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Monday 10am - 4pm Tuesday 10am - 4pm Wednesday 10am - 4pm Thursday 10am - 4pm Friday 10am - 4pm

Extra Special Teas

Community tea house where diversity, creativity, goodwill, & purpose come together for savory moment We brew belonging and you can too.

We’re a vibrant, eclectic tea house in the beautiful Berkshires of Massachusetts. We explore new possibilities to experience tea...and we want to share all we discover with the world! ExtraSpecialTeas is a teahouse - actually two tea houses - that employs young adults with disabilities that includes an Employment & Community-based Day Program offering unique opportunities for vocational training in a retail teahouse open to the public. Traditional employment service agencies turn away a percentage of otherwise qualified employees because they cannot meet certain daily living (ADLs) criteria. Some disabled adults find it difficult to have a place in society once they leave school. Some may get jobs working in laundry, lawn care, grocery or fast food businesses, but most simply remain at Day Habilitation Programs, receiving no vocational training or continued growth opportunities of any kind and with little, if any, exposure or integration with mainstream culture. Come visit, eat, drink and enjoy our two locations:

ExtraSpecialTeas Great Barrington
2 Elm Street
Great Barrington, MA 01230
413-645-3247

ExtraSpecialTeas Housatonic
226 Pleasant Street
Housatonic, MA 01236
413-274-5059

12/31/2025

Happy New Year, friends! We'll see you in 2026!

12/31/2025

If you haven't donated yet this year, we welcome your gift! Every dollar beyond our original goal will be used intentionally to deepen our impact and respond to growing demand. Thank you for believing in our work and standing with us. We are honored to have you as part of the ExtraSpecialTeas communitea.

Donate today! https://buff.ly/6PJw5tS

12/30/2025

It's that weird week between Christmas and New Year's but we're open 10am - 4pm today and tomorrow. Come have a cup of tea and

2 Elm Street, Great Barrington
226 Pleasant Street, Housatonic

12/24/2025

Joy, peace and belonging to all.

12/23/2025

⭐️ Alex always brings good vibes to work. Along with that, he's reliable, helpful and kind. Share an ExtraSpecial comment to congratulation him. ⭐️

12/22/2025

It’s not too late to get your holiday shop on! 🩷 Think pink with our new dusty pink Love hoodie, products, In Full Bloom loose-leaf tea (made in honor of our founder Cherri Sanes) + more! Stores in Great Barrington + Housatonic, Massachusetts. Teas available online ExtraSpecialTeas.org. 🔗 in bio.

12/22/2025

It's not too late to shop for thoughtful gifts made with heart. Shop, sip and in our Great Barrington + Housatonic teahouses.

12/18/2025

Friends! We're still raising funds for our new van. 💙🚐 💜🫖 We're over half way to our $20,000 goal (we raised $40,000 last year!) and need your help. Please consider a donation before the end of the year and

Learn more and donate here: https://buff.ly/dUvMsiH

Thank you!

12/16/2025

🩷 NEW! 🩷 This hoodie is dust pink and proud of it! Available in-store only. Shop at one of our teahouses today! And don't forget to pick up some tea and possibility!

12/14/2025

A warm ☕️ of festivity + a crackling 🔥 = a cozy + wondrous Berkshire Holiday moment! Festive fields is a tea-licious black tea with a vibrant cinnamon taste. Ingredients: black tea, apple, cinnamon, licorice root, honeybush, rosehips, clove, orange peel, elderberries, natural hot cinnamon flavor.

📱 Shop online: https://buff.ly/DcUVJOH
Or shop at our teahouses!
📍2 Elm Street, Great Barrington, Mass.
📍226 Pleasant Street, Housatonic, Mass.

12/13/2025

💥 Happening Now!📗 Author Craig Thomas (with his son Elliot) is here to sign copies of “That’s Not How It Happened,” a funny and heartfelt novel about a family turned upside down. ✨Inspired by 💙🫖💜ExtraSpecialTeas!

Buy a book (to benefit EST) have Craig sign it + !

We’re open today until 6:30pm for the Holiday Shop, Sup and Stroll. Get some tea and !

Also in photo — Jen Abbott, Executive Director, and Cherri Sanes, Founder.

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2 Elm Street
Great Barrington, MA
01230

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 4pm
Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+14136453247

Website

http://www.extraspecialteas.org/, https://www.youtube.com/@extraspecialteas

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Our ExtraSpecial Story

We believe that the future belongs to everyone belonging.

ExtraSpecialTeas is a visionary non-profit teahouse. We employ young adults with intellectual and developmental differences who have aged out of school and who are otherwise not employable. We offer a therapeutic vocational day program so that each participant can learn, grow and work in the way that best meets his or her needs. Our teahouse is a safe haven for others with special needs & their families.

ExtraSpecialTeas visitors explore, sample and enjoy our more than 50 teas from all over the world within our charming, colorful and convenient Downtown Great Barrington location. Whether you’re a traditional ‘hot pot of tea’ afficionado, an avid iced tea lover or bubble tea fanatic, we have the tea that will become your absolute favorite. We carry Tiesta Tea, Six Depot Coffee Roasters tea and coffee, and Little Red Cup Tea Co tea.

We also bake our own delicious, all natural, gluten free, vegan and Paleo-friendly treats, including signature shortbreads and ExtraSpecialPower Bars featuring an assorted variety of unique teas baked right in. The teahouse is filled with quirky and unique gifts – ranging from participant made tea infused ‘EST Bath Brews,’ soaps and candles to funky bags and practical tea travel mugs.