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Japan Tea Tour 2024 with Little Tree Tea

By ellen 11/22/2023 Blog / Tea Journeys / Tearoom Events

Perhaps you remember the opening of our teahouse in 2011, and the people who were instrumental in getting it off the ground, a place to meet, chill and sip tea, that became a beloved part of the Portland Community. If you knew Matthew and Kristin, then you would know their incredible knowledge, experience, and love of tea, and the cultures that create it. They’ve traveled all over Asia for tea, with nothing more than a backpack and the yearning […]

Tea, Food and Culture Tour in the Azores

By ellen 07/13/2021 Blog / Tea Journeys

We’ve been asked many times, “When will you be offering a tea trip for customers?” Well, the time has come! We are offering a tour to the Azores of Portugal to include tea, food, wine, some walking, potentially some hiking, some geothermal hot springs and of course, culture! UPDATED FOR 2022: Six nights total, 2 islands — 4 nights in SÃ£o Miguel and 1 night in Terceira. Includes international airfare, accommodations with breakfast daily, inter-island flight, daily guided tours, and […]

Tea Discovery Workshop: Sri Lanka

By ellen 04/08/2020 Home / Tea Journeys

Join us and tea producer Buddika Dissanyaka of Forest Hill Tea for a virtual Tea Discovery Workshop!

Tea Journey: Sri Lanka 2020

By ellen 02/24/2020 Blog / Tea Journeys / Updates

View the photo gallery of our trip. Follow us on our travel blog and through Instagram Feb 28 – Mar 15! We’ll be traveling for tea to visit our suppliers of Earl Grey, Ceylon Tiger River, and Ceylon Adams Peak. Ceylon is the name given to Sri LankaÂ by the Portuguese Empire whenÂ itÂ arrived in 1505, was transliterated into English asÂ Ceylon. In 1972, its formal name was changed to “Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka” and in 1978, it was […]

Video: Our Korean Teas

By ellen 08/13/2018 Blog / Home / Tea Journeys

Our Tea Journey to South Korea, 2014. Learn about who makes our Korean black and green teas from Jukro Tea. Learn more about our tea journeys.

2018 Taiwan Tea Journey

By ellen 04/04/2018 Blog / News / Tea Journeys

May 11-24, 2018 We traveled for tea, this time to Taiwan to connect with the farmers and producers of our most favorite oolong teas! Embarking on another tea journey, the owners of DobrÃ¡ Tea, a teahouse located at 89 Exchange St., Portland, will head to Taiwan for oolong plucking, production and sourcing of these cherished teas. For most of May owners Ellen Kanner and Ray Marcotte traveled with 10-12 other “Devoteas” from the US and Eastern Europe to connect with […]

Tea Trip 2017 – India and Nepal

By ellen 04/12/2017 Blog / Home / Tea Journeys

Mar – Apr 2017 Our recent trip for tea took us to India and Nepal, fromÂ the far eastern region of Assam tea territory near the border of Myanmar to the Taj Mahal, to the foothills of the Himalayas and the gardens of Darjeeling. Read more in our travel journals from India and Nepal.

October 2016 – Azores, Portugal

By ellen 11/24/2016 Tea Journeys

We’d heard about tea being grown in the Azores, 800 miles off the western coast of Portugal. In October 2016, we headed in that direction to find two tea plantations, ChÃ¡ Gorreana and Porto Formosa, creating black teas in the Chinese tradition. We brought teas back for customers to try and hope to offer these regularly in the tearoom sometime soon. Where can you can sit in a tea field and look at the Atlantic? Winner gets free tea! Post […]

Tea Journey, 2014 – South Korea and Japan

By ellen 05/27/2014 Blog / Tea Journeys

View Japan/Korea in a larger map Read more on our journey and see photos. Stay tuned for upcoming events and presentations.

Meet our Nok Cha Supplier (video)

By ellen 06/10/2014 Blog / Tea Journeys / Updates

A video from our Nok Cha supplier and producer, Cho Yun Seok, of Jukro Tea Company. Great care is taken to create this fine tea, which is has several organic certifications including USDA Certified Organic. Â

China Tea Journey 2012: Map, Itinerary & Photos

By ellen 04/17/2012 Blog / Tea Journeys / Updates

See the slideshow. On April 17 at 6AM, Ray hopped on a plane bound for the tea fields of China.Â With little more than a 2600 cu in. backpack, he started his trek in Kunming and ended the journey 35 days later in Shanghai’s tea markets. Through photos, videos, and a map, we document our first trip to China for tea. Though Ray did pack very light, photos taken with a small camera and an ipod Touch for timely updates […]

China Tea Journey 2012: Photos from the Road

By ellen 04/21/2012 Blog / Tea Journeys / Updates

See the slideshow in larger format and without using Flash. Images shown in order of newest first.

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