Afternoon Tea: Le Total
Chinese Tea, Japanese Tea, Tea sommellerie and High Tea are what we will explore and how these manifest very uniquely in Montreal.
Duration: 2 hours
(on the island)
You will receive your tasting kit a few days before the event.
This is an online tasting session.
We will email you all the details once you have booked this activity.
Taste the finest tea and chocolate available in this city in the comfort of your own home with the guidance of an expert tea importer and an award winning Montreal chocolate maker. Shiho Kanamaru is from the south of Japan and runs Cha Do Raku, a teahouse which translates as “tea in decadence”. Let her guide you through a tasting of teas that she travels to buy directly from farms in Japan and Taiwan every year.
Elfi Maldonado from Qantu, an extraordinary Montreal chocolate maker, will also lead the tasting experience with Shiho. Originally from Peru, Elfi has helped the world discover the origins of the most complex Peruvian cocoa: wild, ancestral and cultivars. She has won numerous international gold medals, including the award for the best chocolate in the world in 2018.
With these wonderful women, you will taste teas and chocolates paired that will transport you and envelope you in a deeply sensual experience that will probably thwart your expectations.
Elfi will fill you in on the abc’s of chocolate, how it is made and where it comes from. Shiho will teach you about the tea families as well as about its origins and guide you through making the best cup of tea.
The tasting will last for about 2 hours. The price includes three very high quality teas and chocolates. There is a $10 delivery fee to your home for those on the island of Montreal and a $20 fee for those outside of Montreal, but within North America. Tasting kits can also be picked-up in Verdun or in the Plateau. You will receive your kit a couple of days before the event.
A small teacup or a mug
Two bowls that hot water can be put in
Another bowl for used tea leaves
A kettle or a thermos with boiled water
A mason jar
Optional: a grater
If you have a gaiwan or a yuzamashi great, but not necessary!
We also have tea kits available for an additional cost that are comprised of a tea tray, a tea cup and a gaiwan courtesy of Camellia Sinensis for $55 + tx.
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