[1][2][3] The site features distinct groups for adolescent minors and adults over the age of eighteen.

[4] Groups and sessions with listeners are free with an account, with paid counselling options available for a fee.

An investigation by Everyday Health found that training to be a listener was very brief and not highly regulated.

[5] In July 2013, 7 Cups of Tea (as it was known then), was founded by psychologist Glen Moriarty as a Y Combinator startup.

The company derives its name from the eponymous poem by the 9th-century Chinese poet Lu Tong.