About Us
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. About Shiuwen
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.Shiuwen tries her hand at picking Baojong tea in the Pinglin area of Taiwan's Wenshan tea district. 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. |