Traveling for Tea – Tasseomancy in Boston

Traveling for Tea – Tasseomancy in Boston

A couple of years ago, while attending a tea festival, I came across an exhibitor who was promoting the art of tasseomancy. “If you’re unfamiliar, tasseomancy, also known as tasseography, is a fortune telling method done by interpreting messages found in the shapes of...
Tea Culture – Taiwanese bubble tea

Tea Culture – Taiwanese bubble tea

Bubble tea – also known as boba tea, pearl milk tea, tapioca tea, boba nai cha, zhen zhou nai cha, black pearl tea, BBT, PT, pearl shake or momi milk tea – is to Taiwan what a classic double-double is to Canada.  The Birth of Bubble Tea Bubble tea was...
Tea – An Introduction

Tea – An Introduction

As I was surfing the internet one day, I came across a tea sommelier program offered by the Tea and Herbal Association of Canada. Curious to discover what tea was all about, I registered for their introductory course without any real expectations of what I would see,...