Back when I was in college at the University of Oregon, I studied East Asian Language and Literature. Somewhere in those readings, I came across a passage about tea that changed the way I saw the worl…

Tariffs, Uncertainty, and Stability The U.S. tariff situation is still under review. We’ve done our best to stabilize the impact through careful pre-buying. Whatever happens, our mission remains…

A New Way of Sharing Tea On a recent trip to San Francisco, I imagined a new way I’d love to share tea. The idea is simple: set up in a high-traffic tourist area, treat it like a tea festival, a…

Let’s examine one of the most misunderstood—and arguably most exciting—categories in the tea world: oolong tea. If you’ve ever wondered what oolong is, why it can taste so diff…

Curious about puer tea and what makes it different from other teas? In this post, I share highlights from a recent puer-focused tasting at the tea house. We brewed five raw puers and a rock oolong, ex…