Cooling Greens: Everyday Shincha
The next two months will be peak Summer heat for most of us. There are no better conditions for enjoying refreshing green teas ...we suspect we wi...
Read moreWe Source Rare, Unique Teas
"I wanted to know where the tradition of handling the teas came from, and who the people were that carried these traditions forward. This curiosity came to be the foundation for how I source tea for Cultivate, and has led me to discover incredible instances of care and craftsmanship in relation to nature – practices that produce truly beautiful and unusual teas. ."
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The Story Behind Our Tea Shop
"After four years in Beijing, we moved back to Vancouver in 2013. Our new place was fairly empty, but we had a tea set in the living room, and we would occasionally have friends over for a nice afternoon of tea over good conversations.
It was then that the idea of opening a tea shop first arose - we realized there was nowhere in the city for us to enjoy tea and try different teas in the company of others.."
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Three new Shincha (Fresh Harvest Sencha)
Spring and early summer is a thrilling time for Cultivate, as shipments of fresh harvests continue to arrive from China and Japan. Look at what we...
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