s Celestial Seasonings is restarting its popular tea factory tours — though they will no longer be free — and reopening its gift shop to the public starting Aug. 12, according to a message on the company’s website .

Celestial Seasonings, located on Sleepytime Drive in a Gunbarrel neighborhood, stopped offering tours in March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The gift shop and cafe also were closed to the public. It appears the cafe’s closure will continue.

The first-come-first-served tours will be $5 a person and take about 45 minutes, according to the website. Guests also are invited to visit the Tea Bar for complimentary samples of the company’s 100-plus tea varieties.

Tours are available during business hours, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Celestial Seasonings is closed Sundays and Mondays. Children under 5  are not allowed on the factory tour, while those under 15 must be accompanied by an adult.

Celestial Seasonings, which started in Boulder in 1969, merged with the Hain Food Group to become The Hain Celestial Group in 2000.

For more information, go to celestialseasonings.com.

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