World Tea House
Where healing meets heritage.
Born from a military family's tea traditions and reborn through a remarkable recovery journey. Specializing in small batch organic teas from over 20 countries, sourced directly from small farms where the owner studies and harvests annually.
World Tea House
Where healing meets heritage.
Born from a military family's tea traditions and reborn through a remarkable recovery journey. Specializing in small batch organic teas from over 20 countries, sourced directly from small farms where the owner studies and harvests annually.
World Tea House
Where healing meets heritage.
Born from a military family's tea traditions and reborn through a remarkable recovery journey. Specializing in small batch organic teas from over 20 countries, sourced directly from small farms where the owner studies and harvests annually.
Tale of Tea House
From Loss to Leaves Tea healed everything
Growing Up With Tea
Born into a military family's wandering ways,
Traveling the world through childhood days.
Germany's farm for five precious years,
Mother's herbal garden, wisdom in tears.
Growing, harvesting, steeping with care,
Local tea houses everywhere.
Farming lessons learned so young,
Foundation laid, though songs unsung.
A military family's Tea tradition
Phil Holmans grew up in a military family, well-travelled from a young age. His family would frequent local tea houses wherever they were stationed. For five years, they lived on a farm in Germany where his mother grew, harvested, steeped, and created many herbal concoctions. Little did young Phil know, these were his first of many farming lessons ahead. Some of World Tea House's favorite herbal teas today are his mother's cherished recipes, passed down through those formative years on the German farm.
Injury That Changed Everything
Farmer's Market Rebirth
Building global Tea relationships
Surviving Construction, Building Community
Tale of Tea House
From Loss to Leaves Tea healed everything
Growing Up With Tea
Born into a military family's wandering ways,
Traveling the world through childhood days.
Germany's farm for five precious years,
Mother's herbal garden, wisdom in tears.
Growing, harvesting, steeping with care,
Local tea houses everywhere.
Farming lessons learned so young,
Foundation laid, though songs unsung.
A military family's Tea tradition
Phil Holmans grew up in a military family, well-travelled from a young age. His family would frequent local tea houses wherever they were stationed. For five years, they lived on a farm in Germany where his mother grew, harvested, steeped, and created many herbal concoctions. Little did young Phil know, these were his first of many farming lessons ahead. Some of World Tea House's favorite herbal teas today are his mother's cherished recipes, passed down through those formative years on the German farm.
Injury That Changed Everything
Farmer's Market Rebirth
Building global Tea relationships
Surviving Construction, Building Community
Tale of Tea House
From Loss to Leaves Tea healed everything
Growing Up With Tea
Born into a military family's wandering ways,
Traveling the world through childhood days.
Germany's farm for five precious years,
Mother's herbal garden, wisdom in tears.
Growing, harvesting, steeping with care,
Local tea houses everywhere.
Farming lessons learned so young,
Foundation laid, though songs unsung.
A military family's Tea tradition
Phil Holmans grew up in a military family, well-travelled from a young age. His family would frequent local tea houses wherever they were stationed. For five years, they lived on a farm in Germany where his mother grew, harvested, steeped, and created many herbal concoctions. Little did young Phil know, these were his first of many farming lessons ahead. Some of World Tea House's favorite herbal teas today are his mother's cherished recipes, passed down through those formative years on the German farm.
Injury That Changed Everything
Farmer's Market Rebirth
Building global Tea relationships
Surviving Construction, Building Community
Phil's Healing Favorites
Mother's recipes, father's travels
Tali's Masala Chai
Philip's top personal favorite. Made fresh with real chai tea—no artificial flavours or sweeteners, just all-natural goodness. This authentic masala chai can be sweetened to your liking or enjoyed au-natural. Available as a traditional loose leaf tea or as a fresh-made chai latte. The favourite tea of the owner who knows tea better than anyone in Halifax.
Assam TGFOP
TGFOP (Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe). This is another Philip's favorite teas, personally sourced from ethical growers. This premium grade Assam represents the direct trade relationships that define World Tea House—Philip personally selects the growers in Sri Lanka, South Africa, and other regions, ensuring fair compensation and organic practices. A bold, malty black tea that showcases what ethical sourcing tastes like.
Doke Black Fusion
For the tea connoisseur, Philip's other personal favorites is Doke Black Fusion. This tea represents the depth and complexity available when you work directly with small tea growers who prioritize quality over quantity. All teas are available to smell before purchasing, allowing you to select based on your taste preferences and scent. Philip can recommend based on what you describe needing.
