About

Via Tiempo

Wander, Linger, Loiter, Make Share, Sing. Via Tiempo means Way of Time. It is the way of slowing down with the seasons, letting tea make time for you.

Tea Sourcing

I source teas from traditional farmers and crafters, with an emphasis on organic and sustainable practices. These are teas that have been harvested in the same mountains of China and Taiwan for generations. Each season I add new selections. 

Tea Peddler, Michael Busby

Tea Peddler and Animateur by trade—wandering philosopher and contemplative by nature—I live in Forestville, California, by redwoods and not too far from ocean waves, on the ancestral lands of the Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo peoples. My tea company Via Tiempo offers a poetic shift in temporality, slowing to the elemental pace of tea. I have been authorized to teach qigong by Dr. Eva Wong —19th-generation lineage carrier of Xiantianwujimen Taoism. For me, tea is an extension of my seasonal qigong practice.