About Undertea
Tea is small.
A cup fits easily in two hands.
And yet — it carries mountains, weather, history, chemistry, people, routes across continents, quiet mornings, loud tables, patient farmers, curious brewers, centuries of trial and error.
That contradiction is what fascinates us.
Undertea is a place for people who feel that tea is deeper than it looks.
Not complicated. Not sacred. Just endlessly interesting.
We’re building a living space for exploration — where curiosity leads the way.
Where beginners feel welcome.
Where long-time tea lovers keep discovering new questions.
Some people drink tea to slow down.
Some to focus.
Some for taste.
Some for ritual.
Some because it’s part of daily life.
All of that belongs here.
What We’re Making
Undertea is a growing digital universe about tea.
Maps of tea places and events.
Guides that explain without lecturing.
Stories about regions, methods, and people.
Tools for learning.
Spaces for conversation.
It’s not a catalogue and not a marketplace.
It’s closer to a public square — open, evolving, shaped by the people who walk through it.
Everything here is built with one question in mind:
Does this help someone understand tea a little better?
Our Direction
We believe tea culture doesn’t grow through gatekeeping.
It grows when knowledge is shared.
When different traditions sit at the same table.
When someone feels comfortable asking a “simple” question.
When new ideas get tested instead of dismissed.
Our role is to make connections:
between drinkers and growers,
between old practices and modern experiments,
between local scenes and the global picture,
between curiosity and confidence.
We want tea to feel closer — not distant.
Human — not intimidating.
Deep — but never closed.
How We Work
Undertea isn’t driven by hype, sponsors, or trends.
We don’t rank taste.
We don’t crown winners.
We don’t sell “the right way.”
We stay independent so we can stay honest.
What matters to us:
clarity instead of jargon;
openness instead of hierarchy;
collaboration instead of competition;
curiosity instead of certainty;
usefulness instead of noise.
If something doesn’t help the community, it doesn’t belong here.
Who This Is For
If you brew in a mug — welcome.
If you measure grams and seconds — welcome.
If you drink matcha, gongfu, breakfast tea, or something unnamed from a friend — welcome.
If you’ve just discovered loose leaf.
If you’ve been studying terroir for years.
If you run a tea space.
If you research oxidation curves.
If you host tastings in your kitchen.
Undertea is for people who keep asking:
Why does this taste like that?
Where did it come from?
Who made it possible?
A Project That Grows With Its People
We don’t pretend to have everything figured out.
Undertea grows slowly and deliberately — through contributors, volunteers, researchers, map-makers, writers, designers, and curious strangers who turn into regulars.
New sections appear when someone cares enough to build them.
Tools improve when people use them.
Maps fill out when locals share what they know.
It’s not top-down.
It’s organic.
More like a garden than a factory.
Join the Project
Undertea is open by design.
If you love tea and want to help this world grow — we’d love to hear from you.
You can contribute knowledge, research, stories, translations, maps of tea places, event listings, tools, ideas, or time.
If something here resonates with you, reach out.
Send us a message in our social media DMs —
or write to us by email.
Whether you want to build, write, map, explore, or simply support —
there’s space for you at the table.
Let’s grow this together.