Location: Secret Loft, Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Guests: 6 max
Duration: 2 hours

Featured Guest: Elian Vero

Acclaimed science fiction author and speculative futurist based in Los Angeles.

Elian Vero’s breakout trilogy, The Resonant Age, envisions a near-future Earth where tea is more than a ritual—it’s a vessel of memory and encoded consciousness. Join Elian in an intimate salon where storytelling meets sensory exploration.

Tea Experience Curated by: Nari Utsuwa

Founder of Rising Steam Society, a futuristic tea house where tradition meets innovation.
Certified Tea Sommelier and narrative herbalist.

Nari introduces four speculative tea blends inspired by pivotal moments in Elian’s novels:

• Solar Fog Bai Mu Dan – white tea misted with Martian dew essence.

• Shadowroot Pu-erh – fermented black tea aged in obsidian echo-pots.

• NeoJade Sencha – engineered for lucid dreaming and empathic clarity.

• CryoChai – brewed with cryogenically preserved glacial botanicals.

Each tea is paired with a curated reading and discussion on the fusion of taste, memory, and imagined worlds.

Why Attend?

• Exclusive conversation with one of LA’s most imaginative voices in sci-fi

• Explore rare, otherworldly teas with a sommelier who blends narrative and flavor

• Connect with fellow creatives in a quiet, atmospheric setting

• Take home a signed chapbook and a sample of your favorite blend