Professor Sharon

Teatrekkers could be seen last night at the first of our 2012 Winter Salon evenings.     With a dozen friends we learned from Mary Lou and Robert Heiss (the authors of four really excellent books) just a tiny bit about Chinese teas: its origins, how and where what we were tasting was grown, how to brew it correctly, and many interesting things about it.   We tasted three teas from the Yunnan area: a green, a black and a pu-erh.  Fascinatingly similar and different: some descriptions were mushroom, umami, flower, fish, earth, floral.

I think most shocking to many of us were the mistruths we’re fed from the commercial tea industry about what is caffinated and what isn’t.  I highly recommend you visit their blog and online store, and their brick and mortar store in Northampton MA if you’re in the area.

A great evening of interesting people having fascinating conversations!