Tea is made to turn over a new leaf

Tea leaves. [Photo Provided to China Daily]

He then turns to play an animated comical video the company made on the basics about tea - from origins and varieties to effects and properties.

The tea laboratory also serves as an educational platform that tries to make tea time fun. Every Sunday afternoon, the space offers a DIY custom tea blending workshop costing 99 yuan a person in which people can learn about various types of tea, herbs, and spices and how they make or break a good tea. Students can also taste a wide variety of flavors and make their own teas.

Recently, Papp has changed his business model. His aim used to be to create tea products and give tea drinking a cafe-esque ambience.

Now his focus is on creating tea, making blends, sourcing tea from around the world and providing tea education and tea classes.

This is a blend of business-to-customer and business-to-business models as it sells Papp's Tea both to customers through its online stores and two brick-and-mortar stores and to food and beverage outlets, and health-oriented businesses.