Before he died, Steven Smith — the co-founder of Stash tea and founder of Tazo — thought Smith Teamaker would develop a food program. His namesake brand was his passion project, developed after he sold Tazo to Starbucks and intended to retire. Smith died of liver cancer in 2015; years later, chef Karl Holl started making food for Smith events, incorporating the shop’s various teas. “We’ve always wanted to do a food component,” Holl says. “I try to think about how we build a tea when we’re building a dish; it’s a lot of the same characteristics.”
Smith has a long history of collaborating with chefs — designing a
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