Events
2020 - 2024 MATBA Meetings
Upcoming MATBA Seminars:
January 22, 2024 - Zoom Session
April 15, 2024 - to be announced
July 15, 2024 - Elden Street Tea Room, Tower Club, Tysons Corner, VA
October 21, 2024 - The Village Tea House, West Point, PA
A Look Back at Previous MATBA Seminars:
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"
Upcoming Special Events
Saturday, May 4 & Sunday, May 5, 2024 - Northern VA Tea Festival - location to be announced
Friday, September 20 & Saturday, September 21, 2024 - Pennsylvania Tea Festival - Mechanicsburg, PA