Jane is a tea specialist, tea historian, tea writer, tea consultant, tea masterclass
Latest Course and Events News
Tea Sommelier Course in Madrid, Spain
5th-9th March 2012, 7pm - 10pm
Saturday 10th March, 9am - 7pm
Location - AC Hotel Recoletos, Recoletos, 18 Madrid, 28001 Spain
This course is organised and taught by Victoria Bisogno, of the Argentinian El Club del Té. Jane will be teaching with Vicky on Tuesday 6th March from 7pm to 10pm. For more details, go to elclubdelte.com and view the Tea-Sommelier page.
Watch a Tea Sommelier course video on YouTube along with a course Graduation video here.
Tea Masterclass in Germany
Saturday 17th March 2012 9.15 am
Jane and Tim Clifton will be teaching a Tea Masterclass at The English Tearoom in Stuttgart, Germany, owned and run by Lynn and Christian Hazelwood. This is the first time we have taken the class outside Britain and look forward to meeting some of Germany's new tea enthusiasts. To enrol, click on the 17th March on the right hand side of this page.
Jane at World Tea Expo, Las Vegas 2012
Understanding Puer Tea
Friday 1st June 2012 11am-12.30pm
Jane will be hosting a focused tasting of puer teas from Yunnan province, China. She will be presenting with Professor Kanzo Sakata from Japan, who is a specialist in aroma development in oolong and puer teas, and with Didi Liu, from the Jin Damo tea company in Yunnan. Together, they will explain the difference between raw and cooked puers made from young cultivated bushes and ancient trees and discuss what happens during the ageing process. Didi will end the session by performing her own version of the gong fu tea ceremony which she devised specially for the brewing of puer tea.
Taste The Difference: Different Cups for Different Teas
Saturday 2nd June 2012 8am - 9.30am
At this separate session, Jane will host a tasting session with ceramicist Peter Ting, using different shaped cups and bowls designed by Peter to enhance the enjoyment of different teas. Just as wine tastes different, better or worse when drunk from glasses of different shapes and sizes, so the taste and aroma of tea is affected in the same way. We will be tasting 6 different teas from 3 different shapes and we'd like to invite you to be there to experience this fascinating aspect of tea drinking.
To enrol for classes at the World Tea Expo educational programme, click here.
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Comments from some of those who have attended a masterclass
"We would like to thank you and Tim for the excellent class on Saturday. Such a relaxed attitude, perfect timing and an absolutely thrilling experience. I would certainly recommend your course to anyone."
"Thank you for delivering such a terrific Masterclass - it was a perfect balance between theoretical and the practical and it was beautifully rounded off by a sumptuous afternoon tea."
"I enjoyed the class so much. I was impressed with how much information you pack into such a short time and yet it's so much fun."
Jane's Books
Jane has written 13 books on the many and varied aspects of tea, its production, history and culture, and she writes for tea related magazines and journals.
Her 'Tea Lover's Companion' is now out of print but a brand new edition is available with the title 'Tea Classified'. This has updated information, lots of new photos and, in the directory, new information and new photos of teas from tea regions not included in previous editions - Vietnam, Korea, Bolivia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Thailand, the UK and the USA. This is the ideal book for all new tea lovers and for anyone who wishes to find out more about tea manufacture, different categories of tea, and what types of tea come from different tea producing countries.
She also gives regular tea masterclasses and tea tastings, speaks on radio and TV and acts as consultant to tea companies, new tea businesses, table ware and tea ware companies.
To book a Tea Masterclass online, please visit the booking page by clicking here.
Design For Tea
- Price: £10.99
- Publisher: Sutton
- The history of the table wares we use on our tea tables and the story of how they have developed since tea’s arrival from China in the 1660s
- Buy this book: Visit Amazon UK to purchase a copy
Masterclasses
Forthcoming Masterclasses and events:
PLACES AT EACH CLASS FILL QUICKLY SO TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT, PLEASE BOOK IN PLENTY OF TIME.
- 18th of February, 2012, Tea Masterclass (Chesterfield Hotel, London)
- 09th of March, 2012, Tea Masterclass (The Chesterfield Hotel, London)
- 17th of March, 2012, Tea Masterclass (The English Tearoom, Weissenburgstrasse 29, Stuttgart, GERMANY)
- 14th of April, 2012, Tea Masterclass (The Chesterfield Hotel, London)
- 18th of May, 2012, Tea Masterclass (The Chesterfield Hotel London)
- 23rd of June, 2012, Tea Masterclass (The Chesterfield Hotel, London)
- 13th of July, 2012, Tea Masterclass (The Chesterfield Hotel, London)