Timothy d’Offay

Over 20 years ago while living in Japan’s ancient capital Kyoto, Timothy d’Offay became fascinated by tea culture and the tea growing areas around the city. Using Japan as a base, he soon started to explore the tea traditions of Taiwan, Korea, and Hong Kong as well. These experiences led him to start importing tea in the late 1990s from the people and places he had visited and in 2000 he co-founded East Teas at Borough Market with the tea expert Alex Fraser. Since then he has travelled extensively to many of the world’s most famous tea producing areas. Timothy is the owner and founder of Postcard Teas.