2020 International Virtual Tea Festival Speakers

Margaret Harris

Tea Lover, Tea Entrepreneur, and Tea Teacher

Margaret is the owner of Blue Monkey Tea Company in Pittsburgh PA. Her shop is not only a mecca for tea lovers, with over 300 loose leaf teas and herbs to choose from, but also a place where people learn about tea.

She normally conducts regular Tea Classes with Tea Tastings in her store, and recently (due to COVID19 limitations), she also started a weekly online program called: Tea Saturdays Live on Facebook and Instagram where she covers a vast variety of tea topics and tea news.

Margaret is a founding member of Pittsburgh Tea Association. She enjoys organizing tea events such as: Japanese Tea Ceremonies, Tea Parties, Outdoor Tea Ventures and the Pittsburgh Tea Festival.

She was a finalist in the Tea Infusion Competition at the World Tea Expo in Las Vegas.

Her favorite things include: black teas (no milk!), turning coffee drinkers into tea drinkers, children bringing parents to buy tea, and Tea Shop Mystery books by Laura Childs.