I recently had lunch with a dear friend and avid tea drinker, Yvonne Maisonette. Yvonne has been transitioning from her career as a fashion model and actress into entertainment journalism and asked if we could do a segment on tea. As much as I love talking about what I’m doing … Continue reading
Yesterday, a tourist came to our tea store asking for Tie Guan Yin tea. I was curious about why she flew from Northern to Southern China for this tea, so I asked her. She explained that in her city a lot of people drink this tea because of its beautiful … Continue reading
While investigating the potential of a business in specialty tea retailing in the mid-2000s, one of the companies I kept coming across was Tavalon Tea. The partners were young, male, and had the edgiest concept I had seen. Featuring original blends with romantic, enticing names, they opened a retail store in the … Continue reading
While having dinner with some friends from Brazil, our conversation turned to traditional Brazilian cuisine – the seafood in aromatic sauces, the barbecued meats seasoned with garlicky marinades, the cheese rolls that melt in your mouth, and the tea culture of Southern Brazil. It turns out the South American cowboys, … Continue reading
Can you believe it? Sipping tea with thousands of others just like you – could anything be better? And it’s virtual! Well, sort of – it’s real, too. For those of you lost in the dark ages – you know, before social media – tea has a huge presence on … Continue reading
Tea has always had a reputation in the U.S. as a staid, sedate beverage for grandmotherly types. All that is changing (has changed?) in many ways, one of which is tea’s growing popularity in social media. Tea blogs have been around for years, and are thriving – sites like T … Continue reading