Company Description
Dubbed by its fans as a "Queer and Hipster Oasis of Tea, Coffee, and Pastry Goodness," Teatotaller is a cafe, bakery, restaurant, and performance venue For Everyone.
Teatotaller’s first shop opened in southern NH in 2011 and has made waves as a destination for inspired plates and hand-crafted beverages, as well as all-ages programming, community gatherings, and activism.
Teatotaller just secured a first floor space in the heart of downtown Concord NH. The new space is 30% larger than current Teatotaller and will allow for more events and bookings.
Added kitchen and production facility will enable Teatotaller to scale its eCommerce, retail, and wholesale baking operation - while taking advantage of bulk pricing on goods for both locations.
We will use the funds from investors to build-out our new location in downtown Concord, NH - creating a space as magical and Instagram worthy as our shop in Somersworth. In return, investors will receive payments from the revenues of our second location.
Business Model
- Purveyors of loose leaf teas and other beverages including homemade lemonades, bubble tea, and hand-blended chai.
- Full Espresso Bar
- Scratch Bakery including large selection of vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free treats
- Full breakfast and lunch menu with high percentage of local/regional sourcing
- Performance/Arts Venue and Events Space
- Community Hub - from co-working groups to paint meet-ups, to canvas launches
- Catering - named Best of Seacoast Finalist for catering.
- Turn-key event planning - from bridal showers to weddings to Sweet 16s
The Market
- Foodies
- Commuters
- Students
- Political and Non Profit Organizations
- Anyone that has a birthday
- Brides and New Moms
Our Competitors
- Upmarket cafes and bakeries
- Brunch Diners
- Gay Bars and Queer Spaces
Featured in:
Huffington Post
NHPR
EATER
NH Magazine
Two time winner of Best of NH, including Editor's Choice 2019
Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Emmett Soldati
Founder
Born and raised in Somersworth NH, Emmett Soldati is a small business owner, activist, and occasional provocateur. A graduate of the London School of Economics, Emmett spent the last decade working to connect and uplift the community he knows and loves - his hometown.
7 years ago, Emmett founded Teatotaller - a cafe, bakery, and restaurant, that has blossomed into a hub of LGBTQ+ programming, community gatherings, and social justice activism. When he isn't blending teas, pouring latte art, or laminating puff pastry, he works for an international non-profit, FarmersFirst:Africa, to support climate knowledge and food security for subsistence farmers throughout central Africa.
He is the vice-chair of seacoast area nonprofit, Arts in Reach, and the chair of the Somersworth Democrats.
Crystal Paradis
Co-Conspirator
Crystal Paradis is a writer, organizer, event producer and feminist entrepreneur. She founded and runs Feminist Oasis, a pop-up feminist community incubator that explores feminist values in action. Prior to starting Feminist Oasis, she was Director of Communications at a digital marketing agency, Editor in Chief of The PortsmouthLOVE Letter and a community organizer for Democrats in the 2016 election cycle. She brings over a decade in digital marketing and communications into her work for a variety of community groups and local initiatives, including coordinating Portsmouth PRIDE for Seacoast Outright in 2017 and 2019. She has served on the boards of New Hampshire Writers' Project, Portsmouth Historical Society, Seven Stages Shakespeare Company. and is the Vice Chair of Somersworth Democratic Committee. In 2015, she was named one of "10 to Watch" by Seacoast Media Group and Catapult Seacoast. In 2019, she was named "Progressive of the Year" by New Hampshire Young Democrats.
Lucy Barretto
Marketing and Events Manager
A graduate of UNH, Lucy has spent the last 12 years working to perfect private, corporate, and large-scale events for small and medium-sized businesses throughout New England and in New York City. Lucy helped found and manage a picnic delivery company based in Brooklyn, New York and helped to develop the cheese + wine program at Tendercrop Farm in Dover NH. Lucy also worked as the Marketing Manager and Events Coordinator for Maine Exporter of the Year, Maine Coast Live Lobster. When Lucy isn’t chasing around 6-month old daughter Rosie, she is seeking the best bites around the Seacoast for her blog SeacoastBites.
Liz Carter
Designer
Dubbed the "Chief Officer of Getting Things Done," Liz combines her interior design, project management, and visual merchandising skills to build creative, functional, and magical spaces. Having designed over five brick-and-mortar retail, restaurant, and office spaces before her 30th birthday, she is a trailblazer in the local design and architectural world without ever losing her penchant for eye-catching spaces. A graduate of Mount Ida College Chamberlayne School of Design, her professional work has spanned small shops to larger corporate outfitting.
