About Us
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Floating Leaves Tea is a Seattle-based tea importer and retailer with a passion
for Taiwanese, Japanese and Chinese tea, tea ware, and tea culture. We carry a small
selection of teas, each one of which has in some way inspired us. Our teas are
seasonal, unblended, and for the most part, single-estate teas.
Floating Leaves Tea was formed in April 2002. After her first
Chinese tea presentation, Shiuwen Tai discovered that her
love of tea was highly contagious. With participants thirsty to know where to
get more tea, Shiuwen decided to import tea for more than just
herself and her friends.
Since that time Floating Leaves has been presenting Chinese tea at
private parties, Seattle art galleries, and at home. With this web site
we hope that you too can share in her passion for tea.
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Shiuwen here in Seattle
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About Shiuwen
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Shiuwen Tai was born and raised in Taiwan and steeped in the
culture of tea from a very young age. Being separated from Taiwan by her many travels, she was
inspired to re-discover her own roots and as her love of tea
grew she and Rob began exploring the entire world of Chinese tea together.
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Shiuwen tries her hand at picking Baojong tea in
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Pinglin area of Taiwan's Wenshan tea district.
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Shiuwen sees tea as a cross-cultural endeavor. Tea gives us an
opportunity to bring our favorite aspects of Taiwanese, Japanese and Chinese culture to
America. Come share our passion for tea. Please stop in often.