By Harriet Steele, Community Fundraising Officer
Working on the Big Tea has made me think a lot more about the morning cuppa which I usually take for granted. How can some leaves in a bag fill me with such joy as I start the day?
As my interest in all things tea has grown, I took a friend along for her birthday to a recent tea-tasting workshop at Petersham Nurseries in Richmond.
Set in one of the many greenhouses, tables were laid out ready, with a tea bowl, tasting notes sheet and plates full of cake - which we resisted for as long as possible as it affects the tasting palate!
Jennifer Wood of the award winning Canton Tea Company (www.cantonteaco.com) introduced all the teas we tasted varying from the subtle flavours of the white teas to the more robust flavours of the Oolong teas. She divulged the truths and myths of tea and explained the tea production methods as well as to how to brew the perfect cup! Tea drinking will definitely never be the same again!
Jennifer has very kindly offered to support Independent Age and the Big Tea by running a tea-tasting workshop. If you like tea and would like to know more about this English tradition come along and sample a range of quality teas and learn about the production methods involved.
Date: 8 October 2011
Time:11am
Location: Petersham Nurseries, Church Lane, Off Petersham Road, Richmond, Surrey,TW10 7AG
Tickets: £10 for the talk and tea tasting or £25 to include a light lunch after the workshop
To book please contact Orla at Petersham Nurseries on 020 8605 3627 or email. info@petershamnurseries.com
For more information about Independent Age contact Harriet at or call 020 7605 4288.
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