Shernelle's Tea Talk

Jennifer Odera is the founder of T&Co a tea company specializing in hand-crafted teas from Nairobi, Kenya. Before setting up T&Co Jennifer worked in the hospitality industry and has lived and traveled to many countries all over the world. 

She began T&Co. in order to make fancy, great quality tea more accessible for everyday tea drinkers, in Kenya and globally in addition to that, the company also curates lovely gift boxes.  

Chek out T&Co's website: https://www.drinktco.com/

Follow T&Co on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drinktco/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drinktco

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Ratan Mondal is a tea vendor from Kolkata who settled in the UK in the 90's.  He set up his Tea2You tea shop at London's Borough Market. Ratan actively searches for the best tea estates in Darjeeling, Assam, and Nepal and works on-site developing unique blends and flavors for the best tea quality. 

Ratans popular shop has had some very high profile Celebs, Politicians... and Prince Harry has popped in, to buy some tea.

The tea shop recently moved into a purpose-built shop in Southwark Street within the market, so if you get the chance, please pop in and support a great tea business.

Tea2You website: https://tea2you.co.uk/

Follow Tea2You on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tea2you_boroughmarket/

Borough Market website: https://boroughmarket.org.uk/

Buy Edible Histories book here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/borough-market-edible-histories/mark-riddaway/9781529349702

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Marcel Karcher is a  Tea enthusiast, Photographer, Tea educator, and self-taught Ceramicist specialising in ceramic teaware, from Munich Germany. Marcel embarked on a 9 month Tea Sabbatical where he followed the tea path from India to China. 

He has taken his tea practice and wonderful tea photography online which has led to over 15,000 tea friends on Instagram. Marcel now has over 10 years of experience exploring teas and is passionate about sharing his experiences with the fellow tea community.

These days Marcel focuses on making ceramics, growing a youtube community, and creating more Tea related content.

Marcel's Website: https://www.tea-log.com/
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/tealog
Follow Marcel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tea.log/

Sign up for Marcel's newsletter to be updated on ceramic releases, tea workshops, and events.

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Joyce Maina is a  Global tea expert, Tea consultant, and Tea specialist, with over 30 years of experience in growing, processing, buying, and blending tea, she has worked for 4 top tea global brands.  Joyce's tea journey began spontaneously in her native Kenya and has taken her all over the world, Joyce has now settled in Cambridge UK and Is the Founder and Director of the Cambridge Tea Consultancy. 

We discuss East African Teas, Ethics in the tea business, and Joyce's Tea experiences. Through her Tea Consultancy, Joyce continues to teach and share with passion for tea.

Joyce's Website:  https://cambridgeteaconsultancy.com/
Check out Joyce's Instagram here:  https://www.instagram.com/joyce.teamaster/

Email  contact:
[email protected]

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Chantal M'Biki is the founder of House of Lilah, a tea company with a twist, or rather with an additional scent ; -). Chantal had the clever idea to combine herbal teas and wonderfully crafted scented candles, so one can enjoy the combination of taste and smell. House of Lilah was created in March just as the Coronavirus started to affect our everyday lives, but luckily for Chatal the business is doing well, as more people are staying at home, and enjoying more tea, and even better a candle to go with it.

Chantal is also a mentor on the Arts Emergency program, a UK based charity which helps young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to break into the Arts and Culture industries.  

Website: https://www.houseoflilah.co.uk/
Email House of Lilah: [email protected]

Follow House of Lilah on Instagram: 
https://www.instagram.com/houseoflilah_london/

Arts Emergency Website: https://www.arts-emergency.org/
Arts Emergency Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artsemergency/

If your around South London, check out the CommuniTEA cafe:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/communitea_london/
Website: https://communitea.co.uk/

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Kim Wong is a tea professional from London with roots in Hong Kong, who now lives in Argentina, she is the founder of the Sáan tea company and the Tienda de Té  tea shop in the Villa General Belgrano area of Argentina.

We discuss Kim's tea experiences, her spontaneous luck with tea, and how it all unfolded, plus the amazing tea knowledge and work in the tea community she does today.

Follow Kim on:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saan_blends/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saanblends

Or contact her via Email
Email: [email protected]

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Sushmita Das Gupta is a tea artist and teacher, who teaches and exposes the wider world of Indian teas. Sushmita grew up drinking the finest of Indian teas and has been sharing her vast knowledge of tea by consulting, workshops, and helping start-up tea businesses. 

Susmita's Website https://www.teawithsusmita.com/

Gopaldhara Tea Estate, order fine tea here https://gopaldharaindia.com/

Follow Susmita on Social media:
Instagram: @teawithsus
Twitter: @TeawithSusMita
Facebook: @TeaBySusmita

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Sigi my Guest for today is a Pu'er tea enthusiast & TeaYouTuber. I interview him for a casual chat about tea and his take on what Pu'er tea is all about, we talk about the growing tea community over on Discord. Sigi also does some live tea-drinking streaming on the Nannuoshan YouTube channel.

Sigi's youtube channel (Guy Drinks Tea): https://www.youtube.com/user/MrOzzsome/featured

 Twitter: https://twitter.com/guydrinkstea

Nannuoshan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2bZ...

Join the Tea Discord: https://discord.gg/tea 

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Jens Dennig Author of "Learning by Brewing" and fellow Tea head, is back again, this time for a full episode. While recording we drink some Long Jing Tea, discuss a German-based tea plantation, and talk about some tips on how to get some decent tea out for your local shop or vendor.  

Buy Long Jing Tea Here: https://de.nannuoshan.org/products/long-jing-2020 

Link to Jens's Blog: https://d-en-nig.blogspot.com/

Book Direct link Info: https://d-en-nig.blogspot.com/p/learning-by-brewing.html

Tschanara-Teagarden / Tea Plantation in Germany: https://tschanara-teagarden.de/en/the-teagarden/

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Jin Kyoung Choi and her husband are the new owners of the existing Laifufu tea shop in Munich. They have been running the shop for just over a year. Jin is an active mother of two, Tea shop owner, and..... a Ph.D. Scholar in Buddhist studies. 

Jin was taught all she knows about tea by Buddhist Monks, we talk about her experiences during this time, and how she was lucky to take over the tea shop.

Laifufu Website: https://www.laifufu.de/

Follow Laifufu on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laifufu_teesalon

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