Cha Chat Episodes

This is an accompaniment to Episode 3.1 on Ukrainian Tea Culture where Erik explores the mistake he made in the podcast of referring to Ukraine as “the Ukraine” and the importance of what words we choose, openly admitting mistakes and improvement moving forward.

Discuss tea culture in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine with Nina Fontana and Nadia Tarnawsky.

Join Dr. Erika Rappaport (UC Santa Barbara) and Bethany Qualls (UC Davis) as we discuss their research in a broad history of British culture, tea, gossip and gender.

We chat with Zoe Peralta-Page, Denise Dempsey and Gabby Tirsell, discussing tea and mindfulness.

Two ways to use tea in meditation, as well as a number of resources focused on tea, mindfulness and well-being.

We chat with Daniel Goldstein and Layla Cabugos, curators of a book exhibit at Shields Library.

Explore opportunities in the tea industry as we discuss recent UC Davis graduate, Matthew Maekawa’s internship at QTrade Teas. Joining us is Matthew’s employer and CEO of QTrade Teas, Manjiv Jayakumar.

Join Harold Linda as he shares his tea space with Thiago Braga, Greta Anders, and myself, Erik Fausak. We’ll discuss our intertwined natural history of tea and explore the notion of “tradition” and “authenticity”.

We are sitting with the Global Tea Club, comprised of UC Davis students interested in tea. Join us as we discuss the origin and direction the tea club as well as a tantalizing teaser of conversation and debate on hot topics in the tea industry.

We chat with two experts in Japanese tea culture, Ryo Iwamoto and Rebecca Corbett. We also have Melissa Lobach of Wakamatsu Farm (ARC) join us to discuss 150 years of Japanese culture in America.

How the Global Tea Initiative began and where it is going with the Global Tea Initiative’s founders: Katharine Burnett, Axel Borg and Darrell Corti, including podcast host, Erik Fausak.