As a guest, and resident tea sommelier for JusTea, I am finally heading out for my first trip to the Kenyan tea fields after a successful launch of some of the country’s finest orthodox tea – a country that is legendary mainly for its CTC black tea.  But this trip is not just about inspecting tea bushes and tea tasting, ...

As the months fly by, and signs of spring slowly emerge from the warming earth, I pause for a quick glance back.  What have I accomplished?  Where (and how) have I spent my time?  What do I have to show for my efforts?  Is my “life by design” materializing?  Or am I just wandering around, a little lost perhaps, stuck ...

When you can get good orthodox tea from Kenya, it tends to be exceptional.  I have enjoyed numerous cups of Tinderet and Millima, and the odd cup of Kamba purple tea over the years and always asked myself why I do not drink more of this.  As it turns out, one of the most popular teas I sell is Irish ...

When my 7-year-old niece comes to visit, one of the things she loves to do is swim and drink tea with her uncle.  Her first choice for a swim is the ocean, but up here in Canada in January, swimming in the sea is best left to polar bears and spot prawns – not skinny little girls with little fear ...