Song Yi’s association with tea was dated back in 1898 A.D. At the time, our great grandfather started the tea plantation in Nantou County, quietly cultivating tea for several decades. Over time, he enthusiastically accumulated valuable experience, deep sentimental values towards tea as well as extensive network of relationships.

Thereafter, the second generation did not stop at tea cultivation. At the same time, it was also involved in the wholesale business of tea, particularly seeking, collecting and selling tea. During the time, every major tea producer was on the customers’ list. It was very fortunate to survive the epic Taiwanese tea crisis by relying on its commitment to the highest quality of tea leaves and the consecutive expansion of the tea business by many family members and relatives. This critical catalyst resulted in the subsequent years of business prosperity. And quietly as usual, it survived another few decades.

In 1983, the baton was passed down to the third generation. It acquired a tea plantation in Alishan and continued to cultivate tea, seek, collect and sell tea. Besides, it also opened a tea boutique specializing in high mountain oolong tea in Taipei. Additionally, it also maintained its traditional trades of the wholesale business of tea and the retailing of refined tea. This tea boutique has occasional rest days. Plenty of old customers said: “If your store is closed, I really have no idea where I can sip and buy tea.”

Song Yi’s mission is to allow those people with great affection for tea to be able to enjoy premium tea no matter where they are around the world.
Finally, in 2016, Song Yi Tea was founded by the fourth generation.
Its vision is not only to continually cultivate tea, seek, collect and sell tea, it also undertakes its ambition to expand its business of selling premium Taiwanese tea to every corner of the world.