The TeaFarm

Out & About to the TeaFarm

On Wednesday June 24th join other members in a tour, tea and sweets tasting at Teafarm in the Cowichan Valley.  Canada’s only tea farm was started in May 2010 with the planting of two terraces of Camellia sinensis.   Owners Margit and Victor are purveyors of organic loose tea and creators of artful tea blends as…

Bourbon Tasting

For Corn’s Sake

The Whisky Club (For Peat’s Sake) sampled two so different bourbons on January 29th at Pam and Joe Straka’s house; one ‘oh so smooth’, the other with lots of kick! Bourbon is a straight whiskey (note U.S. spelling) distilled from a mash having at least 51% corn in addition to malt and rye. It originated…