Tea Tasting by CHIKICHA

Tea (Camellia sinensis) has been part of Chinese medicine for thousands of years. Long before it became the world's most beloved drink, it was a plant — grown wild on mountain slopes, harvested carefully, and used by practitioners to support health and vitality.

CHIKICHA exists to honour that origin and bring it back into everyday life.

Conducted by David and Niu Niu, two Chinese medicine practitioners based in Australia. Our teas and herbs come directly from Niu Niu's family mountain land in Fujian, China — wild-grown, organic, tended across generations. The same mountains, the same careful hands, the same living relationship between family and plant that has always been at the heart of this tradition.

In Chinese medicine, tea is selected and used thoughtfully — different teas suit different seasons, different constitutions, different needs. Aged teas carry qualities that fresh teas don't. Tea's most powerful quality is the pleasure and…