by CultivateTaste12571 | Sep 2, 2019 | tea
Well, a friend of Kyle’s sent him a video about the Chinese tea industry. Guess who is in this video? You are correct. It has Kyle, Ellainy, Louise, Gabe, and me around the 58-second mark. A few of us from the USA tea delegation who went to China in March of...
by CultivateTaste12571 | Aug 19, 2019 | tea
March 23, 2019 Late afternoon and early evening. West Lake is truly a magical place. You really need to see it if you can. The photos are not in order, just random. The pictures do not do the place justice and want to go back someday to explore much more of it. This...
by CultivateTaste12571 | Aug 12, 2019 | tea
March 23, 2019, continued Not sure why I am taking 4 weeks to discuss one day. I had tons of pictures in the beginning too. The Houtu tea factory, museum, and tasting room were gorgeous to see. The first two pictures are us walking into Houtu. The pillar...
by CultivateTaste12571 | Aug 5, 2019 | tea
March 23, 2019 In the morning we traveled towards Hangzhou and had lunch at a delish restaurant that was right next to the Houtu tea factory, museum, and tasting room. We did a tour of the factory and it was very nice to see. The head of the Houtu factories was nice...
by CultivateTaste12571 | Jul 29, 2019 | tea
March 22, 2019 We were busy in the meetings all day. We were going to go to another tea farm, but it got canceled so we were deciding if we should go to Shanghai. We were about to go there, but the owner of the Houtu graciously decided to host about 2 dozen people and...
by CultivateTaste12571 | Jul 22, 2019 | tea
March 21, 2019 Well, this was a busy day. I mentioned the morning last week and this week I will do the afternoon and evening. We went to the 2019 Zhejiang Longjing Tea Stir Fixation Competition. It was really nice to see. We were lucky because...
