After two decades navigating Asia's demanding corporate landscape—Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Shanghai—Our founder found himself trapped in a cycle of artificial stimulants and chemical crashes.

"Endless coffee to stay alert. Energy drinks before presentations. Sleeping pills to combat jet lag. I knew there had to be a better way."

In 2019, during a business trip to northern Thailand, a local farmer introduced him to Hirsuta—a rare botanical from the same plant family as coffee. That meeting became the start of a slower cup: leaf tea from highland family farms.

After four years researching cultivation methods, working with botanists, and building partnerships with three family-owned farms that had perfected sustainable, practices over 50 years. Hirsuta Tea was born

Today, Hirsuta Tea brings that discovery directly to you—no middlemen, no pesticides, no compromise on quality.