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4th Annual Victoria Tea Festival - February 13th & 14th, 2010!

Saturday (12-5pm); Sunday (10am-4pm)

@ the Crystal Garden (713 Douglas Street, Victoria)

$20 advance ~ $25 door

2010 Weekend Passes NOW Available - Click here!

Presentation Schedule now available - Click here!

TASTE. DISCOVER. SHOP. EXPERIENCE.

FESTIVAL INFO

Program
Cause
Exhibitors
Lectures & Demos
Auction

Program

The Victoria Tea Festival will provide you with an opportunity to indulge in a wide selection of teas originating from different regions of the world and prepared in unique ways. Experience, learn, sample, touch, smell, and inquire by engaging with all the knowledgeable exhibitors at their booths. Purchase your favourite teas and tea-wares at this one-stop shop for all things tea!

In most traditions, tea is accompanied by food. Like wine, some teas are more enjoyable with the right food pairing. Tea houses, bakeries, chocolatiers, and restaurants will be at the festival as well, providing samples of their food selections. Be sure to ask the tea representatives their recommended pairings and anticipate trying something new!

Event Programs

2010 Event Program

2009 Event Program

2008 Event Program

2007 Event Program

Cause

The Victoria Tea Festival, organized and managed entirely by a volunteer committee, had its inception in 2007 and has experienced phenomenal growth over the last three years gaining interest from across North America. Representatives from various media outlets, the hospitality industry, wholesale distributors, national/international tea companies, local tea houses, local bakeries, and local restaurants have showcased their product, through providing samples on site and interacting with the festival attendees in an intimate setting. 2832 people attended the festival in 2009!

Camosun College Child Care Services, the cause behind the event, operates five licensed centers on both campuses. Providing high quality child care on campus allows parents the opportunity to pursue their educational and career goals while raising children. All proceeds from the festival are used for non-personnel resources, special projects and an annual student bursary.

For more information visit Camosun College Child Care Services.

2010 Exhibitors

If you would like to exhibit at the 2010 festival, please refer to the be an exhibitor page on our website for more info.

Silk Road (#16,17,24,25)	Serious Coffee (#14-15)	Bubby Rose’s Bakery (#33-34)
Special Teas (#4)	Murchies (#22-23)	Butchart Gardens (#30-32)
Guayaki Yerba Mate (#26)	Planet Organic (#20-21)	Inn at Laurel Point (#18)
Fairmont Empress (#12)	Artfarm (#65)	Country Grocer (#69-70)
Domatcha (#13)	Two Tea Bags (#58)	Chado Tea House (#5)
JagaSilk (#7-8)	Cadboro Bay Books (#19)	Zen Organics (#2)
CTC Brewt (#6)	Serendipity Tea	Cargo & James Tea (#44)
Dragonfly Dreaming (#64)	Oooli Beverages (#1)	Beaver House Fudge (#38)
Cafe Mela at The Belvedere (#27)	Victoria Tea & Health Centre (#29)	Basilur Tea LLC Distributors
Fujiki Co.Ltd. (#62)	Tea So Divine Imports (#45)	Sooke Harbour House (#42)
Inner Rhythm Organics (#67)	Side Street Studio (#11)	Earlene Grey (#9)
The small tea cooperative (#10)	Tula Teas (#40)	Margit Nellemann Ceramics (#66)
Ajmera Innovations (#43)	Dao Tea (#59)	Vastu Chai (#60)
Tea Leaf Reader & Tea Party Bookings (#57)	Pacific Rim Organics (#41)	Good Health Tea Bar (#68)
Gathering Place Trading Company (#63)	Terrible Truffles (#56)	Wild Harvest Native Teas (#61)
Tegatea (#28)

2010 Presentations

Explore the full spectrum of tea culture by taking in a COMPLIMENTARY presentation as tea experts, local and international, share their knowledge on the Presentation Stage. Click on each title for more info about the presentation and speaker.

