Saturday, August 22nd, 10 a.m.

Eden Prairie Library, 565 Prairie Center Dr, Eden Prairie, MN 55344

What a beautiful library! High vaulted ceilings, open layout, and a zen like flow. The meeting room had a lovely sink and counter area which we have found to make our meetings much more user friendly. The glass windows also made it more inviting for others who were curious and looking, that way we could wave them in.

This gathering was sponsored by Plum Deluxe. I reached out to a few companies at the very beginning of the journey in becoming a non-profit to see if they would be willing to send any samples, had thoughts, etc. Plum Deluxe was one of the first to do so. They reached out again with samples this year and to see how things were proceeding. I asked if they would be interested in being the topic of the meeting and they said they’d be delighted.

The majority of what we went over can be found here: https://teatiff.com/2022/09/08/plum-deluxe/. There is a great quote from Andy that I think is important for every tea drinker to read at this link. Also, there were some things, like tasting the samples, that could only be experienced at the meeting. We will be saving the rest of the samples to taste at future meetings. Once again, we want to extend our thanks to Plum Deluxe. We hope to continue our partnership far into the future!

Teas We Tasted: (I let people choose which Plume Deluxe samples we’d taste)

1. Maple Pecan Black – Plum Deluxe
2. Mystery Tea (It was a Yunnan Purple Beauty)
3. Forest Berry Puerh – Plum Deluxe
4. Strawberry Immunity Herbal – Plum Deluxe
5. Imperial Matcha – Yunomi
6. Black Dragon Pearl – FullChea
7. Premium Matcha – Yunomi
8. Lao Shan Hong Tea – Spring of Hanjiang
9. White Tea Cake – Shou Mei – Good Mountain Tea
10. Puerh – Shou – Lao Ban Zhang

Next Meetings:

September 12th Prior Lake Library. 16210 Eagle Creek Ave SE, Prior Lake, MN 55372

• Please RSVP here for this meeting. This will be our usual 2 hour time slot, however, while the first part is our usual discovery of worldwide teas, the second part will be a very unique experience thanks to Being Tea.

October 17th The Studio Project. 3338 University Ave SE, suite 340, Minneapolis, MN 55414 (Located in the Art + Architecture Building. Entrance at the back of the building Sundays, openings, and events)

• Would you like to help with the educational section of this meeting? We are looking for someone who would be interested in combining clouds and tea and making it a learning experience. Become a TeaStar. (I really hate the TeaStar Picture. It looks like green worms. Does someone want to make a star with tea leaves??)