Phil's Healing Favorites
Mother's recipes, father's travels
Tali's Masala Chai
Philip's top personal favorite. Made fresh with real chai tea—no artificial flavours or sweeteners, just all-natural goodness. This authentic masala chai can be sweetened to your liking or enjoyed au-natural. Available as a traditional loose leaf tea or as a fresh-made chai latte. The favourite tea of the owner who knows tea better than anyone in Halifax.
Assam TGFOP
TGFOP (Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe). This is another Philip's favorite teas, personally sourced from ethical growers. This premium grade Assam represents the direct trade relationships that define World Tea House—Philip personally selects the growers in Sri Lanka, South Africa, and other regions, ensuring fair compensation and organic practices. A bold, malty black tea that showcases what ethical sourcing tastes like.
Doke Black Fusion
For the tea connoisseur, Philip's other personal favorites is Doke Black Fusion. This tea represents the depth and complexity available when you work directly with small tea growers who prioritize quality over quantity. All teas are available to smell before purchasing, allowing you to select based on your taste preferences and scent. Philip can recommend based on what you describe needing.
Phil's Healing Favorites
Mother's recipes, father's travels
Tali's Masala Chai
Philip's top personal favorite. Made fresh with real chai tea—no artificial flavours or sweeteners, just all-natural goodness. This authentic masala chai can be sweetened to your liking or enjoyed au-natural. Available as a traditional loose leaf tea or as a fresh-made chai latte. The favourite tea of the owner who knows tea better than anyone in Halifax.
Assam TGFOP
TGFOP (Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe). This is another Philip's favorite teas, personally sourced from ethical growers. This premium grade Assam represents the direct trade relationships that define World Tea House—Philip personally selects the growers in Sri Lanka, South Africa, and other regions, ensuring fair compensation and organic practices. A bold, malty black tea that showcases what ethical sourcing tastes like.
Doke Black Fusion
For the tea connoisseur, Philip's other personal favorites is Doke Black Fusion. This tea represents the depth and complexity available when you work directly with small tea growers who prioritize quality over quantity. All teas are available to smell before purchasing, allowing you to select based on your taste preferences and scent. Philip can recommend based on what you describe needing.
A World of Tea
Small batch craft blends
Assam Royal Tippy
Pumpkin Spice Chai
Kukicha Twig Tea
Sencha Mint
Butterfly Pea Flower
Rosehips and Hibiscus
Wuyi Oolong
Spiced Rooibos
Fruit Berry Blend
Blueberry Guava White
A World of Tea
Small batch craft blends
Assam Royal Tippy
Pumpkin Spice Chai
Kukicha Twig Tea
Sencha Mint
Butterfly Pea Flower
Rosehips and Hibiscus
Wuyi Oolong
Spiced Rooibos
Fruit Berry Blend
Blueberry Guava White
A World of Tea
Small batch craft blends
Assam Royal Tippy
Pumpkin Spice Chai
Kukicha Twig Tea
Sencha Mint
Butterfly Pea Flower
Rosehips and Hibiscus
Wuyi Oolong
Spiced Rooibos
Fruit Berry Blend
Blueberry Guava White
Meet the Founder
Philip Holmans
Turned childhood tea traditions and personal recovery into a mission of sharing tea's power.
Phil Holmans' relationship with tea began on a German farm where his mother taught him about herbs, and continued through tea houses his military family visited worldwide. After 15 years as an accountant, a life-altering injury forced him to relearn everything—including how to read, which he did through studying tea.
What makes Phil unique is how he combines multiple knowledge bases: childhood farming lessons, corporate business experience, years of rehabilitation research into tea's properties, and annual hands-on study at farms in India and Japan. He's not just a retailer—he's a farmer's son, a recovering patient, and a dedicated student who personally visits over 20 countries to source small batch organic teas.
His mother's cherished recipes still appear in World Tea House's herbal collection. His favorite teas—Tali's Masala Chai, Assam TGFOP, Doke Black Fusion, and Puerh Shucha—reflect both his learned expertise and his personal healing journey. Phil makes complex tea knowledge accessible because he remembers what it's like to start from zero.
Meet the Founder
Philip Holmans
Turned childhood tea traditions and personal recovery into a mission of sharing tea's power.
Phil Holmans' relationship with tea began on a German farm where his mother taught him about herbs, and continued through tea houses his military family visited worldwide. After 15 years as an accountant, a life-altering injury forced him to relearn everything—including how to read, which he did through studying tea.
