Cultivate on Tour: Toronto Tea Tastings

We’ll be offering Tea Tasting on Saturday, November 23rd, at our friend, Mariko & Sean’s, sake bar, Hakko Gakko, at 1245 Bloor St. W. Toronto  This event is our way of bringing the Cultivate experience to Toronto. 

We will have our travelling tea bar with us from Vancouver, along with a selection of teas from recent sourcing trips we’ve taken to China and Japan. We are offering the following tasting menus of fresh, seasonal teas that have just arrived, and that we very much look forward to sharing with Toronto friends. 

We are offering 5 seatings, with a maximum of 4 people per seating. Please book a time for your tasting and select the menu that you are most interested in. The prices are per person. 

We look forward to seeing you there, and to preparing these beautiful teas for you.

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TASTING MENU

1. Matcha + Hojicha Lattes: try 3 favourites from our collection of tea powders intended to be prepared as a delicious latte. $35 per person

• Matcha Hana,  Matcha Yamabuki, Yame Hojicha 

2. Fall Flowers: an intoxicating menu of fresh seasonal teas that capture the essence of various flowers through traditional scenting methods. $45 per person

•  Osmanthus Green, Jasmine Jade Tips, Gardenia Birds Tongue

3. Seasonal Oolongs: a selection of our favourite oolongs that have just arrived at the shop that showcase the distinct taste associated with 3 different terroirs for traditional oolong. $45 per person

• “Yiyi” Rice, Gold Peony, Black Oolong

4. Rare Teas: a menu that showcases the rarest teas in our catalogue that we receive in very limited quantities each year, and that is sure to leave a lasting impression. $75 per person

• Jiutaipo Raw Pu’erh, Yashixiang Duck Shit, Oriental Beauty