Tea Bar
Free with admission, the Tea Bar can be found on the east side of the Exhibition Hall. It’s an opportunity for everyone to share a cup of tea with a side of education and conversation.
The Tea Bar will be open Saturday and Sunday with a rotation of extraordinary and knowledgeable hosts from the tea community, serving dozens of types of tea.Similar teas will be compared, unusual teas explored, and rare teas will be savored. Pull up a chair! Tea Bar tasting sessions will begin every hour on the hour with both 15 minute and 45 minute explorations of our favorite beverage. Sessions will be targeted at folks with all levels of tea experience from novice to life-long expert.
Many hosts will be returning from last year with a few new faces brewing too. Here is the current lineup: Brett Boynton, Cindy Tuisko, Colton Meyers, "Choke" Marina Munoz, Diarmuid Fahy and Sam, Eric Glass, Gabriel Lukeris, Lauren Hall-Stigerts, Jenn Whitecloud, Jessica Campbell, Juliette Zhang, Neldon Hamblin, Roberta Fuhr, Pennie Ly, and Stephanie Katsianis.
Sessions will include these topics among others: Aged white tea, old and rare Pu Erhs, “Sipping the Wild”, Intermediate Young Sheng Puerh, Why I love tea, Yancha Rocks!, Not Matcha, Taiwan teas with Diarmuid & Sam, Exploring tea together, Game Night, three teas for one garden, Liu bao love: a comparison of different years.
Tea Pet Party
Jessica Campbell will host several hours of her very popular Tea Pet Party again in 2025. Bring your favorite tea pet or party with one of ours.
The Empty Tea Cup Table
Josh Brock will be back to host the Empty Tea Cup Table at The Tea Bar. Having participated in several aspects of the tea industry, Josh Brock reached the conclusion that the best way to support tea is to share it in its most basic forms. That is, to expose others to the fundamental element of tea that unites so many cultures, generations, and ceremonies: sincere hospitality.