What makes Phil unique is how he combines multiple knowledge bases: childhood farming lessons, corporate business experience, years of rehabilitation research into tea's properties, and annual hands-on study at farms in India and Japan. He's not just a retailer—he's a farmer's son, a recovering patient, and a dedicated student who personally visits over 20 countries to source small batch organic teas.
His mother's cherished recipes still appear in World Tea House's herbal collection. His favorite teas—Tali's Masala Chai, Assam TGFOP, Doke Black Fusion, and Puerh Shucha—reflect both his learned expertise and his personal healing journey. Phil makes complex tea knowledge accessible because he remembers what it's like to start from zero.
Meet the Founder
Philip Holmans
Turned childhood tea traditions and personal recovery into a mission of sharing tea's power.
Phil Holmans' relationship with tea began on a German farm where his mother taught him about herbs, and continued through tea houses his military family visited worldwide. After 15 years as an accountant, a life-altering injury forced him to relearn everything—including how to read, which he did through studying tea.
What makes Phil unique is how he combines multiple knowledge bases: childhood farming lessons, corporate business experience, years of rehabilitation research into tea's properties, and annual hands-on study at farms in India and Japan. He's not just a retailer—he's a farmer's son, a recovering patient, and a dedicated student who personally visits over 20 countries to source small batch organic teas.
His mother's cherished recipes still appear in World Tea House's herbal collection. His favorite teas—Tali's Masala Chai, Assam TGFOP, Doke Black Fusion, and Puerh Shucha—reflect both his learned expertise and his personal healing journey. Phil makes complex tea knowledge accessible because he remembers what it's like to start from zero.
To everyone who believes in second chances,
Tea saved my life. Not metaphorically—literally.
After my brain and spinal cord injury, I couldn't walk, read, or work. Fifteen years as an accountant vanished in one moment. The rehabilitation was brutal. But I remembered my mother's German farm, her herbal concoctions, the tea houses my military family visited around the world.
I immersed myself in tea research and taught myself to read again. By 2009, I was at a Farmer's Market, talking to customers, rebuilding my brain one conversation at a time. By 2010, World Tea House opened on Argyle Street.
When construction threatened us in 2017—sales down 50%—you showed up. You walked through torn-up streets because you believed in what we're doing here.
Every tea I bring from over 20 countries represents a relationship. I visit farms in India and Japan annually, not as a buyer, but as a student. Every cup connects you to farmers, traditions, healing, and hope. Join our Tea Leaf and Tarot events. Or just come smell the teas and let me help you find what you need.
Tea gave me back my life. Let's discover what it can give you.
With gratitude and healing,
Phil Holmans
A heartfelt Note
To everyone who believes in second chances,
Tea saved my life. Not metaphorically—literally.
After my brain and spinal cord injury, I couldn't walk, read, or work. Fifteen years as an accountant vanished in one moment. The rehabilitation was brutal. But I remembered my mother's German farm, her herbal concoctions, the tea houses my military family visited around the world.
I immersed myself in tea research and taught myself to read again. By 2009, I was at a Farmer's Market, talking to customers, rebuilding my brain one conversation at a time. By 2010, World Tea House opened on Argyle Street.
When construction threatened us in 2017—sales down 50%—you showed up. You walked through torn-up streets because you believed in what we're doing here.
Every tea I bring from over 20 countries represents a relationship. I visit farms in India and Japan annually, not as a buyer, but as a student. Every cup connects you to farmers, traditions, healing, and hope. Join our Tea Leaf and Tarot events. Or just come smell the teas and let me help you find what you need.
Tea gave me back my life. Let's discover what it can give you.
With gratitude and healing,
Phil Holmans
A heartfelt Note
To everyone who believes in second chances,
Tea saved my life. Not metaphorically—literally.
After my brain and spinal cord injury, I couldn't walk, read, or work. Fifteen years as an accountant vanished in one moment. The rehabilitation was brutal. But I remembered my mother's German farm, her herbal concoctions, the tea houses my military family visited around the world.
I immersed myself in tea research and taught myself to read again. By 2009, I was at a Farmer's Market, talking to customers, rebuilding my brain one conversation at a time. By 2010, World Tea House opened on Argyle Street.
When construction threatened us in 2017—sales down 50%—you showed up. You walked through torn-up streets because you believed in what we're doing here.
Every tea I bring from over 20 countries represents a relationship. I visit farms in India and Japan annually, not as a buyer, but as a student. Every cup connects you to farmers, traditions, healing, and hope. Join our Tea Leaf and Tarot events. Or just come smell the teas and let me help you find what you need.
Tea gave me back my life. Let's discover what it can give you.
With gratitude and healing,
Phil Holmans
A heartfelt Note
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