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Whether you are hosting a tea party, tea event, or running a tea business, find speakers here.
Listings below may include Speakers on tea or other interesting themes for tea gatherings, Etiquette, Protocol, and Manners experts. Tea Trainers and Consultants listed here as well. Many can be called upon to assist with news articles, TV, radio, etc. Just ask!
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SPEAKERS BUREAU MEMBERS:
Name: Debbie Anderson Business Name: Victorian House Scones
Address: Lafayette, IN
Contact/email details: See website Website: www.victorianhousescones.com
Programs or Topics offered: Scone Baking Demonstrations
♦Name: Lisa Baughman
Business: Take Thyme Today Address: York, PA
Phone Number: (717) 741-0504 Click to Email www.takethymetoday.com
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
♦Name: Danielle Beaudette
Business: The Cozy Tea Cart Address: Brookline, NH
Phone Number: (603) 249-9111 Click to Email www.thecozyteacart.com
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
Name: Jodie Cohen
Address: Las Vegas, NV
Phone Number: (702) 792-2001 Click to Email
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
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Name: Karen G. Donnelly, TTSP*
Business: Enchantment for Your Table Address: Thornton, PA
Phone Number: (610) 800-9597 Click to Email
Specialty: Speaker
"Afternoon Tea in Victorian America to Edwardian England (or How did an American end up on Downton Abbey?"
*Certified Tea Association of Canada Tea Sommeliertm/sm Professional
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
Name: Cynthia Grosso
Business Name: Charleston School of Protocol & Etiquette
Address: Charleston, SC
Phone Number: 843.207.1025 Email: see website Website: www.charlestonschoolofprotocol.com
Specialty: Speaker - Trainer - Consultant - Protocol
Programs or Topics offered: The Charleston School of Protocol and Etiquette specializes in helping people handle life's events and changes with style, polish and confidence. The Charleston School of Protocol offers seminars and consulting services in business etiquette and medical/dental office protocol. Special tea and dining etiquette programs available.
Availability: Will travel.
Current events: see website.
Name: Dharlene Marie Fahl
Address: Canyon Lake, CA
Phone Number: 619.433.2113
Click here to Email & teagoddess@dharlenemariefahl.com
Websites: www.dharlenemariefahl.com & www.redpoppypress.com
Specialty: Author, Inspirational Speaker, Afternoon Tea Keynote, Tea Education & Tasting, Meditations with Tea, Tea with Seniors.
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
♦Name: Jenifer Dodd
Business: Jeni's Tea Address: New York, NY
Phone Number: (347) 451-5425 Click to Email
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
♦Name: Noushin Ebrani
Business: Heavenly Tea Address: Great Neck, NY
Phone Number: (516) 589-3840 Click to Email www.heavenlytealeaves.com
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
♦Name: Marcella Farina
Address: Mechanicsburg, PA
Phone Number: 717-421-1992 Click here to Email
Website: www.teaandhats.com Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
♦Name: Cynthia Gold
Business: The Boston Park Plaza Hotel Address: Arlington, MA
Phone Number: (617) 407-2886 Click to Email www.bostonparkplaza.com
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
Name: Earlene Grey
Address: Oregon City, OR
Phone Number: 503-655-2809 Click here to Email Website: www.earlenegrey.com
Specialty: Speaker - Trainer - Entertainment
Programs or Topics offered: Earlene offers poetry readings and a bit of tea info. Presentations are geared toward the audience, so the discussions will vary in nature. Trainings, Seminars. Poetry reading. You may go to Earlene’s website and listen to her read. Earlene also offers a CD of her reading the entire Musings With a Cuppa poetry book.
Availability:
Current events: see website.
♦Name: Kristine Henderson Business Name: The Pleasures of Tea
Address: Bohemia, New York
Phone Number: 631-278-5755 Click here to Email Website: www.pleasuresoftea.com
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
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♦Name: Judith Krall-Russo Food Historian & Tea Specialist
Location: Fords, New Jersey
Phone: 732-985-2486 Fax: 732-985-5138 Click here to Email www.teafoodhistory.com
Specialty: Speaker, workshop leader, writer, and tea room/restaurant consultant.
Judith presents over 30 programs and workshops on tea and food history and customs. Her tea topics include, but not limited to: “Tea Traditions from Many Lands”, History of English Tea”, “The Asian Tea Experience”, “Tea and other Meals in Victorian America”, “Tea Knowledge -101”. Her historical food programs include; “The Jersey Tomato”, “Peachy-keen:Peaches in NJ”, “Blueberries – New Jersey’s Wonder Fruit” and “Fun and Food Along the Jersey Shore”. Please visit her website for a complete listing of programs. Ms. Krall-Russo has written for “Tea, A Magazine”, “County Women”, and “Gastronomica”. She was an editor for Jennifer Petersen’s cookbook “17-76 Tea Party Award Winning Recipes”.
