San Francisco hosts 4th annual International Tea Festival
Last Sunday, San Francisco hosted the 4th annual San Francisco International Tea Festival that serves as a platform to connect consumers to smaller tea producers. The event showcased over 15 artisan suppliers and hundreds of teas to sample from companies like the Imperial Tea Court, Chado, Red Circle and Zu Chang Tea Company. Larger companies present were ITO EN and the Republic of Tea. According to the founder, the event is intended to help artisan suppliers present their products and raise awareness about specialty tea. Organizers were optimistic to surpass last year's 1,500 visitors.