Tag: Canada

  • Ukrainian Ivan Chai . . . from Canada

    Back in June, I was tagged in an Instagram post by O5 Tea. It featured a very familiar plant. Pedro, one of the tea outfit’s co-owners referenced my first Ivan Chai article to go along with something they just produced for their brick-‘n-mortar shop and website. I remember having a conversation with Pedro right after…

  • Picking American Tea with Canadians

    I kept putting off a trip to the Sakuma Bros. farm for many reasons. All of those excuses revolved around money, time and/or time for money. However, as a good li’l tea geek, I’d been doing myself a disservice by not going. After all, it was the only operating tea grower/seller in the Pacific Northwest.…