Travels in Tea: India, Part 4 - Livestream Broadcast
“I’ve never heard of that kind of tea before.” Bill Waddington Milk tea being made at the Rohini Estate, Darjeeling, India. It’s not very often that I say... Read More
A little bit about a lot of Indian tea
India grows a lot of tea. It is the second largest tea producer in the world (China is first) – making over one million metric tons of finished tea per... Read More
The Lumbini Estate – 1st Place Winner
The Lumbini Tea Factory The tea profession is old. Not the oldest (we all know what that is), but still old. It has been a part of global trade before... Read More
Did someone say "Ceylon"?
Tea pluckers in Sri Lanka Tea from Sri Lanka is immediately identifiable – bright, brisk, quenching, fruity - except for the fact that after gaining independence from the... Read More
"I'm Dealing Darjeeling"
Goomtee Tea Estate in Darjeeling Darjeeling is one of the best known “brands” in tea. Even those who don’t drink or care about tea have at least heard the... Read More
New Teas for a New Year
Two days before New Year’s Day we received our annual big shipment from China by sea. Two days after New Years we received our annual big shipment from India, also... Read More
They said we were crazy… with good reason.
Manufacturing tea is an art, it’s poetry in motion, it’s farmer-chef-craftsman-mechanic-chemist, all melded together. A few weeks ago, I did it in a conference room in Atlanta, GA. And "they"... Read More
Using a Gaiwan
What is a Gaiwan? A gaiwan is a small vessel for brewing tea that takes the place of a teapot. Gaiwans have been used in China since the Ming Dynasty... Read More
Pairing Tea with Cheese: a Breese
As the Tea and Cheese Pairing Class drifts into history, the flavors are still lingering in our minds. On the afternoon of October 26th, Steven Levine, a local cheese Guru,... Read More
Oxidation is the New Black
Black tea is black tea (as opposed to purple tea) because of oxidation. If you cut an apple (or banana or zucchini etc.) in half and let it sit, within... Read More
Why Black Tea?
To confess, when I was growing up, all "tea" was "black tea" to me. Boring. And as far as I knew, it grew in tea bags that hung from Lipton... Read More
The Big Cheese: Tasting Things You’ve Never Tasted Before
I love it when an experience totally takes me by surprise; especially over the course of a wonderfully fun night. TeaSource manager Jess Hanley and I recently spent an evening planning,... Read More
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