About The Tao of Tea
For over 25 years, The Tao of Tea has offered high quality, organic teas. Our teas come from all over the world, and we are extremely grateful for the many relationships we’ve built and to all those we’ve met along the way.
We started with an international teahouse in Portland, Oregon, serving tea that we sourced from our travels and sharing our passion with our local tea-drinking community. From there, we began to offer our loose leaf teas for sale in shops and online. Our product line eventually expanded to include bottled teas, whole leaf sachets, teaware, and more.
From our beginnings through the present, we have emphasized teas that are fresh, pure, and made with great artistry and soul. Each year, we seek out the most flavorful leaf we can find so that customers can enjoy an uplifting, inspiring tea experience. We offer our teas to retail and wholesale customers, and we continue to support the culture of tea in our local community via our tea shops.
Meet Our Founder, Veerinder S. Chawla
“I founded The Tao of Tea with the dream of bringing you the purest quality teas from around the world. My focus was to find teas grown with exceptional skill and without pesticides. I quickly learned that tea is a merchant’s craft best done with love for the craft itself. If you want to provide the best teas, it requires learning about the differing tea cultivars and processing methods, spending time at tea farms, and developing relationships with growers. It also requires a discerning sense of the freshest flavors and aromas, and the willingness to select teas based on quality over price. I have spent the last 25 years immersed in this craft as a passionate lover of tea. I hope you will taste the difference in our teas and enjoy.”
Our Values
The Leaf
Good tea tends to sell out very quickly and is seldom made in large quantities. Therefore, each season we work to secure exceptional-tasting leaf. We pledge to bring you teas that have great flavor, artistry and soul.
The Art
The best pure leaf teas are still made by hand. Each batch of leaves has its own flavor profile, and it takes an artist’s hand to bring out its full potential. We seek to find and support these tea artists.
The Way
Tea culture invokes a connection to the greater whole, which is part of what makes this plant so special. In many parts of the world, a spiritual essence seems to infuse the process of tea drinking and preparation.
