3:30 pm - First Teas from India’s First Farmer-Owned Specialty Factory
3:30 - 4:15 pm; Raj Vable
Taste the very first teas made just weeks before the Portland Tea Fest at the Kumaon Tea Factory, India’s first farmer-owned specialty tea factory. Young Mountain Tea founder Raj Vable will lead a guided tasting and share the story of how these high-elevation organic Himalayan teas came to life, the result of over a decade of work between partners from around the world.
Presenter Bio
Raj Vable, Young Mountain Tea
Raj has been confounded by the leaf since his first transcendental encounter with white tea in 2010. Three years later, he started Young Mountain Tea to bridge his budding tea obsession with his interest in creating sustainable livelihoods for Himalayan farming communities. He revels in working across cultures and can be regularly found trying to get the rest of the team on board with another outlandish tea project. His favorite teas remain white, and he’s always searching for the next cup of magic.
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