Before the next meeting, while your emails load,
or after the house settles for the night.

Glass Garden belongs in these moments,
in small pauses you don’t have to earn.

A wooden teahouse room with a glass teapot on a low table, looking out over a lotus pond and a pavilion bridge

Let the day move as it will. Your flowers can Move Differently.

花开有时

It started in Jiangnan 江南.

In the country of gardens and water towns, we first met gongfu cha, a way of making tea with care that comes from further south, in Fujian and Guangdong.

It is made in a small pot and poured into small cups, a little at a time. Every step matters, and none of them can be rushed.

The First Bloom 初绽

一
Double-petal rose
二
Tribute chrysanthemum
三
Carnation
四
Moonlight White Tea
五
Goji berry

The Quiet Chrysanthemum 清菊

一
Yellow chrysanthemum
二
Moonlight White Tea
三
Goji berry

The Tender Rose 柔玫

一
Double-petal rose
二
Moonlight White Tea
三
Goji berry

Slow down, and do one thing properly.

That was the lesson we wanted to bring home.

Blooming tea is not gongfu cha, and we don’t claim it is. It is the simplest way we know to begin. There is nothing to learn: add hot water, and for ten minutes you watch a flower open.

The First Bloom tea ball — The First Bloom 初绽View the tea

The First Bloom, fully open in the glass teapot — The First Bloom 初绽View the tea

The Quiet Chrysanthemum tea ball — The Quiet Chrysanthemum 清菊View the tea

The Quiet Chrysanthemum, fully open in the glass teapot — The Quiet Chrysanthemum 清菊View the tea

The Tender Rose tea ball — The Tender Rose 柔玫View the tea

The Tender Rose, fully open in the glass teapot — The Tender Rose 柔玫View the tea

This is where Glass Garden starts.

There is a lot more Chinese tea we want to share.