
Can we start something?
Could it be time to transform this day, “Black Friday” from a shopping frenzy to something more healthful and peaceful? Can we reclaim a season of gratitude for harvest bounty by sharing a bit of tea and tea talk? T Ching has been promoting the healthfulness of tea for 14 years. And this year we were sponsors of the 2020 International Virtual Tea Festival, much of which is available throughout the holiday season.
If you would like to help us create a full-on Black Tea Friday for 2021, please send your ideas to Babette Donaldson (B.Donaldson@TeaSippersSociety.com) so that our tea loving community celebrate with this healthier alterntive.
While we may be frustrated with limitations on live gatherings and too much time on Zoom, one of the benefits for tea lovers is that much of the weekend festival is still available to enjoy at your leisure . . . like a long holiday weekend!
Discover hours of video, dozens of downloads and some great wonderful new teas.
Festival Website
Create Your Own Black Tea Friday. . .Today!
So this is really just a shameless bit of word play. But, for those of us who aren’t planning to venture into the crowds and are looking for new and tea-ish, it is quite possible that you will find something fun at the 2020 Int’l Virtual Tea Festival website.
50 Vendor Pages – Explore the videos, downloads, show specials and gift ideas
Free On-Demand Presentations (click on the schedule)
Purchase the “All Classes” Pass: This package includes almost all of the classes offered at the International Virtual Tea Festival in recorded, video format. These will be available for you to access on your own schedule from November 12, 2020 through January 31, 2021.
Share some of your “Black Tea Friday” Ideas for us to organize as a new way to celebrate in 2021
- Unique and unusual teas; Innovations on the farm
- Blends with black tea
- Cooking with black tea
- New ways to brew and share black teas
- Songs, poetry, art
- Word Games for black tea (crossword puzzles)
Send your ideas to: B.Donaldson@TeaSippersSociety.com

Visit some of your favorite tea sellers & discover some new ones.
T Ching is proud to be one of the participating vendors and also one of the sponsors. We invite you to take full advantage of this opportunity – open until January 31st! You will certainly discover some new teas and something new about tea.
Festival Vendor Page
TeaGchwendner The Tea House Int’l Tea Cuppers Club Int’l Tea Sippers Society AnnaMaries Being Tea Bellasia Tea Cultivate Taste Effie’s Homemade Elite Designs KC Emilie’s French Teas Erika’s Tea Room Fanchion K’s Tea Time Flying Plum Tree Studio Glenburn Fine Tea Herbal Alchemy Teahouse |
Ion Teas Japanese Green Tea Co. Liliku Green Tea Mana Organics Nepal Tea PersnickeTea Plum Deluxe Ruby Lion Sally’s Parlor Serene Tea Cha Shang Tea Simpson & Vail Single Origin Tea SONO ORGANICS Taste All The Teas Tea & Whimsey |
Tea Cozy Tea Journey Tea Market Tea Thoughts TeaTime Magazine Tea Xotics TEA.L Tealeaf Tealulu TeaSource The Communi-Tea The Dragon’s Treasure The Great Mississippi Tea Co. The Tea Smith Tillerman Tea Yunomi.life |