Tea Day

Saturday was the first official tea day in Finland and my friend Sussu invited me to join her on a tea walk. So there we went. At 12 o'clock it started and all the participants gathered in the Ounce, which is a tea house in Iso Roobertinkatu (you can also find a smaller shop in Fredrikinkatu). There we got to take part in tea tasting. 4 different types of tea and we had to name them. Winner will be randomly chosen from those who had the right answers, so let's keep our fingers crossed! We got to know a little bit more about the tea house itself and their products.

Next stop was Demmers Teehause where we were served black tea with white cheese and green tea with goat cheese, dark chocolate and sugar coated, dried flower pedals were available. Ceramic designer Sami Rinne was also there to promote his products and we got to enjoy our teas from the interesting, pretty cups.

 

 

Third tea house was called TeeMaa. We got to taste some chinese dark tea and also green tea from the cutest little cups. What I really liked was that we got to know a little bit more about the shop and where most of the teas come from. In the shop they also had some paintings and silk scarves which were made by using ink and in some cases even tea. Those were beautiful and I kinda wanted to buy a silk scarf, but ended up not to.
 

Last stop was Théhuone which is in Eerikinkatu. The tea house served us some Japanese green tea. Also we got to taste some freshly made macha, which was made for us by Markku Peltola.
All and all the day was great, I got to know a lot about these different tea houses and teas in general. I would definitely go to a tea walk again if I get the chance.