Since 2014
A small roastery, told one year at a time.
Every milestone below actually happened, in roughly this order, to two cousins and a folding table.
2014
A folding table at Dadaocheng
Two cousins start selling hand-roasted oolong at the Sunday market, roasting each batch the night before in a borrowed kitchen.
2017
The first roastery
A former rice warehouse on Dihua Street becomes the roastery. The charcoal pit is dug by hand and still runs every Thursday.
2019
Twelve farms, one handshake each
We start buying directly from twelve family farms in Pinglin and Alishan, and pay before the harvest instead of after it.
2022
A tasting room with eight seats
The front of the roastery opens as a tasting room. There is no menu, only whatever came out of the pit that week.
2026
Opening the tea school
This spring the upstairs floor becomes a school for brewing and roasting, with evening classes in Mandarin and English.
