We are a small online tea shop based in Guangdong, China. Our Chinese name is“昔归” (xīguī): the past returns. We focus on two things: curation and context.

Curation

Everything in our shop is chosen with care. We spend a lot of time in the origins of the teas we sell, resulting in blogs about these experiences, and sometimes interviews and documentaries for our YouTube channel. We keep the size of our shop small enough so we can dedicate time and effort to this curation process.

Context

Tea culture in China is diverse and highly contextual. What people drink, and how they drink it, varies from place to place. Through documentaries and filmed conversations with producers, we share some of this diversity and provide greater context for the teas we drink and the teaware we use. Our observational approach to filmmaking seeks to let the teas and the people behind them speak for themselves.