有记有堂

The name You Ji You Tang comes from The Book of Songs (Shi Jing), from the poem Zhong Nan:

“What does Zhongnan hold?
It has order, and it has a hall.”

“Ji” represents the order, structure,
and natural framework of mountains and forests.

“Tang” is the place where people sit,
preserve, share, and drink.

Tea grows in the mountains.
Without structure, it is merely raw material.

Tea enters the hall,
and only then does it find its place—
worthy of keeping, worthy of time.

This is our fundamental judgment of tea.