Té House of Tea was founded in 2005 by Connie Lacobie, with an international cast of friends that all volunteered together at Ten Thousand Villages Houston, including Irish-born Alyson Bell and Indian-born Hema Parikh. They fused together their love of tea with food recipes from around the world, and adventured with a booth at the Houston International Festival, selling teas and their fresh-made masala chai.  The featured country that year was India, so their booth was located with all the other Indian food vendors, and their chai was an instant hit with festival goers, Indian and American alike.