2:30 - 3:15 British Tea Tent, Radical Hospitality: A Steeped Revolution (Jeni Dodd)
What do a teacup and the right to vote have in common? More than you think. Join Jeni Dodd, New York City attorney and founder of Jeni Dodd Tea, as she tells the story of how the world’s most civilized beverage became one of history’s most powerful tools of resistance. From suffragette tearooms in Victorian London to fundraising tea parties in 1890s Boston, Jeni traces how women turned the ritual of the cup into a revolution at the polls. Drawing on two decades of advocacy for the disenfranchised, she asks what that history still has to teach us. Because some fights, it turns out, never really end. Come for the history, stay for the tea.
2:30 pm - Radical Hospitality: A Steeped Revolution (Jeni Dodd)
Jeni Dodd, J.D., CTS, is the owner of Jeni Dodd Tea, a New York–based company specializing in importing hand-crafted, rare specialty teas from around the world. Born and raised in America’s heartland, she has traveled far from the plains of Kansas to remote tea-growing regions in pursuit of the perfect cup. A Certified Tea Specialist, Jeni is passionate about sharing her deep knowledge of tea and inviting consumers into the exquisite joy of the leaf.
She has taught aspiring tea entrepreneurs and serious enthusiasts through the Specialty Tea Institute and has presented at World Tea Expo, TEXSOM, and numerous regional tea festivals across the United States. Internationally, Jeni has served as keynote speaker at the Australian Tea Cultural Seminar and has spoken at the International Tea Festival in Nepal. True to her roots, she remains an avid Kansas Jayhawks basketball fan—proof that no matter how far tea takes her, a part of her is always home.
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