By Erin Booke
From The Dallas Morning News
DALLAS — Rakkasan Tea Company, a veteran-owned business located in Old East Dallas, is expanding beyond its primary loose-leaf tea mission.
The company was founded in 2017 by Brandon Friedman and Terrence “TK” Kamauf, who served together in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the early 2000s. RTC, which aims to promote peace and economic development in post-conflict countries, offers more than 40 premium loose-leaf teas from places like Vietnam, Laos, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Rwanda and Myanmar.
A sign in the front window announces the opening of Rakkasan Tea’s new brick-and-mortar storefront Friday, April 23, 2021, in Dallas. After gaining an appreciation for tea while serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, Kamauf and fellow US Army veteran Brandon Friedman started Rakkasan Tea in 2017 to sell loose-leaf tea sourced from post-conflict countries. (Jeffrey McWhorter/Dallas Morning News/TNS)
But this month, they’ve added something new: 15-count boxes of biodegradable tea sachets that appeal to the more casual, on-the-go tea drinker. Friedman says the sachets are a new vehicle for growing the company and introducing tea to more Americans.
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