My Guest for episode 30 is Katherine Boucher one-half of the founders of The Jersey Tea Company, who are growers and producers of handcrafted organic single estate tea in Jersey.

The Jersey Tea Company began in 2016 and is owned and run by two couples, Katherine and Terry Boucher and Michelle and Cardin Pasturel. As well as working on the tea farm they also have other careers as health professionals (Psychologists and Chiropractor) and in the finance industry. The Jersey Tea Company was founded because the couples wanted to be involved in working with the land (in particular thinking about regenerative farming and biodiversity) and doing something different in their “day jobs”.  They started experimenting with tea plants in the garden and progressed to having two fields and a nursery of tea plants. 

Check out the Jersey Tea Company Website here: https://thejerseyteacompany.com/

Follow the Jersey Tea Company over on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thejerseyteacompanylimited/

Thomas Langnickel-Stiegler is a tea educator & consultant with over 10 years of experience working as a product specialist, educator and industry consultant with various projects at the forefront of what is sometimes referred to as the renaissance of loose-leaf tea in the Western world.

Thomas was a founding partner and chief teaist for Paper & Tea based in Berlin, and from there went on to work as a Tea Specialist at Temial.

A copywriter and public relations specialist by original profession, Thomas turned his passion for tea into a fulltime career after training with one of Berlin's most renowned stores for loose-leaf tea. There he learned how to open wooden tea crates and package the tea for sale, how to taste and judge tea samples, and how to handcraft house-blends, flavour tea with natural essential oils and create innovative recipes for delicious herbal infusions and flowery tisanes. 

An avid Gamer and self-professed gaming tea nerd, Thomas now hosts a weekly live strem on Twitch. Get in touch with Thomas via his many social media outlet links listed below, to check out his other tea related projects.

Thomas's Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/TeaGamesAndStarstuff

Book Thomas for a personal tea session here: 
https://thomastalkstea.thinkific.com/

Follow Thomas on Instagram here: 
https://www.instagram.com/thomastalkstea/

Thoma's Youtube Channel: 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFYKuukJZautQ8U_ed0BInA

Check out Thomas's Podcast (in German) here: 
https://dingeundtee.podigee.io/

Temial Website: 
https://temial.vorwerk.de/

Annabel Kalmar is the founder of the Tea Rebellion which was started in 2017 to change the way tea is traded and to connect tea drinkers with tea farmers. Annabel developed a passion for improving farmers’ market access and incomes while studying agriculture and working in the fields of El Salvador and the Dominican Republic, harvesting coffee and interviewing farmers.

Annabel believes in transforming things that don’t work. She noted that coffee and chocolate seemed to have gotten all the love from consumers and that drinkers cared deeply about the origin of their coffee. Why then did most tea drinkers know so little, buy the same product and drink low-quality blended teas? Annabel decided it was the perfect time to shake things up in this traditional industry and create a social enterprise to change how tea is traded, marketed, and consumed.

Annabel grew up with artisanal production of olive oil, white wine, and herbal tea.  Annabel spends her time between Toronto, Canada and London, England.

Check out the Tea Rebellion website here: https://tearebellion.com/

Follow Annabelle on Instagram here: 
https://www.instagram.com/tearebellionuk/
https://www.instagram.com/tearebellion/

Tea Rebellion Linktree here: https://linktr.ee/tearebellion