Wabi is a conscious curation of tea and objects designed for daily, intentional practice. The moment you look forward to drinking in each morning, prepared to suit your personal taste and facilitates the modern ritual.
JAS certified organic. Single origin. Ground to order.
We offer a consciously sourced curation of exceptional organic and regenerative green tea with a mindful approach. Certified by the highest agricultural standard [JAS] in Japan, our range is purposefully simplified with grounding tea offerings to facilitate the modern practice. Japanese matcha or loose leaf to suit your preferred flavour and daily routine.
The Wabi Way
We take our name from a 15th century Japanese word. One that described the quiet beauty found in a life lived simply. Close to nature. Humbly. Without excess. What looked like lack, over time, became something else entirely, a different kind of richness. One built on noticing. On slowing. On finding meaning in the ordinary. That philosophy became the foundation of the Way of Tea – a living tradition that we believe carries something essential for how we live today.
Drawing on the spirit and teachings of Japanese Way of Tea as a rich vessel for living fully, our intention is to inspire an exploration of the art of practice with tea as our guide. A unification of self-cultivation and relationality. Influenced by Zen and Shinto, tea offers a way of training presence through form, ritual, and simple acts of care. An invitation to slow down, to notice more deeply, and explore how presence can be something we return to again and again in everyday life.
The Wabi Way is an invitation to return to yourself. To make space, however briefly, for stillness amidst the noise. To build a practice that is entirely your own, one mindful sip at a time. Your practice doesn't need to be perfect. It just needs to begin.
Our Founder
Over 20 years ago, steeped in the mountains, Suzanna discovered the art and beauty of proper Japanese green tea. What drew her in wasn't just complexity and flavour. It was the purity, the simplicity. Tea, nature, a moment of stillness, connection. In a world already beginning to move too fast, it felt like a small but significant act of return. Naturally, this tea planted firmly in her being.
In the years that followed, life moved — as it does — across continents, cities, cultures and seasons. Different places, different vessels. But always the same thread: that the act of pausing, preparing and sipping tea carved out a space in time for connection and presence.
Eventually a move to the South Coast of NSW, Australia with her young family in 2021 offered a gateway to a quieter pace. A slower rhythm. And somewhere in that awareness, Wabi Tea took shape — not as a grand vision, but as a gentle return. A desire to share the experience of this extraordinary tea and through it, her exploration of presence as a practice.
Suzanna is a mother, a founder, and — like most of us — still finding her way to the present moment in a full and busy life. Her daily commune with tea, however imperfect, is her quiet act of showing up — one mindful sip at a time — and finding that what you return to daily is what carries you forward.
Consciously Created
Wabi Tea is committed to functioning as a healthy business ecosystem, cultivating care and consideration for humanity and our environment. Eco-friendly practices are always considered in our daily operations. We make local and global connections, we foster relationships, and we encourage a more conscious way of living. Our intention is to support the health and wellbeing of our beautiful community of tea enthusiasts one sip at a time – with pure, untainted, certified organic green teas.
