Enjoy a story-quilt of tales about tea – a drink that has truly changed the history of the human race since it was first drunk 5000 years ago.

This event will give you a chance to hear traditional stories, historical stories and family stories from four continents. You will find out how tea precipitated wars and revolutions, changed national economies, influenced spiritual practices and became an integral part of the social life of billions of people around the globe.

You will be surprised to learn about the connection between the history of Saskatchewan and the history of tea.

“Stories are like glue binding people together into families and cultures. Hilary Craig is an astute observer and dynamic Storyteller. The history, the memories, the stories about ritual in Tales of the Teacup - I enjoyed every drop.”
Cathy Fenwick,
Speaker, Author of Healing With Humour.

. . . . . It's a huge topic . . .

Let me make a story quilt to suit your organization, your occasion.
For example, I can patch together stories about:

• Tea & Buddhist philosophy
• How we came to drink tea
• The history of tea
• The politics/economics of tea
• Tea in Europe
• Tea & the Hudson's Bay Co.
• Earl Grey and Lipton
• Fair Trade Tea
• My family stories about tea
• Tea Parties (mad & sane)
• Teapots, cups, etc.
• ReadIng tea leaves
• ..and much more.