TRUE TEAS OF AFRICA
Hosted by Cinnabar Wright (Phoenix Tea)

At this focused tasting on May 21st, we tasted teas grown and produced in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Rwanda. There were an array of widely different teas selected from the categories of white, green, black, oolong, and a "dark" tea (puer style). Each country's teas have their own distinctive character, and these teas were all high quality and carefully produced, not the commodity teas that African countries are known for producing. The teas in the tasting were all true teas, from the Camellia sinensis plant, not herbals like Rooibos, which is grown and produced in South Africa, or Karkady, which is grown in Nigeria and Sudan.