Chou Yu had always admired Western salon culture, and when his friends began pestering him to open a teahouse of his own, Wistaria House was born in 1981. The teahouse takes its name from several 70-year-old wistaria trees that stand in the courtyard.
原來周渝一直嚮往西方的沙龍文化，朋友慫恿他何不自己開個茶館，於是民國七十年紫藤廬開張，以庭院裡幾株高齡的紫藤為名。