Tea InfusiastThis post shares 2026 tea festival dates and locations in North America and Europe. You can see lists organized by date or country!
Last year, I had over 40 tea festivals on my 2025 Tea Festivals list. So, this post will certainly expand as more festivals announce their 2026 dates.
I had a lovely experience at Jin Yun Fu Tea Shop in Manhattan. I attended their Mid-Autumn Festival Tea Gathering in early October 2025 with three members of my family.
Jin Yun Fu relocated about a year ago. They are now on W 29th Street in Manhattan (New York City).
The teashop is below street level, but natural light still streams in through the big windows in the front of the shop.
Inside, there are long, wooden tea tables and gorgeous teaware. It’s a very calming and harmonious space. It’s much more spacious than their previous location, too.
Meet the 2025 storytellers for Tea Infusiast’s annual chariTEA fundraiser!
On November 16, 2025, I will be hosting the fourth annual Story of a Teacup online fundraiser for a nonprofit organization. I’m excited to introduce you to this year’s storytellers!
Before I do–a quick word about this event. It’s an online tea party with storytelling! It’s an empathy-building event for tea lovers that raises money for a charitable cause. ALL ticket sales go to a designated charity.
Join me at the fourth annual Story of a Teacup 2025 chariTEA fundraiser! Connect with other tea lovers over tea and stories while supporting a great cause. This is a live, online event!
World Central Kitchen (WCK) is the beneficiary of Story of a Teacup 2025. All proceeds go directly to this amazing nonprofit. WCK uses the power of food to nourish communities and strengthen economies around the world. They are first to the frontlines, providing meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises.
I’m sharing my review of Rose Label Gold from Nepal Tea Collective. I’ve been lucky enough to have had two delightful tea sessions, on different days, with this tea.
This black tea is from a special cultivar (BB157). It was grown in Nepal. Despite not being scented or having any flavors added, this tea has heady notes of rose and other lovely floral, spice, and citrus notes. It’s the alchemy of cultivar, terroir, weather, and processing!
I’m sharing my review of Qahwah House on Long Island.
It’s a Yemeni coffeehouse with over twenty locations in the USA. I have visited their Westbury, New York location several times.
Qahwah is the word for coffee in Arabic. I know, I know. You might be wondering why I am I reviewing a coffeehouse on a tea blog! It’s because they have several Yemeni tea offerings–and a surprisingly wide selection of other teas–that keep me coming back! There are other reasons as well.
Looking for tea on Long Island? Me, too! Here, I share reviews and/or videos about a number of places on Long Island (New York) where I’ve particularly enjoyed the tea that they serve.
This post shares my yellow tea tasting notes and explains what makes this less common category of tea so unique.
When my week ran me, I was stressed, tired, and demoralized. This post share the approaches I tried until I finally learned how to schedule my time in a more humane, joyful, and productive way.
I used to feel like my week ran me instead of like I ran my week.
I was productive–writing, teaching, grading, attending committee meetings, meal planning, organizing my kids’ activities, and so on. But, it all felt disorienting and exhausting.
I always knew, for example, that work was stressful. But, I vividly remember the day I deeply realized how it was impacting me physically, mentally, and emotionally. I was walking from my car to my office. It was a beautiful day. I was walking at a leisurely pace. Suddenly, I realized my heart was pounding in my chest as if I had had been sprinting instead of walking. My body was responding powerfully to the anticipated stress. I knew I HAD to make a change.
Two specific experiences made me curious about the wider world of tea.
I grew up enjoying a cup of Lipton tea with milk and sugar. Sometimes, we’d have Tetley tea at a relative’s house. As far as I knew, tea always came in tea bags with very small, broken leaves.
I also assumed almost everyone drank tea with milk unless they were drinking iced tea. Indeed, these styles of tea are great for making a hearty, malty cup of tea good with milk.