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Eric Carter & Anna Shabayev

Eric Carter & Anna Shabayev

Anna and Eric are tea enthusiasts who build their daily life and travels around Japanese sencha. Anna is an experienced tea connoisseur specializing in Japanese green tea, and a potter who brews from teaware she makes herself. Eric is a passionate public speaker and teacher who loves sharing the topics he loves. Seeking out green teas as they travel is a highlight of their trips, most recently in Korea, where they visited tea farms and the Osulloc estate on Jeju Island. What they love most is the slow ritual of gathering around the tea board to share sencha's surprising range.