Friday, 20 November 2009

Tea soirée at Café Art

Pirkko Arstila, ex-newsreader and the founder of the Teen Ystävät society in Helsinki, gave a two-hour presentation on the world of tea in the lovely surroundings of Café Art, which also specialises in roasting its own coffee.

We sampled 5 teas -white, yellow, oolong, Pu Erh plus some green tea that opened up like a flower in the pot (or salad, as she said!) amidst informative and amusing stories about many more different types of tea. Most of the samples were kindly provided by Turun Tee ja Mauste in Kauppahalli.



At the end, talk went on with Java and Bancha tea and sandwiches or carrot cake, provided by Café Art and looking at all the fascinating types of tea on display - modest selection from chairperson and secretary's collection.


Even Turun Sanomat reported the event. (read from the link - in Finnish!)

You can see more pictures by clicking this link.