T Ching Owner, Publisher, Author
Babette Donaldson is the current owner and publisher of this website, T Ching. She acquired it from the original creators, Michelle Rabin and Sandy Bushberg in 2019.
“I have always appreciated the resource that T Ching has provided to our commuity of sippers and enthusiasts. The 3000+ articles archived here are not only one of the most readily available and diverse tea information websites, T Ching also preserves our tea history.”
No stranger to publishing and tea education, Donaldson is also the founder of the International Tea Sippers Society and author of The Everything Healthy Tea Book and The Emma Lea Books began her adventure with “real” tea as a graduate art student in San Francisco during the 70’s with a focus on ceramic art. Studying the history and elegance of ancient tea ware inspired curiosity for the beverage and worldwide cultures that celebrate it ceremonially.
Sip For Peace
Worldwide tea cultures inspired her favorite project, “Sip for Peace” for which she earned Best Consumer-Oriented Marketing Campaign at 2019’s World Tea Expo. But more importantly, this project was Donaldson’s dream of introducing some new or little-known countries that grow tea and share in our worldwide culture of tea.
“At the core, Sip for Peace is a project where we use our tea experiences to visualize a world without war. Why Tea? Because the culture of tea…the essence of tea is a peace. It is when we can find our own personal peace and share it that we can reach out further to share this with the entire world.”
Posts by Babette Donaldson
- Starting a Tea Business in the Gig Economy (9/29/2023)
- Is There A Tea Business in your Future? (9/7/2023)
- World Tea Academy Celebrates Its First Decade (8/1/2023)
- Are you dreaming of creating a tea business? (5/2/2023)
- Which tea event will you attend? How to choose the best tea Festival, Expo, Class or Tea Tour. (3/7/2023)
- Can You Manage Cholesterol With Tea? (7/15/2022)
- Tea and Self-Care; Ritual Bathing (6/17/2022)
- It’s Not Too Late To Plan a Father’s Day Tea Party (6/8/2022)
- How Can Tea Lovers Support Ukraine? (5/27/2022)
- Midwest Tea Festival 2022 – The Review (5/16/2022)
- Virili-Tea & Masculini-Tea; Can Tea Enhance Testosterone? (4/24/2022)
- Multiple Infusions: Unlocking the Subtle Layers of Flavor in the Tea Leaf (4/13/2022)
- World Tea Expo 2022; Wrap-up Report From Tealand (3/25/2022)
- Tea in Ukraine (3/4/2022)
- Sip for Peace; February Review (2/28/2022)
- Celebrating Twenty Years of Specialty Tea at World Tea Expo 2022 (2/21/2022)
- Want to Start a Tea Business? (2/8/2022)
- Sip for Peace; January Review (1/31/2022)
- Tea Talk; Honoring the Lineage of Tea Information and Education (1/20/2022)
- Global Tea Initiative; Bridging Science and Culture, Time and Space (1/14/2022)
- Brewing Melted Snow Tea, A Winter Luxury (12/31/2021)
- It’s Not Too Late to Plan a Holiday Tea Party (12/17/2021)
- Tea and Heart Disease; How Drinking tea Supports Heart Health (12/10/2021)
- Will Battle, Author of “The World Tea Encyclopedia” (11/30/2021)
- Celebrating Black Tea Friday 2021 (11/26/2021)
- Does tea make you pee more? (11/5/2021)
- October Crossword Challenge; What’s Healthy About Tea (10/15/2021)
- How does drinking tea help manage diabetes? (10/8/2021)
- A Tea Lover Considers; What is it about Boba Tea? (9/29/2021)
- Sip for Peace; World Day of Peace 2021 (9/21/2021)
- Michiyo Tsujimura; Early Researchers of Tea and Health Science (9/17/2021)
- Can Drinking Tea Help Manage Weight Loss? (9/9/2021)
- Managing ADHD with Tea; Control Attention and Focus (8/18/2021)
- Does Drinking Tea Help Prevent Covid? (8/11/2021)
- Tea & Dementia; A Tea Drinker’s Anti-Dementia Worksheet (8/4/2021)
- Tea and Dementia; Can a Tea Lifestyle offer Protection Against Cognitive Decline? (7/28/2021)
- Tea And Cancer; The Evidence of Health and Well-Being (6/23/2021)
- An Overview of How Tea Helps Prevent and Fight Disease (6/16/2021)
- Quantum Dots from Tea Extract Treat Disease (6/9/2021)
- Caffeine and L-Theanine in Tea (6/2/2021)
- Tea’s Power as an Antioxidant & Apoptosis Support (5/26/2021)
- ECGC: Understanding the Health Benefits of Tea (5/19/2021)
- What’s Healthy About Tea: Tea’s Journey from Field To Cup (5/12/2021)
- What’s Healthy About Tea? – A new series of articles based on the book, “The Everything Healthy Tea Book” (5/5/2021)
- The Big & Heavy Books About Tea (4/21/2021)
- Women Tea Inventions: Correcting the History of Important Women in Tea Industry (3/25/2021)
- Tea Tycoons 2010: World Tea Media Honors New Tea Industry Entrepreneurs (3/5/2021)
- Vincent Liu: Tea Enthusiast Creates the MyTeaPal App (1/11/2021)
- Sparkle Up Your Holidays With a Spot of Tea (12/25/2020)
- Tea Towels: Tea Art & History (12/17/2020)
- The Courage to be Grateful (11/26/2020)
- When A Tea Person Moves (9/24/2020)
- 2020 International Virtual Tea Festival (9/15/2020)
- How can a tea festival be virtual? (7/23/2020)
- Lavender Tea Party; Local + Virtual Tea Party (6/12/2020)
- What Is the Value of an American Tea Farm? (4/27/2020)
- How to Create a Virtual Tea Party (3/30/2020)
- Shenzhen Series, Second Installment: The Shenzhen Global Tea Fair (1/27/2020)
- Shenzhen Series, First Installment: Economics and the Price of Tea (1/9/2020)
- How Much Gratitude Is There in a Simple Cup of Tea? (11/28/2019)
- My New Favorite Wedding Gift Tea Set (8/7/2019)
- My Tea Plant; Growing and Harvesting tea In my Backyard (5/13/2019)
- First Annual Chicago International Tea Festival (5/2/2019)
Videos
Babette Donaldson from “Month Of Tea” series of thirty-one videos on various methods of brewing tea.
“Sip For Peace 2018 – Day #1”