Events
Upcoming Special Events
2025 (to be announced) - Northern VA Tea Festival - Lake Anne Reston, VA
Friday, September 19 - Saturday, September 20, 2025 - Pennsylvania Tea Festival - Mechanicsburg, PA
2020 - 2025 MATBA Meetings
Upcoming MATBA Seminars:
January 27, 2025 - Zoom Session
April 2025 - To be announced
July 21, 2025 - Doehrn Tea Co., Oxford, MD
October 20, 2025 - Tea-For-All, Trenton, NJ
To be announced
April 2025
A Look Back at Previous MATBA Seminars:
October 21, 2024 - Elden Street Tea Room - Green Hills Gardens and Nursery
July 15, 2024 - While in Katmandu NYC - E-Mail Marketing 101, How to Drive On-line Sales
April 15, 2024 - The Village Tea House - Transitioning a Business to Meet Demands
January 22, 2024 - Zoom Session. Program: Mike Raab, Tea-for-All, NJ. “Tea and Sugar – Juxtaposition in History”.
October 16, 2023 - Tea by Two, Bel Air, MD (In Person Quarterly Meeting), Kellie Mahon, Director, Creative & Content Marketing
August 20, 2023 – Scott Svihula, Founder, Hula Consulting (Zoom Session)
July 17, 2023 - The Village Teahouse, West Point, PA (In Person Quarterly Meeting), Carol Spacht, historical interpreter
April 17, 2023 - Sara's Tea Caddie, History of Matcha, An Evolution since the 13th Century (Zoom Session)
March 12, 2023 – Steve Lorch, CEO, Table Rock Tea Company, "Starting a Tea Garden" (Zoom Session)
February 12, 2023 - Kim Hendrickson, speaker (Zoom Session)
January 16, 2023 - Gail Gastelu, the Tea House Times, "Trends in Tea" (Zoom Session)
October 17, 2022 - Sweet Remembrances, PA - Program: "Current Trends in the Tea Industry", Mike Raab, Tea-for-All
July 18, 2022 - The Garden Tearoom, PA - Program: "The Five Elements of Tea" presented by Mark Reinhart
April 25, 2022 - Tea for All, NJ
January 17, 2022 - Zoom Meeting on Monday
October 18, 2021 - Tea by Two, Bel Air, MD, Program: Conflict Resolution (First in-person seminar post Covid)
February 15, 2021 - Zoom Meeting on Monday
January 18, 2021 - Zoom Meeting on Monday
October 19, 2020 - Zoom Meeting on Monday
September 28, 2020 - Zoom Meeting on Monday - guest presentation by Jennifer Petersen of Tea Trade Mart.
August 17, 2020 - Zoom Meeting on Monday - presentation by Tony Gebely of Tea Epicure "Marketing Tea in 2020"
July 20, 2020 - Zoom Meeting on Monday - guest presentation by Angela McDonald, President, US League of Tea Growers - The current state of US Tea Growing
January 20, 2020 - Elden Street Tea Shop, Herndon, VA - program by Danielle Daily, Content and brand expert and social influencer, "Seven Ways to Pre-Promote"