Ms. Donna Sikora is founder and proprietor of Toronto-based My Tea Brew, a tea company offering a range of teas from herbal/tisanes, to organic, wellness, black, white, green teas, and even tea-infused homemade marshmallows.

Donna is a graduate of the George Brown College Tea Sommelier program in Toronto. Our discussion ranges from; her inspiration to founding her brand, to travels with fellow graduates of the GBC program to China; trying Oolong tea; tea and health; tea and cultural traditions around the world; tea occasions and proper preparation; tea diversity and varieties, and where tea consumption and innovation may be coming in the years ahead. We mention the Amsterdam Tearoom & Bar in the Exchange District of Winnipeg, Manitoba who are using infused flavourings of lapsang souchong for cocktails, and Donna’s custom blended tea creation for Montgomery’s Inn, one of the oldest buildings in Toronto, that contains lapsang souchong, dried apple, and maple syrup flakes

We discuss the various trends influencing tea consumption with the example of Japanese green matcha tea.