Simona Suzuki

Simona Suzuki (née Zavadckyte) is a Japanese tea author and educator, whose personal goal is to make Japanese tea more accessible to the world. Simona been working with Japanese tea professionally since 2013. Her tea story started with a 6 months internship at Obubu - an artisan tea farm in Wazuka, Kyoto after which she went on to manage Obubu's International Department. Now she is the president of the Global Japanese Tea Association and leads the effort to make Japanese tea more open and accessible to the world through information sharing, education and community building. Simona is also curious about and engaged in all aspects of Japanese tea, from tea production to tea culture. She has been practicing Japanese tea ceremony since 2014 and is a certified Japanese tea ceremony instructor. She is also a member of the Japanese Tea Hand-Rolling Association, that aims to preserve traditional Japanese tea making. More at www.teamona.com