Sip & Say Hello
FreeCome, sit, chat. Nothing to buy, nothing to study. Just hello.
In Vietnam, tea is how we say hello.
Trà Việt Nam, poured in Toronto.
Tea from the forests where it began, poured at an easy table in Toronto. Every harvest named and dated, like wine.
Mời bạn một chén trà.
01 · ABOUT US
Very old trees, very distant mountains, a very easy table.
Every cup can be traced: the mountain, the trees, the hands, the harvest. And every story is told the easy way, over a warm cup.
Chuyện núi xa, kể bên chén gần.
More about us ↗Old wild trees100–300-year trees, in small lots: named, dated, traceable.
A host, not a lessonNo rules to learn, no scores to give. Just a warm table.
02 · THE TEA LANDS · BẢN ĐỒ TRÀ
One of the world’s oldest tea lands. One of its friendliest.
The tea plant was born in these mountains. Five regions, five different cups.
Bản đồ trà Việt Nam · các vùng trồng
03 · TEA OF THE MONTH · TRÀ CỦA THÁNG
No. 07 — JULY 2026
This month, the house pours
Shan Tuyết — Tà Xùa
Picked this spring from wild trees on Tà Xùa’s misty ridges: silver-downed leaves, honeyed and cool. Tea has vintages, like wine.
Cùng một núi, mỗi mùa một chén khác.
Shan Tuyết — Tà Xùa, Lot 04 · Spring Pick 2026
Taste Shan Tuyết — Book Now60’ · min 2 · book 3 days ahead
Lady In Tea$40/guest
Mẻ trà tháng này
Spring Pick 2026
LOT 04TRÀ- REGION
- Tà Xùa, Sơn La
- ELEVATION
- 1,400–1,800 m
- TREES
- wild Shan, 100–300 yrs
- STYLE
- white-tipped green
- NOTES
- Honey · Alpine air · Cool, sweet finish
Taste Shan Tuyết — Book Now60’ · min 2 · book 3 days ahead
04 · SIP SPACE
A community that starts with a cup
Tea is the host; coffee and cacao sit as honoured guests. The first pour is always Vietnamese, on the house.
Chén đầu tiên luôn là trà Việt, chủ nhà rót mời.
Once a month · RSVP required
The Sip Circle
$15 · $10 when you bring a cupBring any cup from home. What you bring is a gift to the table.
Maker Sessions
QuarterlyCraft talk and tastings with Toronto’s makers of good drinks.
05 · DISCOVER · KHÁM PHÁ
Ways to sit down with us
Six doors into Vietnam’s specialty teas. Start anywhere.
05 · DISCOVER · KHÁM PHÁ
How would you like to meet the tea?
Tea table experience
SIGNATURE ★
A Familiar Cup, A New Friend
Start with a cup you know — sencha, Taiwanese oolong — brewed with full respect, its own way. Then meet a new friend from Vietnam, same family of tea. Two cups, one table. No ranking, no scores — just discovery.
Signature ★
A Familiar Cup, A New Friend
Start with a cup you know, then meet its Vietnamese cousin. Two cups, one table, no ranking.
Monthly
Tea of the Month
One harvest, introduced properly: this July, Shan Tuyết from Tà Xùa.
Specialty
Tea Sessions
Two rare teas, brewed the way the people of their mountains brew them.
Private
A Slow Hour with Tea
The quietest hour on our menu: just you and the tea, sense by sense.
By theme
Workshop
Two hours around one theme: a tea family, a region, a season.
One to one
Tea Tutor
Twelve classes, from first foundations to your own tea table.