City by the Bay

 The city by the bay has been mentioned in songs and reminds people that San Francisco is a city that rocks (not an earthquake reference, but it does fit), and that people should wear a flower in their hair.

It is certainly true that the city of San Francisco never stops. Everyone and everything seems to be in a constant state of motion. However, that being said, some areas exist with an energized calm, such as last weeks San Francisco International Tea Festival. 

The festival consisted of exhibitors, workshops, and tea tasting sessions. As I mentioned in a previous blog, the exhibitors, people from Glenburn Tea Estate tea tasting, and volunteers were all extremely phenomenal people. Everyone who had a hand in this event is to be congratulated for a job well done.

In all, there were eight tea tasting sessions that all sounded fabulous. Due to time constraints we were only able to go to one tea tasting session. We would have loved to attended other tastings with Sky Tea, Jade Mountain Teas, and Yunnan Teas.

The seminars also looked very interesting. The three that particularly caught our attention were History of Tea in the U.S., Great Teas of Japan, and The Full Cycle of Gung Fu Tea. Again, any of the seminars would have been great to attend, as you can always learn something new, even if you already know a lot about the subject matter.

In all, we sampled eight teas during the tea tasting session and another 20 teas from the vendors. We also enjoyed three samples of chocolate and 3 or 4 different kinds of ginger ale produced by Bruce
Cost Gingerale, some of which contained tea. Very tasty, indeed.

San Francisco is the perfect place for a tea festival. Think about it, San Francisco has always been the gateway to the west. There are many people that have come from literally all over the world to this city and made it their home. Look at a map of San Francisco and you will find Little Italy, Chinatown, and Japan town. All of these groups of people helped California become the beautiful state that it is today.

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