Brooklyn Tea & Market at JFK Terminal 4 Named North America Regional Winner at 2026 FAB Awards

Brooklyn Tea & Market at John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminal 4 has been named the North America Regional Winner for Airport Coffee/Tea Shop of the Year at the 2026 Airport Food & Beverage Awards.

Presented by The Moodie Davitt Report, the annual FAB Awards recognize excellence in airport food, beverage and hospitality around the world.

The recognition marks a major milestone for Brooklyn Tea, which began as an online tea company before opening its flagship tea room on Lewis Avenue in Bed Stuy. Founded by married couple Ali and Jamila Wright, the company has grown from a neighborhood tea room into a multichannel premium tea brand with a presence in retail, ecommerce and airport hospitality.

Brooklyn Tea & Market is located near Gate B29 in JFK Terminal 4 and offers travelers a selection of Brooklyn Tea's premium teas alongside products from other New York brands.

"When we opened our first tea room in Bed Stuy, the goal was to create the kind of tea experience we wanted to see in the world," said Brooklyn Tea cofounder Ali Wright. "To now have that experience recognized on an international airport stage is incredibly meaningful. It shows that tea can be every bit as exciting, relevant and hospitality driven as any other premium beverage."

The JFK location was developed through Brooklyn Tea's partnership with Avolta and HMSHost, bringing the company's approach to tea and hospitality into the travel environment.

For Brooklyn Tea, the award represents more than recognition for a single location.

"Brooklyn will always be where this started," Wright said. "The challenge as we grow is making sure that someone encountering Brooklyn Tea at JFK receives the same sense of discovery, care and connection that someone feels when they walk into our tea room on Lewis Avenue."

John F. Kennedy International Terminal 4 Concourse B

Brooklyn Tea & Market

Brooklyn Tea is open inside JFK Terminal 4, past security, a short walk down the B gates.

Our top teas, pulled from the same Bed-Stuy shelves and brewed for people who have somewhere to be. The first tea house to open inside JFK.

Where to find us JFK

Gate B29

Terminal Four

Security After

Airlines Delta & partners

The shop

Bed-Stuy, at 30,000 feet

We opened our first store in Brooklyn in December 2018 with one idea, that good tea belongs in ordinary life. Terminal 4 moves tens of millions of people a year, and almost none of them expect to find real loose leaf tea on the way to their gate. That is the point.

For JFK we brought our top teas, chosen from a menu of more than 150 teas and herbs. Something bracing for the red eye. Something fruity and iced for the delay. Something warm and caffeine free for a throat that has been breathing cabin air since Atlanta. Every cup is brewed from loose leaf, at the right temperature, by people who know why that matters.

If you are flying out of Terminal 1 or Terminal 8 instead, our teas are stocked at retail there as well, including Hudson News.

Wayfinding

Four turns from security

Clear Terminal 4

You need a boarding pass. Terminal 4 is its own secure area.

Head for Concourse B

Follow the overhead signs toward the B gates.

Walk to B29

Keep going past the mid concourse seating until the gate numbers hit the high twenties.

Look for the green

We are in the Terminal 4 street market. You will smell the chai first.

The board

Our top teas

No. Tea Caffeine Tastes like

01 Matcha Yes A clean lift without the crash

02 Cream Earl Grey Yes Bergamot with a soft vanilla finish

03 Lavender Earl Grey Yes Bergamot and lavender, our most asked for cup

04 Caramel Pu-erh Yes Deep and earthy, sweet on the finish

05 Masala Chai Yes Spiced and milky, built for a cold gate

06 Assam Yes Malty and brisk, the one that holds up to milk

07 Coconut Oolong Yes Toasty and creamy without any cream

08 Kyoto Cherry Rose Yes Green tea, cherry and rose, light and floral

09 Relax Relate Release None Gentle and herbal, made for the overnight flight

10 Ginger Turmeric None Warm and peppery, good against dry cabin air

11 Vanilla Rooibos None Smooth and naturally sweet, no caffeine at all

12 Very Berry None Bright and tart, best of all over ice

13 Honeybush Peach The AfroPunk blend None Stone fruit and honey, easy all day

14 Purple Lemon Drop The Well-Kanda blend None Butterfly pea and lemon, tart and vivid

Not the whole menu. Ask what is on the board today, or take a tin home from the shelf.