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Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
First in a series on the teas of Sri Lanka. Small, green and fertile, Sri Lanka is about the size of the Republic of Ireland and over half a million of its acres grow tea, which is the very juice and...
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Nuwara Eliya
Third in a series on the teas of Sri Lanka. Higher up the slopes of Mt. Pedro from Dimbulla are the gardens of Nuwara Eliya, some of the highest altitudes in Sri Lanka (and the tea-growing world)....
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Uva
Fourth in a series on the teas of Sri Lanka. Uva – Oovah, as the old planters spelled it – is another Ceylon district with a worldwide reputation. Uva and Nuwara Eliya teas come from gardens so steep...
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My tea story – a detour from my modern gypsy’s guide
Life is a series of stories, and many of us in tea came to this beautiful product through story. During almost 11 years as a tea entrepreneur, I have met many others in tea and have found our stories...
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A modern gypsy’s guide to tea, love, and adventure – Part 4 – Reflecting on...
Sri Lanka is my soul’s home. I’m sorry, Mother India, but your little sister island stole my heart and has kept it since my first visit in 2001. Since then, I have returned many times, but with the...
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Sri Lankan tea adventure
Today I woke up in paradise. I watched the monkeys play on my private balcony. Or perhaps they were looking for food or a new toy. Our guide cautioned us to keep our doors locked. Drinking my hot...
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Black tea is not from England
Several customers have asked me if I sell “British tea.” I often reply, “What’s British tea?” They usually mean black tea. When I started my tea company, I discovered numerous black tea varieties....
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Connecting tea and cake
My favorite memories of living in Japan involve tea and cake. I found I really connected with my friends and family in a tea-and-cake shop. The menu offered the best black, green, and oolong teas in...
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A family in harmony with tea
Long before organic was trendy, Toshiaki Kinezuka, from “Setoya” in Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, in Japan, took a stand against the chemical companies in the mid-1970’s. Today, there is a...
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Elephants, crocodiles, and deer, oh, my!
The island nation of Sri Lanka is perhaps better known to tea lovers as Ceylon. Before the rust blight of 1869, Ceylon was known for its coffee plantations. Commercial tea production had only just...
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A visit to Sri Lanka’s oldest tea garden – Loolecondera
“His first and last love was tea” reads a plaque at the Ceylon Tea Museum. In 1852, James Taylor arrived in Sri Lanka with the mission to explore the agricultural possibilities of tea on the island....
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The surprising tea of Myanmar
When I was planning to visit Sri Lanka, many friends asked me to bring back some black tea for them. In the end, I changed my plans, deciding instead to visit Myanmar. When my friends heard of my...
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Canny scots
“The tea fields of Ceylon are as true a monument to courage as the lion is to Waterloo.” Visit Sri Lanka’s tea plantation in the high country and you find beautiful carpet-like green tea fields,...
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western quality season
Sri Lanka’s Dimbula region always inspires me. This beautiful region is found in the western part of the island. While the Dimbula region is home to some excellent tea producing sub districts such as...
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Tea Holidays Throughout the Year and Throughout the World
Wow! The United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA, actually updates its Holiday Observances web page on a daily basis! Some of the National Days, Weeks, and Months seem peculiar, even a bit...
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From Russia With Love — The End of an Era of Russian Teas
Sir Thomas Lipton, the creator of Lipton Tea, single-handedly put Ceylon Tea on the global map. Lipton Tea prided itself in providing its drinkers with quality tea. Showcasing the brand was its picture...
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Tea is Our Lifeblood
A few weeks ago the Tea Board of India announced that 75% of tea producers in West Bengal (home of Darjeeling) were operating at a loss. An even more devastating story can be told about the tea...
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A Bridge of Tea
On January 11th, 2016 at the Delhi Book Fair a Dialogue over Chinese and Indian Black Tea was held where I and Prof. Wang Xufeng, Dean of Tea Culture College of Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry...
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Top 10 Tea Towns: World’s Best Cities to Experience Tea Culture
Compiled by The Flavor Project & Eric Sensen Through sickness and through health, tea has and will always be the world’s beverage of choice. According to legend, in 2737 BC, the Chinese emperor...
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A Sip of Ceylon
150 years of tea! This year (2017) Ceylon celebrates a century and a half of growing world-class tea, and the planet sipped along with jubilee in a Global Tea Party on July 6th at 5:00 pm in every time...
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