Fu-tung Cheng, Designer
Award-winning Fu-Tung Cheng of Cheng Design Inc. and Cheng Products, inc., a recognized leader in the field of architectural, interior, and design, has designed all of our retail stores, as well as supervise all other look and feel areas such as graphic design, logos, packaging, etc. His work in architecture and design is best showcased in our heated, one pour round concrete tea tasting bar, and the airy, outdoor like aesthetic environment at Teance that serves as the perfect context for the experience of premium teas.
Winnie Yu, Director
Winnie's passion for tea began at a
young age in Hong Kong, an international mecca of local and foreign
cusines. Although fermented Pu-Erh teas were preferred by the old and
Tikuanyins for the young, Winnie developed a taste for a wide range of
teas from green to black. After moving to the U.S., she finds that it
was difficult to find real teas, let alone quality authentic and
unblended teas. Having to wait until she traveled next to Asia or a
friend to come back from China to bring good teas to her, she decided
to import the teas herself. To this end, friends came together to
realize the mission of making tea accessible not only to Winnie
herself, but to her community of friends and family as well. Old tea
masters, friends who were tea farmers, provided support at the other
end of Asia towards her endeavour. A partner entrenched in Hong Kong
handled all logistics of importing teas on an expedient fashion. After
working several years to establish sourcing and infrastructure, Winnie
decided to challenge the project further by setting up a new concept of
tea- that of a tea tasting program, expertly prepared and education
oriented, to properly introduce tea to the public in the U.S. To this
end, Teance was created.
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