European Tea Culture Conference 2026 (Bremen & East Frisia)

The con­fer­ence star­ted on May 5^th, 2026, with a wel­come teatime at the Tee-Han­dels-Kon­tor Bre­men (Dom­shof), and a guided city tour explor­ing the UNESCO her­it­age and the old town of Bre­men. On May 6^th, 2026, the con­fer­ences’ present­a­tions were held at the cam­pus Bre­men of SRH Uni­ver­sity, incl. online con­tri­bu­tions (Some of the top­ics: Tea Trade Kenya, Tea Her­it­age South Korea, Tea Por­cel­ain between Europe and Asia, Tea as an instru­ment of reten­tion man­age­ment, “tea on the moon”, UNESCO world heritage).

On May 7^th, 2026 the par­ti­cipants traveled to Emden and Leer, explored the tea cit­ies of East Frisia incl. trips to THIELE TEE and BÜNTING TEE. May 8^th, 2026 was ded­ic­ated to the East Frisi­an Tea Museum in Norden and addi­tion­al present­a­tions were held in the his­tor­ic museum’s envir­on­ment. On May 9^th, 2026, after break­fast, the farewell tea was offered in Emden, from where the par­ti­cipants traveled back to Bre­men or to oth­er cities.

In total, 26 con­tri­bu­tions were presen­ted, and nearly 40 tea addicted experts from all over the world, e.g. South Korea, Slov­e­nia, Hun­gary, Ire­land, UK, Ger­many, Bel­gi­um, Sweden, US, Neth­er­lands, atten­ded the 2^nd European Tea Cul­ture Conference.

And, as an essen­tial part of the con­fer­ence, a new tea book was launched suc­cess­fully: Bohne, H. (2026). The Cul­tur­al Tea Her­it­age of Bre­men and East Frisia. Kell­ner-Ver­lag: The cul­tur­al her­it­age of tea in Bre­men and East Frisia