Saturday Presentations

1pm - The Ache's Pride: How Yerba Mate is Saving a Rainforest and Her People

Presented by: Robert McCauley (Cebador - Northernites Syndicate/Guayaki)

2pm - Chinese Tea Ceremony

Presented by: Daniela Cubelic (Owner - Silk Road)

3pm - Cooking with Tea

Presented by: Chef Heidi Fink (Red-Seal Chef, food writer, & cooking class instructor)

4pm - English Tea Traditions and Blends

Presented by: Susan Livingston (Director of Product Development - Murchies)

Sunday Presentations

11am - Rooibos and Honeybush Teas

Presented by: Irene Drmla (Owner/Manager - Special Teas Inc.)

12pm - Taking the Chill Off of Iced Teas

Presented by: Brendan Waye

1pm - Ceylon, The Island of Tea

Presented by: Jennifer Petersen (Master Tea Blender/Tea Business Trainer)

2pm - Refreshment of the Spirit: Oriental Tea & Wine Drinking Vessels

Presented by: Barry Till (Curator of Asian Art - Art Gallery of Greater Victoria)

3pm - Commentaries on Modern Life ~ Selected Teatime Readings

Presented by: Earlene Grey (Author)

2010 Silent Auction

Total retail value of donations (to date) = $15,800

If you are interested in donating a service or item to the 2010 Silent Auction, please fill out the form and fax to the Victoria Tea Festival office (250-370-4888). All businesses who donate to the Silent Auction will be listed below.

Silent Auction Donation Form

We appreciate the following businesses supporting the 2010 Silent Auction: Beaconsfield Inn, Belfry Theatre, Chemainus Tudor Inn, City of Victoria-Recreation Services, Galacsy Pottery, Jamie's Whaling Station & Adventure Centres, John's Place, Langham Court Theatre, Miniature World-Lin Rite Enterprises, Old Spaghetti Factory, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Pacific Coach Lines, The Inn at Spanish Head, Travelodge Parksville, Tulip Noire, VanDusen Botanical Garden, Victoria Butterfly Gardens, West End Gallery, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Bard on the Beach, The Bay Centre, Cadboro Bay Book Company, Belleville Park Resort- Huntingdon Hotel & The Gatsby Inn, Canadian Outback Adventures, Chemainus Theatre, Craigdarroch Castle Historic Museum Society, Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort & Spa, Eco Chic Salon & Spa, Executive House Hotel, A Garden Cottage Retreat, Harbour Air Seaplanes, Harbour Cruises & Events, Il Terrazzo Ristorante, Kenmore Air, Melo Hotels Kingston, National Geographic IMAX Theatre, Prince of Whales Whale Watching, Queen Victoria Hotel & Suites, Re-Bar Modern Food Ltd., Satin Moon Quilt Shop, Sooke Harbour House, Special Teas Inc., Stanley Park Horse-Drawn Tours, Victoria Symphony, White Heather Tea Room, YMCA-YWCA of Greater Victoria, Avi Resort & Casino, BC Ferries, Bean Around the World, Hands On Children's Museum, Recreation Oak Bay, SBS Teas, Serious Coffee, BC Hockey, BC Transit, The Butchart Gardens, Camosun College Child Care Services, Frances Litman Photography Inc., Gillian Mead, H.R. Macmillan Space Centre, Lifestyle Markets, Murchies Tea and Coffee, PartyLite - Kerry Yakimovich, Relax the Back, Royal London Wax Museum, Saanich Parks and Recreation, Spinnakers Brewpub & Guest Houses, The Listel Hotel, Wendy McElroy, Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort & Conference Centre, The Royal & McPherson Theatres Society, Dan Doherty of Speakers Cornered Toastmasters, Adrena Line Zipline Tours, Camosun College Recreation, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Expedia CruiseShipCenters-Sidney, Great Canadian Oil Change, Prestige Hotels & Resorts, WMI-Winners Homesense, findingthebalance.ca, Jim Zinger, Melissa Hennekes, Naturally Salty Excursions, Finely Found Designs, Side Street Studio, Victoria Tea & Health Centre, Gizelle River, Terrible Truffles, Dragonfly Dreaming Natural Care for Body & Spirit