TO TEA TOGETHER

William Liu

For centuries TEA has been a vessel and fuel in bringing people together. With a 5000-year history, how come we are only exposed to tea in teabags? TO TEA TOGETHER celebrates and promotes artisanal tea culture by engaging in conversations that bring diverse minds together and bridge cross-cultural gaps over a pot of quality tea. TO TEA TOGETHER shares insightful conversations from the next generation of leaders, athletes, artists, entrepreneurs, and scholars while cultivating a new era for the appreciation of artisanal tea culture.

  1. 06/08/2021

    #22– Pursuing Passion and Entrepreneurship in Clothing Design with Founder of Matik Boston | Dean Wahle

    Dean Wahle is the founder and designer of the clothing brand Matik Boston. Dean is currently a rising-junior at Wake Forest University studying computer science. In this episode, we brew some Yunnan black and iron goddess tea to discuss the motivation, mindset, and process of pursuing a passion in entrepreneurship and clothing design. Dean shares the origin story of Matik Boston and his clothing production journey that started in the junior year of high school. When Dean started his journey in clothing production, he was so inspired by Kanye West and the streetwear culture, he decided to learn everything by doing!  We also share our insights on The Alchemist, written by Paul Coelho, as the book has been a huge inspiration for Dean in pursuing his Personal Legend. Throughout quarantine, Dean had much time to self-reflect and he shares how he has become more spiritual and begun incorporating mindful practices such as meditation and tea in his life.       MATIK X TO TEA TOGETHER Apparel Collaboration As part of the release for this episode, MATIK BOSTON and TO TEA TOGETHER has collaborated on an apparel line selling t-shirts and hoodies. The design philosophy of this collaboration depicts Steve (Matik mascot) pouring himself tea from a gaiwan. However, the tea is overflowing from the teacup because Steve is an AI robot that learns as he goes. Brewing tea is new to Steve therefore, he is bound to make mistakes. PURCHASE MATIK X TO TEA TOGETHER MERCH: https://matikboston.com/

    47 min
  2. 06/01/2021

    #21– Unconscious to Conscious Tea and Industry Reflections with Veteran Journalist | Dan Bolton

    Dan is the editor-in-chief and publisher of the Tea Journey Magazine, one of the largest and most authoritative tea publishers on artisanal tea and in the tea industry. Dan is also the founder and podcast host of the Tea Biz Blog and Tea Biz Podcast, offers insight in real-time for beverage professionals scanning daily news items about their trade. With over 40 years working in the journalism space, having managed multiple magazines and publishing companies including STIR Coffee and Tea International, Natural Food Network, and Speciality Coffee Retailer to name a few. Dan is a veteran journalist to say the least. Now, Dan has shifted his focus to the tea industry and is using his ample experience to grow Tea Journey Magazine and the Tea Biz Blog and Tea Biz Podcast.  In this episode, Dan shares his insight on the tea industry and what many tea farmers, large and small, need to focus on– which is to produce more artisanal quality tea. Furthermore, Dan shares his experience from running coffee to liqueur to tea magazines and what makes tea such a unique industry to report and publish on. Finally, Dan discusses with us his personal experience with tea specifically, the importance of going from unconscious to conscious tea drinking and putting finer quality tea in perspective compared to commodity tea.  This episode is simply a MUST LISTEN for tea industry professionals and for any tea enthusiast wanting to learn more about the tea industry and tea culture as a whole!  Subscribe to Tea Journey Magazine: https://teajourney.pub/ Check out Dan's work at Tea Biz: https://tea-biz.com/

    1h 19m

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For centuries TEA has been a vessel and fuel in bringing people together. With a 5000-year history, how come we are only exposed to tea in teabags? TO TEA TOGETHER celebrates and promotes artisanal tea culture by engaging in conversations that bring diverse minds together and bridge cross-cultural gaps over a pot of quality tea. TO TEA TOGETHER shares insightful conversations from the next generation of leaders, athletes, artists, entrepreneurs, and scholars while cultivating a new era for the appreciation of artisanal tea culture.