# The Swiss Tea Sommelier

> The Swiss Tea Sommelier


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## Pages

- [The Bella and Bettina Special](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/the-bella-and-bettina-special/): Tokyo is well worth a visit, but it is huuuuge, and you could easily spend a month in Tokyo just sussing out places to enjoy tea.
- [If You Like Matcha ...](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/if-you-like-matcha/): In the olden days - shall we say until 2020 ?
- [Where Has All the Matcha Gone ?](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/where-has-all-the-matcha-gone/): What we now call matcha began as powdered tea mixed with spices—far removed from the refined green elixir we know today.
- [This is not tea](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/this-is-not-tea/): At some point, Swiss food supermarket Migros truly upped the quality on their tea shelf and to their tea bags started to add Dilmah's loose leaf series.
- [Warning](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/warning/)
- [Unusual Brewing Methods](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/unusual-brewing-methods/): By and large, the leaves of camellia sinensis are brought into contact with hot water in order to extract some of the leaf components to make a drink called tea.
- [Rooibos Is Not a Tea](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/rooibos-is-not-a-tea/): This news may hit many a Swiss tea drinker hard: Rooibos tea is NOT a tea !
- [Happy New Year 2024](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/happy-new-year-2024/)
- [World Record Tea Bag](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/world-record-tea-bag/): The advice on this website could not be clearer: "Stay away from cheap tea bags".
- [Sensational Tea Videos](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/sensational-tea-videos/): During a phenomenally interesting end-of-year UK Tea Academy session dubbed "Meet the Chinese Tea Masters" (with Yang Yajing (杨亚静女士) [A Level One Tea Art Master, Tea Appraiser, President of the Changxing County Agricultural Products Agents Association, and Chairman of the Changxing County Purple Bamboo Tea Industry Agricultural Cooperative, who has devoted over 40 years to the frontline of the Purple Bamboo Tea production], with Wang Guangxi (王光熙先生) [Born in 1952 in Xiuning County, Anhui Province, Wang Guangxi became the inheritor of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Song Luo green tea production in 2015], with Liu Tongyi (刘同意先生) [As a recognised inheritor of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for Qimen Black Tea production, Liu Tongyi has played a significant role in promoting and preserving the traditional art of black tea making.
- [Meier Tea Lounge](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/meier-tea-lounge/): Between 11th November and 9th December 2023, Gartencenter Meier offers you a free cup of Sirocco Tea in the centre's own, and therefore temporary, tea lounge.
- [Gong Fu Cha](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/gong-fu-cha/)
- [Grow Your Own 2021](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/grow-your-own-2021/): This page has often led to a 403 error and is currently being revised.
- [Which Matcha Latte on a Sunday](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/which-matcha-on-a-sunday/): In Zurich, it has become a trend to say ‘Matcha’ instead of ‘Matcha Latte’ – There is a remarkable difference though.
- [The Incredible Chemistry of Your Cup of Tea](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/chemistry-in-tea/)
- [Happy New Year 2023](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/happy-new-year-2023/)
- [Grow Your Own 2021 original](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/grow-your-own-2021-original/): The pictures below show a day-by-day account of my plant's growth in 2021. For an almost day-by-day account of 2022, please click here.
- [Grow Your Own 2022](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/grow-your-own-2022/): The pictures below show an almost day-by-day account of my plant's growth in 2022. (Page may load slowly because of the number of pictures).
- [Which Water](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/which-water/)
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- [Wazuka Tea Garden Event](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/wazuka-tea-garden-event/): Participate in the Tea Garden to the World event for free (zoom link only) or for ¥6,000 (zoom link + sencha + Japanese black tea + kukicha + 3x wagashi + 2 small porclain cups + one futanashi; for 30 participants, shipping is sponsored by the Japanese Tourism Agency !!)
- [Spectacular Insight into the Life of a Tea Seed](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/spectacular-insight-into-the-life-of-a-tea-seed/): After the flower has been visited by a bee with a penchant for Camellia Sinensis, a small bulb starts to build.
- [Look at Matcha](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/look-at-matcha/): You can, of course, make matcha for yourself and enjoy it. Alternatively, you can make matcha for somebody else - and enjoy it !
- [Not Bubble Tea](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/not-bubble-tea/): Tea producers have become more explorative.
- [Which Tea Bag](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/which-tea-bag/): Throughout my website, I discourage the drinking of cheap tea bags.
- [How Hot Is Your Water](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/how-hot-is-your-water/): In some countries, people are more used to paying attention to the correct water temperature than in others.
