Image courtesy of Julia Bonaventure.
Sojourn Tea Shop in Lafayette, LA
Fitting in like a missing puzzle piece to Downtown Lafayette’s collective of locally-owned businesses, Sojourn Tea Shop opened its doors in March, bringing a selection of loose leaf green, oolong, black, white, and herbal teas and a new, slower-paced hangout to the district. The shop, part tea house and part mercantile, is owned by Julia Bonaventure—whose goal is to introduce Lafayette to the global experience of tea drinking, with an emphasis on slowing down and lingering around the pleasures of good company and artisan goods.
Her timing couldn’t have been much better, with the opening just preceding Festival International de Louisiane on April 22–26—when Sojourn will offer a limited menu of international teas chosen to represent festival performers. sojournteashop.com.
