T Ching Contributing Writer
Elyse Petersen worked as a Global Tea Ambassador in Wazuka, Kyoto, Japan with the International Tea Farms Alliance. Through her time in Japan, she made many connections with tea farmers and was inspired by the passion farmers had for their tea. She is now the founder of Tealet, a marketplace that connects drinkers with tea growers around the world.
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Posts by Elyse Petersen
- Tea Prediction of 2023: Evolution of a Livestream Influencer (1/31/2023)
- Tea Prediction of 2022: Discovering the Metaverse (2/9/2022)
- Women’s History Month in Tea (3/29/2021)
- Tea Trends of 2021 – Scarcity (1/18/2021)
- Tea Education for Tea Professionals (9/7/2020)
- The Marginalized Lives and Stories of Tea (6/22/2020)
- Tea Trends of 2020 (1/29/2020)
- Tea is the Life of the Party (10/30/2019)
- A Standard of Transparency (7/17/2019)
- Tea Trends of 2019: Immersive Tea Experiences (2/4/2019)
- Darjeeling Strike: The Aftermath (10/29/2018)
- An Uncertain Future for Tea: Lesson from the 2018 Global Tea Initiative Symposium (4/23/2018)
- Tea Trend of 2018: The Death of Direct Trade (1/16/2018)
- Swadeshi (11/30/2017)
- A New Legacy of Darjeeling Tea (9/20/2017)
- What is Sustainability for Tea – Solutions (5/23/2017)
- What is Sustainability for Tea: Economics (2/7/2017)
- What is Sustainability for Tea: Society (12/15/2016)
- What is Sustainability for Tea – Environment (11/7/2016)
- A Threat to Specialty Tea – Food Safety Modernization Act (9/26/2016)
- The New Tea Party (9/1/2016)
- The Art of Tea is in the Making…Or Serving? (7/20/2016)
- World Tea Expo is a Time of Networking (6/2/2016)
- Organizing a Tea Festival (3/10/2016)
- Tea Trend of 2016: Transparency (2/15/2016)
- Tea Festival Life (12/21/2015)
- A Tea Mission (11/17/2015)
- Tea is Our Lifeblood (10/29/2015)
- The Evolving Tea Culture of the Pacific Northwest (10/13/2015)
- Terminology of High Quality Tea (7/20/2015)
- The Economic Future of Direct Trade Tea: A Look at Chinese Quality Tea (7/2/2015)
- The fading tea fields of Sri Lanka (4/13/2015)
- What is commodity tea? (3/2/2015)
- What is specialty tea? (1/20/2015)
- How tea retail works (12/8/2014)
- What is the best tea in the world? (11/13/2014)
- Tea of the Pacific Northwest (9/9/2014)
- How a new tea garden is discovered (7/29/2014)
- Following the Japanese spring tea season (6/30/2014)
- The tea industry is what you demand (5/27/2014)
- 2014 spring harvest: the race is on (4/16/2014)
- A matter of honest tea (3/5/2014)
- Tea pairings: it’s science! (2/4/2014)
- Tea family – ambitious journeys to connect (1/6/2014)
- You can grow tea too! Inspiration from the american camellia belt (11/14/2013)
- What’s Bitcoin & what’s tea gotta do with It? (10/10/2013)
- Visualizing tea quality (9/3/2013)
- Growing tea in the US? (8/5/2013)
- Quality standards for tea – A collaborative effort (7/1/2013)
- Empowering tea retailers through online cupping sessions and auctions (6/3/2013)
- Building a transparent tea industry, one year in (5/1/2013)
- Tea, tech, and pop culture (4/1/2013)
- Bringing together a world tea family (3/4/2013)
- U.S.-grown teas – Exploring a new frontier with James Norwood Pratt (2/4/2013)
- The evolution of a tea fairy (1/3/2013)
- How I poured tea for George Takei (12/5/2012)
- The motivations of the new tea lover (11/8/2012)
- Life as a global tea ambassador (10/10/2012)
- Exploring the Hawaii-grown tea industry (8/27/2012)