- [What You Can Do with Japanese Tea Leaves in Scotland](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/what-you-can-do-with-japanese-tea-leaves-in-scotland/): All of this could be served in your own two-storey Japanese restaurant. It would have a veranda with view onto a lovely garden.
- [Chubu Ryu Frothing Method](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/chubu-ryu-frothing-method/): Japanese matcha is one of the most mesmerizing teas in the world and the Chubu Ryu frothing method can help you whisk up a perfect matcha if you are not a Japanese tea ceremony master.
- [Aoi Mori No Chabatake](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/aoi-mori-no-chabatake/): In May 2021, Obubu Tea Farms announced that they had rescued a 1 hectare tea garden that lay secluded in a forest.
- [Tea Marathon Japan 2021](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/tea-marathon-japan-2021/): Under co-founder and current president Simona Suzuki, the Global Japanese Tea Association GJTA (https://gjtea.org/japanese-tea-marathon/) are organising a Tea Marathon: During this year's Summer Olympics, GJTA will present a digital journey through 15 different Japanese tea regions.
- [Tea Helps](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/tea-helps/)
- [Japanese Teas](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/japanese-teas-2/)
- [Tea Health](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/tea-health/): Swiss food and health regulations draw a clear line between food and medicinal products.
- [From Babel Fish to Babel Carp](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/from-babel-fish-to-babel-carp/)
- [Japanese Teas](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/japanese-teas/): and However, with more than 80 different registered varietals of the Camellia Sinensis plant in the land of the rising sun alone (See here), there exists an astonishingly wide array of Japanese teas.
- [Matcha](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/matcha/): Matcha is a truly phenomenal invention.
- [The Chemistry Behind Tea](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/the-chemistry-behind-tea/): In the presence of the much more dominant xantine caffeine, the amount of theobromine in tea is too small to have an effect on humans.
- [Grow Your Own](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/grow-your-own/): There is just one catch: It's wrought with a whole batch of unexpected difficulties ;-) Camellia Sinensis is an evergreen, tropical plant.
- [Tea & More with Rohr](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/tea-and-more-with-rohr/): Tea & More with Rohr is a series of tea courses taught at Kantonsschule Küsnacht solely for year-5 students.
- [Bartender's Stunning Inventions](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/bartender-stunning-inventions/): Add everything to a shaker, shake vigorously and serve over ice. Most people who have matcha at home will have a chawan and a chasen.
- [Leftover Matcha](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/leftover-matcha/)
- [Secret](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/secret/): [vc_row css=".vc_custom_1580758362551{padding-top: 70px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="3962" img_size="full" alignment="center" style="vc_box_shadow_3d"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Hello Kitty Matcha: Why is it called Cappucino ?
- [Protected](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/protected/): For an even higher degree of protection, please drink tea. It contains a lot of antioxidants, which are good for you.
- [More Links](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/more-links/): Rose Cottage Tea Gardens, Torquay: No traffic, no wifi, instead simply a lovely garden with pond, ducks and an open-air piano in the picturesque, medieval village of Cockington near Torquay.
- [Working Title](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/working-title/)
- [Japanese Tea](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/japanese-tea/)
- [Afternoon Tea Around The World](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/afternoon-tea-around-the-world/)
- [Afternoon Tea London](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/afternoon-tea-london/)
- [Afternoon Tea in Zurich](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/afternoon-tea-in-zurich/)
- [Camellia Sinensis](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/camellia-sinensis/): All tea comes from the Camellia Sinensis plant. (See https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch//tea-talk/).
- [Where To Buy Tea](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/where-to-buy-tea/): This seller ships a huge variety of tea directly from India to your home.
- [Recipes](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/recipes/): The links below will take you outside this domain, but you may pick up a nifty trick or two there.
- [What’s New](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/whats-new/)
- [Events](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/events/): 2 hours every week and your tea knowledge will grow immensely.
- [Plethora of Links](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/plethora-of-links/)
- [Tea Talk](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/tea-talk/): In the stricter sense of the word, only beverages derived from two particular subvarieties of Camellia Sinensis qualify as ‘tea‘.
- [Tea, Tea, and Tea](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/tea-tea-and-tea/): Tea (from the tea plant Camellia Sinensis) is divided into six different main categories.
- [Contact](https://www.theswissteasommelier.ch/contact/): I did my tea sommelier’s degree in London, I currently reside in Zurich, and tea connects me the world.
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