Friends in Tea

With Caroline in Laos, overlooking display teas as they unfurl in a glass.

Tea drinking in Taiwan is relaxed and is a time to talk with friends.

I just visited Judy in Sri Lanka. She works for the United Nations clearing land mines in the north. After the Tsunami she was working full time, travelling back and forth to the coastal regions on the northeast coast where the Tamil forces are located.

With Yishane at breakfast, drinking strong black tea.

When drinking the fresh new teas in China, everyone eats sunflower seeds as well.

Pilot Sonam Topgay drinking tea in the cockpit of Drukairs British Areospace 146.

Bhutan has now upgraded to the Airbus, the pilots prefer the same tea however.

Drinking butter tea with my friend Karma on a recent trip to Bhutan.

Friends from a tea farm in Darjeeling, India. The woman on the right is my friend Elizabeth, an editor at Outdoor Magazine.



Two friends married in Bhutan, then again in Darjeeling.



At the wedding with a group of Mt. Everest "summiters," dressed in traditional wedding attire.


With Dr. Andrew Weil at the Integrative Health and Nutrition Conference, Tuscon, AZ, February 2005. Dr. Weil is a long time fan of Matcha Powedered Tea.

With Frank Kwei, my friend and business partner at in Pursuit of Tea.

My childhood friend and business partner, Alexander Scott, sorting freshly picked leaves in China.