24.10.2024 – Degustation of rare teas with Vincent Liu from MyTeaPal (Eng) 

After sourcing tea in China for the past three years, Vincent has recently completed a USA tea tour, hosting over 20 tea gatherings across five states. Now, he’s embarking on another tea tour to Europe, spending about three weeks traveling from Budapest to Berlin.

Through a series of special gatherings, he aims share his extensive knowledge and love for Chinese specialty tea and Gong Fu Cha. These events are all about community building, tea education, and sharing the joy of tea without any cost to attendees.

What to Expect:
* Premium Tea Tasting: Experience a selection of high-quality, unique teas sourced by Vincent himself. Learn about the origins, processing methods, and brewing techniques of each tea.
* Presentation: Hear Vincent’s experiences from traveling through 20 Chinese provinces over the past three years, featuring maps, photos of tea mountains, and details on teas sourced from each region.
* Community Connection: Meet and connect with fellow tea enthusiasts, share your tea experiences, and make new friends within the tea community.
* Gong Fu Cha Demonstration: Witness the traditional Chinese tea preparation method known as Gong Fu Cha (making tea with skills), which meticulously and artfully brings out the best flavors from the tea.

About the Host:
Vincent Liu has been seriously studying tea for over eight years. In 2017, he founded a tea club at Duke University and went on to create a college tea association with five other institutions. Leveraging his background in Computer Science, he coded the MyTeaPal App in 2020, providing tea enthusiasts with a comprehensive platform to track and catalog teas, time infusions, write tasting notes, and connect with fellow tea enthusiasts. The app has garnered over 20,000 registered users across 100 countries, making it a global hub for tea lovers.

In 2022, MyTeaPal integrated a monthly themed tea subscription box service into its app, offering a diverse selection of premium specialty teas sourced directly from China. Over the past two years, the tea club has attracted more than 400 members from over 50 countries. All of the 150+ teas featured in the club were sourced by Vincent himself, who has extensively traveled to nearly all the major Chinese tea-producing regions over the past three years.

Vincent is deeply committed to tea communities; he is an admin of the Gong Fu Cha Facebook group, which has around 40,000 members and is the largest online group discussing the culture of Gong Fu Cha and Chinese tea. He also created his own communities on Facebook and Discord and enjoys connecting with people through tea.