From Magazine to Tea Line, Fire Island Tea is a Tribute to its Mid-Century Roots and LGBTQ+ Spirit

Published

June 9, 2025

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Beverage Packaging, For Brands, Interviews

A group of gay men with great taste coming together on Fire Island to create a line of beautifully packaged tea just makes sense. Co-founders, partners, and Fire Island residents Marc R. Christensen, Nick Ammaturo, and Chris Fucile launched Fire Island Tea as a printed publication, with two issues released since its inception in 2023. They’ve since expanded Fire Island Tea to include a line of tea—naturally.

With designer Stephen Moss at the helm of both the publication and packaging design, the brand has a sophisticated and timeless look and feel that is unmistakably Fire Island.

Charlotte Beach

Charlotte Beach is a New England expat with a cat named Joan Cusack. She’s a former professional soccer player turned writer, sign painter, and vintage clothing connoisseur now living in Los Angeles. She studied writing and visual arts at Brown University, and is currently finishing up the legendary Sign Graphics course at Los Angeles Trade Tech College. The daughter of two newspaper reporters, Charlotte has a penchant for retro handcrafts and snappy sentences.