And now the journey begins. Perhaps it just continues. I decided to open this tea shop as a way of continuing my tea journey, as a way of accessing teas that I found inaccessible in the west, as a way of visiting tea mountains, knowing tea producers and sharing my interest in tea with others. Tea drinking is an incomparable experience that leaves marks on us like very few other things would in life. I still remember vividly tea sessions that I had several years ago. I feel blessed being able to experience such moments. I think we, tea drinkers, all feel that. In the last few years, I have quietly listened to people discussing tea in the online community which showed me how others, outside China, share the same passion for tea. That motivated me to open this shop and to be part of that conversation.

Here I will not make statements, such as a tea being from an 800-year-old tree, that could hardly be proven. I will never use health benefits for the purpose of selling tea. I may express that tea experience is some sort of meditation, as I believe it is, but I don’t want to use Buddhism or any other eastern philosophy with a commercial interest. What I want to do is to share and offer tea experiences.

Welcome to my tea shop,

Tiago