Tea can be a daily comfort, a disciplined art and a way of welcoming another person. Its rituals invite attention to season, place and gesture.
We connect you with tea growers, masters and ceramicists for unhurried encounters that reveal the culture surrounding every cup.
Starting points for a journey shaped around you, not fixed itineraries.
Hangzhou, China
Longjing at its source
Walk the tea hills with a grower, learn how leaves are picked and pan-fired, then taste the season’s harvest overlooking the plantations.
Yunnan, China
Ancient tea mountains
Walk old-growth tea gardens with a producer, share lunch in a village home and taste pu’er across vintages while learning how landscape shapes the leaf.
Uji, Japan
Matcha in Uji
Visit a tea farm in the hills south of Kyoto, see how shaded tea leaves are stone-ground into matcha, then whisk your own bowl in a traditional tea house