Vianne's Teas offers over 100 luxury gourmet leaf teas. Shop and learn about our international teas. Click, order, and pay online. The Legendary Origins of Tea The story of tea began in ancient China over 5,000 years ago. According to legend, in 2737 b.c., the Shen...

In the taste of a single cup of tea you will eventually discover the truth of all the ten thousand forms in the universe. It is difficult to put this taste into words or to even catch a hint of it. – THE VENERABLE CH’AN (ZEN) Master Kyongbong Sunim, In...

Tea was brought to Russia from Northern China, where it was called ‘cha-i’ or ‘cha-e’, that is why in Russia the drink got the name ‘chay’ (tea). Originally, though, in Russian records, tea was often called ‘the Chinese herb’ or ‘the Chinese dry herb’. Two...

Tea drinking in Turkey actually dates back to the 1600s. According to one legend, Coffeehouses, recently introduced by the Syrians into mainstream Turkish culture, had quickly become places where men would gather to drink coffee, puff on hookahs, play...