Meet Kelly Hackman, The White Heron Tea & Gifts in New Port Richey, Florida, as she reviews her shopping experience at America's Mart Atlanta. Kelly is an experienced buyer at gift shows and a professional speaker at international tea expos. Her experiences and tips about getting the most out of a gift show are insightful and profitable to extract the most value from attending a trade show or convention.

Meet Charity Chalmers, tea entreprenuer, tearoom owner, and Certified Tea Specialist, Specialty Tea Institute. Charity, a hospitality graduate, became enamored of tea while in college in Boston. Since then, she's traveled to 17 countries (5 countries of tea origin), become an expert in the trade, opened a tea shop, and is developing a tea plantation in the Philippines. From tea growing, tea blending and tea packaging, Charity's inspiring story also has its amusing times such as having tea in a remote location where the locals wanted to discuss Nicolas Cage.

Meet Jennifer Stowe, tea entrepreneur, The Three Sisters Tea Room in Campbellsville, Tennessee. Jennifer and her daughters offer delicious, traditional afternoon teas with a flair. 

Her book, Wee Bites & Nibbles, Manners and menus for the tiniest tea drinkers, is a collection of themed teas with recipes, activities and tips on tea service and children's etiquette. Jennifer Stowe's tea books are available for purchase on Amazon. See also: Mid Tennessee Tea Association