We have gift certificates and baskets here for the holiday season, perfect for the tea lover or tea aficionado! Gift baskets are available in $20-60 price ranges. Gift certificates are available in any denomination $5 and up.

From our recent Oolong tea class, this 20 minute video shows Wei Jia who was trained in tea school in Beijing,China.   Gong Fu from Dobra Tea Portland on Vimeo.

In the artist’s words: “These photos were taken in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka in the late 1970s on a number of trips I made there as a photographer, a stringer for the Black Star photo agency. I was fortunate enough to spend a number of years in many parts of Asia in my twenties after studying photography and anthropology at Bennington College in Vermont. I liked wild places, and looked for beauty in the primitive and often harsh […]

“Great news: In terms of the delivery of antioxidants, two cups of tea is said to be the equivalent to five portions of vegetables” Drinking just three cups of tea a day may protect against heart attacks and type 2 diabetes, claim researchers. A review shows regular drinking of black tea, with or without milk, can reduce the risk of heart  problems by cutting levels of bad cholesterol and blood sugar. Read more from The Daily Mail.

Sunday, February 12, 10am-12pm Six countries, nine tea tastings – Savor Chai and dark, malty Indian Assam, delicate Darjeeling, Sri Lankan low-mountain, Kenyan flowery orange pekoe, and roasted Rize from Turkey. Travel to China for two smokey blacks: Qi Hong and Lapsang Souchong, and to the Nepalese side of the majestic Himalayas for silver tips with a flowery finish. All are welcome to join, and no prior knowledge of tea is required. This workshop will be led by our experienced […]

Sunday, February 26, 10am-12pm With this introductory class to Pu’er, journey back to the birthplace of all tea. With Pu’er you can taste the heart of the Chinese Jungles and walk the original paths of the Tea Horse Road through Tibet and the Himalayas.  In the class we will experience this through a sampling of multiple Pu’ers and with pictures from our Travels into the heart itself.  We will discuss history, processing, definitions, terminology and varieties, all the while brewing […]

Join us for a very special Japanese Tea Tasting!   Dobrá Tea’s supplier, master and friend, Mr. Masahiro Takadasan is visiting from Japan. He has created a new type of Japanese Tea Ceremony – Chakabuki that he would like to share with you. Five different Japanese teas will be presented including Happy Tea demonstration, tea infusing and eating, roasting Hojicha Cherry Blossom Sencha and a DVD video about Japanese tea harvesting, Matcha and The Norther Japan Tsunami Relief Report. A […]

Friday, January 6, 7-7:30 PM, and Friday, January 13, 7-7:30 PM Join us for a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony, also known as Chanoyu, with Hiroko Fogarty. Hiroko is a local Portland resident who is well acquainted with the traditional ways of the Japanese tea ceremony.  This ceremonial presentation of matcha, a powdered Japanese tea, is a choreographed ritual of preparing and serving the tea. The whole process is not about drinking tea, but is about aesthetics, preparing a bowl of […]

UPDATED: The group of crafters participating in this year’s fair has chosen HART as the recipient of the funds raised for an organization. Forty dollars was given to HART based on what was raised at the craft fair as a percentage of total sales, approximately 7%. We are thankful to have an organization such as HART helping the animals that it does in our community! As part of the Shop For A Cause Day, another forty dollars was donated from […]