WHO WE ARE
We're a couple of US tea growers, a US tea retailer,
and a US tea author and teacher
who got together
to
create the elements of
THE US TEA EXPERIENCE
FROM SEED TO CUP!
Jason McDonal & Timmy Gipson — US tea growers
At their pioneering farm, The Great Mississippi Tea Company in Brookhaven, Mississippi, Jason & Timmy develop science-based approaches to growing and processing Camellia sinensis leaves that yield award-winning teas.
Jason & Timmy can't wait to show you how they do it!
Kyle Stewart — US tea retailer
At The Cultured Cup in Dallas Texas, Kyle offers not only delicious teas, but also first-class tea education in the shop's dedicated Tasting Room— these offerings have earned The Cultured Cup the title of
"Best Retail Tea Shop"
by World Tea Expo 2019.
You won't want to miss learning from Kyle's tea preparation and tasting expertise!
Virginia U. Lovelace MD — US tea author & teacher
Physician-scientist, former faculty member of the
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University,
and author of
Tea: a Nerd's Eye View,
available on Amazon.
Virginia brings her expertise and award-winning teaching skills to each course and event..
Virginia is eager to guide you through the science of tea so that you will enjoy your teas to the max!
HOW THE US TEA EXPERIENCE STARTED
The US TEA EXPERIENCE
grew out of a desire to bring to you
the delights of US grown tea,
from seed to cup
The original plan was to bring you down to The Great Mississippi Company Tea Farm
to experience tea growing, harvesting, processing, brewing and tasting first hand,
but COVID-19 intervened, so we decided to bring the teas to you through:
- courses at our US TEA EXPERIENCE SCHOOL that take you from seed to cup — https://usteaexperience.teachable.com;
- the US TEA EXPERIENCE MAGAZINE where each issue brings you tea-based knowledge and recipes — https://www.flipsnack.com/USTeaExperience/;
- SPILLING the TEA events on Eventbrite, where we bring you not only recipes for delicious tea-based drinks and food, but fellowship and fun as we create them together — https://usteaexperience.eventbrite.com.
Looking forward to getting together with you!