Availability: New Jersey/New York/Pennsylvania Metro Area. Will travel.
Upcoming Workshops - see event calendar on the home page of www.theteahousetimes.com
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Name: Patricia A. O'Brien Business Name: Teatime Pleasures
Address: Illinois
Phone Number: 847-679-2538
Specialty: Certified Tea and Etiquette Consultant
Programs or Topics offered: Speaker for Women's Organizations, Girl Scout's and tearooms
Availability: Please contact for topics, availability and fees.
♦Name: Marzi Pecen
Business: Pecen & Associates Address: Dallas, TX
Phone Number: (214) 212-6914 Click to Email
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
♦Name: Jennifer Petersen
Business: Tea Trade Mart Address: Vancouver, WA
Phone Number: (360) 433-9454 Click to Email www.teatrademart.com
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
Name: James Norwood Pratt
Business Name: Tea Society
Address: San Francisco, CA
Click here to Email Website: www.teasociety.org
Specialty: Author - Speaker - Consultant - Writer
Programs or Topics offered: Varies -
Availability: CA - will travel + expenses
Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and brought up on land which has been in his family since before the American Revolution, James Norwood Pratt was educated at Chapel Hill and abroad and published his first book on tea in 1982. -- Whether as Honorary Director of America's first traditional Chinese tea house or as International Juror of India's first-ever tea competition, James Norwood Pratt has served the cause of tea around the world for thirty years as author, instigator and teacher. He is America's acknowledged Tea Sage and quite possibly the world's most widely read authority on tea and tea lore.
♦Name: Deborah Raab
Business: Tea-For-All Address: Trenton, NJ
Phone Number: (609) 577-8038 Click to Email www.tea-for-all.com
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
♦Name: Christine Renken
Business: A. Holliday & Company Inc.
Address: Toronto-Ontario, Canada
Phone Number: (416) 225-2217 ext. 231 Click to Email www.teacoff.com
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
♦Name: Marlene Robinson
Business: Norabamma Address: Londenberg, PA
Phone Number: (215) 327-8054 Click to Email
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
Name: Sarah Scarborough Business Name: Firepot Nomadic Teas
Address: TN Phone Number: 615-335-4063 Click here to Email
Website: www.firepotnomadicteas.com
Specialty: My expertise is in the field of sustainable teas. With over 10 years experience in Organic farming and a life-long interest in global cultures, I started Fair Trade Teas in 2001. Since then, I have traveled to the origins of tea from India and Sri Lanka to Africa learning about the social and environmental impacts of the tea trade and sourcing organic and Fair Trade teas for businesses I have developed including Scarborough Fair Foods in Australia and New Zealand, Fair Trade Teas in the US and most recently, Partners Tea Company. I have completed courses with the Specialty Tea Institute and teach a tea appreciation class, Journey to Tea, nationally and globally.
♦Name: Kyle Stewart Business Name: The Cultured Cup
Address: Dallas, TX 75225
Phone Number: 888-VIP-TEAS Click here to Email Website: www.TheCulturedCup.com
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
♦Name: Angela Strach-Gotthardt
Business: Secret Tea Society Address: Hudson, OH
Phone Number: (330) 472-3898 Click to Email SecretTeaSociety.com
Specialty:
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
♦Name: Leslie Sundberg Business Name: Classical Tea Consulting
Address: Edmond, OK
Phone Number: (316) 650-1593 Click here to Email
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
♦Name: Ava Swartz Business Name: Lilac Tea Room
Address: San Francisco, CA
Phone Number: (415) 425-1282 Click here to Email www.lilactearoom.com
Specialty: Speaker
Please contact member for availability and programs offered.
Name: Gail Gastelu, Owner/Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
Business Name: The Tea House Times
Address: PO Box 1049, Sparta, NJ 07871 (973) 551-9161 Click here to Email
Website: www.theteahousetimes.com See also http://www.gailgastelu.com
Specialty: Speaker - Consultant - Writer - Tea Tours - TV - Radio - Guest Blog Posts
Programs or Topics offered: Varies - Offering 4 hour Tea Course Fast Track min. 5 ppl
See also http://www.teacoursefasttrack.com
http://www.teaetiquettecertified.com and http://www.teacourse.com
Availability: Worldwide if expenses are paid.
See also www.TeaCourse.com - Produced by The Tea House Times
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Zhen was brought up in a tea family and has a deep understanding
of all aspects of Chinese tea, from the plants and the processes to
the brewing and tasting of all the different types of Chinese tea.
Moreover, Zhen has extensive knowledge of the culture behind
Chinese tea and how art, history and literature as well as Daoism,
Buddhism and Confucianism have played vital roles in tea culture.
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