A long time ago, I got into drinking tea partly because it helped me slow down.

As time went on, I simply forgot that I got into tea to slow down.
I forgot that life should be lived intentionally. I knew what living with intentions was, and it probably should be the simplest thing to do ever, yet I was not doing it at all.

Brewing tea was no longer fulfilling and enjoyable to me. I wanted the process to be fast, then faster, then even faster. I didn’t even touch my gaiwan for two years, and that was blasphemy, because I once could not go without a day of not using my gaiwan.

Then came the realisation. I have to learn how to go slow again in order to go fast. Go rich. Go deep. My gaiwan regained its freedom from the shackles of my tea cabinet, and it once again danced its chaqi-filled repertoire, of swirling Camelia sinensis leaves and rippling waters.

And now, I know how to go slow again. teakle your fancy was set up in 2019, and I knew from then that I wanted to build something that helps us all live life intentionally through tea. To be part of our tea club, all you need to do is to check back here at your own time.

So here we are, here you are, as part of our slow living tea club. I’m so glad you’re here. Think of this space as a virtual teahouse, where we come together to sip teas and share our tea drinking experiences. Most of all, think of this space as your reminder to live life slowly and intentionally.

“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground