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Mike & John Host TsuYoshi Sugimoto

February 21, 2011


TsuYoshi Sugimoto is the president of Shohokuen, one of Japan’s top tea producers, with a more than 300 year history of producing tea. TsuYoshi provides us with outstanding green teas, including Gyokuro, Matsuda’s Sencha, and Genmaicha. We were honored to have him visit our Tasting Rooms, both in Millerton and SoHo.

Mike Harney

Michael Harney has been the tea buyer and blender of Harney & Sons for twenty years. He travels to Asia and meets with tea producers from all the major tea countries, looking for the season's best teas. A graduate of Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration, he lives with his wife and their three sons in Salisbury, Connecticut.

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