Argo Tea opened its first café in 2003 and now has over 20 outlets in Chicago, St. Louis, Boston and New York City VSA Partners. By TIME Staff. October 6, 2011 4:21 PM EDT.

When Starbucks bought Teavana for $620 million in 2012, some experts predicted trouble for Chicago-based Argo Tea. But in July, Starbucks announced it would close all 379 Teavana locations.

A decade after it opened, Argo Tea's inaugural store is at a crossroads, much like its parent company. The lease expires soon at the Lincoln Park storefront, and founder and CEO Arsen Avakian's ...

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Caribou Coffee invested in Argo Tea in 2016 and began opening tri-branded stores with Einstein Bros. Bagels. Then in January 2020, Golden Fleece Beverages paid $1.6 million to buy Argo’s debt ...

Cold-brew coffee is out and cold-brew tea is in, if Argo Tea has its way.On Thursday, all of the company’s Chicago tea cafes will give away free cups of cold-brew tea, hoping to introduce ...

A healthy dining franchise is in talks with the city to open a restaurant in the space where Argo Tea was formerly located. Freshii, which will open at 1596 Sherman Ave., announced its plans to ...

Cappuccino, Frappuccino…Teapuccino? If the owners of Argo Tea have their way, people across the United States will soon be turning to the tea leaf, rather than the coffee bean, to help get them ...

Sam Zell, Glen Tullman and Oxford Capital are among the investors funding the first foray outside Chicago by Mr. Avakian's Argo Tea. He is set to open his fourth cafe this year in New York on ...