AmazonV tea taste tracking: Northwest Tea Festival 2010

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Friday, October 8, 2010

"Who wrote the book of tea" presented by James Norwood Pratt

Saturday, October 2nd 4:30pm
"Who wrote the book of tea" presented by James Norwood Pratt

James is a fascinating speaker, educational and amusing. He spoke on the history of the major books about tea and how he came to write his own.

I had seen him on the webcast of Samovar's and was excited to meet him in person.

I purchased his "New Tea Lover's Treasury" book and got it signed!

He knew of a tea place on South Street in Philadelphia and recommended I visit - The House of Tea I can not wait to visit it!

While we were talking I also found out he and his beautiful wife don't watch TV or do the "internet thing". In fact I believe he might have said they don't even have cellular phones!

I do wish I could listen to him go on more about tea - it's fun and he knows so much and has been so many places.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Northwest Tea Festival 2010 Tagashira Tea Company Vendor booth

(Blog about festival here)

I believe this is the correct company name, The vendor was in that booth spot.

Taken from http://www.nwteafestival.com/vendor.php
Tagashira Tea Company, a family owned business, was established in 1930 and Yui, is in the third generation. She took over the business from his father with a big passion on the Japanese tea. It took her many years to perfect all the intricacies of tea. Now, not only does she respects the tradition of Japanese tea but also pursue and celebrates new flavors. She is also working on developing the real taste of Japanese tea in a tea-bag for someone who is busy but a real gourmet. She would love to hear from you and you will hear from her - how she selects tea leafs from farmers who commit nothing but quality. And how she processes her teas to bring out best flavor out. So, please join us and enjoy the tea which she brought from Japan especially for this occasion.