Meet the Founder, Victoria Wu

I immigrated from China to the USA about 24 years ago. After earning my accounting degree, I worked for regional and national accounting firms as a CPA traveling from client to client. My tea journey started with green tea when I discovered that I could no longer drink coffee to jump start my day and still get the job done. It was natural for me to switch to green tea having grown up with its rich cultural influence.  

For me, green tea was desirable not just because of its aesthetic beauty in the glass (especially in comparison with the common teabags that are offered in nearly every office environment), but also for the calming energy and steady focus it provides during many hectic and long hours of work. It was the daily practice of drinking tea that paved the way for quitting my accounting manager position and beginning anew in the ancient profession of tea. So, I founded the company in 2015. 

Over the years, I have traveled to many legendary tea regions from eastern to western China and adored seeing the tea mountains first-hand, delighting in their natural glory. Every year, I travel to China to source the tea I love to drink and hope you love them too. I invite you to join me as well on this incredible journey of passion and health, delighting in a lifestyle that we all adore. Hope you have a great cup of tea today.

 

Our Mission

The Chinese word Meimei conjures a world of beauty and art. We believe this reflects the unique spiritual and artistic dimensions of tea. Tea has lifted up our lives as well as the lives of enlightened tea lovers around the world. Meimei also means sister or sisterhood in Chinese. We want to share our passion for tea with you, tea lovers and tea friends, whether near or far, bound together in the tea community and united as a sisterhood and brotherhood. Beautiful tea for a beautiful life, one cup at a time. 

Our mission is therefore simple. We want to bring the world’s best Chinese teas from their legendary origins straight to your cup, and in so doing, share with you the rich history and culture that makes tea so fascinating, enjoyable, and fulfilling. 

We want to promote a most authentic Chinese tea experience and a healthy lifestyle, and become your trusted source for highest quality real deal Chinese tea. From the misty mountains where the budding tea leaves are first formed to their unfolding goodness in every steeping, we believe that a beautiful cup truly leads to a beautiful life.   

Ensure Superior Quality and Taste

We select our teas with three criteria in mind:

• Quality - Our teas are sourced from their true origin, directly from the historical mountains and core tea producing regions. We carefully select teas that are high mountain teas, artisanly produced, with the highest standards and care.
• Purely natural and organic - Truly natural tea reflects the quality of the leaf, the tea-making process, and the end product.  Absolutely no artificial flavors are added whatsoever. 
• Taste - Our teas must set the standards for optimal taste and an ultimate overall sensory experience. Our tea expert samples hundreds of teas in an effort to procure only the most exceptional offerings. 

We personally visit historical tea producing regions and scour places like Yunnan, Sichuan, and Fujian province to find the best teas available today. Our unique selection includes all six classes of tea, including rare yellow teas, exotic green teas, and hard-to-find wild-grown tea. 

Our dedication to quality and taste is also reflected in our packaging and storage. We use the best foil pouches on the market, which completely block light and moisture to ensure maximum protection, so the tea you purchase retains its freshness, aroma and taste much longer. 

   

 

One-Of-A-Kind Tea Wares

We believe tea ware plays an indispensable role in an authentic tea experience. In fact, aesthetics are inseparable from the act of drinking tea. We want our teawares to represent the best artisanship that the famous Chinese tea ware artists have to offer, and so we seek out fine work from highly experienced great masters as well as promising young artists. These exclusive, finely handcrafted Chinese teawares possess a level of quality that you will find nowhere else. Victoria has traveled to China's legendary pottery cities to personally meet those great artists and masters in their field to source first hand Yixing teapots, Jianshui art teapots, Jingdezhen fine porcelain teaware, Junci Kiln, and Jian Zhen, etc. 

         

     

 

Sharing Knowledge and Culture

MeiMei Fine Teas is not just about tea—it is also about the way of tea, the people and the culture behind the tea, and the appreciation and enjoyment of tea. We promise to share as much as possible about the history and terroir, the people, and the origin of each of our teas, including how the tea is processed and any other significant aspects of it, in order to ensure that you can get the most out of your cup. 

We also conduct tea education and tasting classes to help you explore the world of tea. Our tea classes are very much enjoyed by the attendees. 

    

From the tea leaves, the color of the liquor, the gaiwan or teapot, the tea table, the tea house, the time you enjoy alone or sharing with others, the artisans who make the tea, the rituals of the tea ceremony—we want to help you see that the world of tea and the art of Chinese tea is steeped in a very fascinating history and culture.