Wondering what’s going on in the space on 45th, that was once Starbucks? 

It’s now Young Tea, created by proprietor Caroline Lee.  

I recently had a fun and informative conversation with Caroline.  

Tea is a big part of the culture in her native Taiwan; she named the store ‘young’ because tea, in its many types and variations, is good for you – it keeps you young.  

Caroline moved to New York about 30 years ago and came to Seattle 10 years later.  

Her first store in Chinatown, is now closed – the landlord had ‘other plans’. And when …