Guylaine Gagnon
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Guylaine Gagnon’s interest for tea started when she tasted Russian black premium loose leaf tea. An eye-opening and a new taste-bud pleasing experience, she became a life-long tea lover.
Years after the first encounter, serendipity led her to study Tea Sommelier with the Tea Association of Canada. Soon tea became a passion and a business project. Today, Guylaine, Certified Tea Sommelier shares her passion for tea with other tea enthusiasts by blogging, operating a premium loose leaf tea web-based retail business and since spring 2013 she’s passing on her knowledge through ZEN Art of Tea School. After she find out that lots of people complained about poor tea offer and service at their favorite fine dining restaurant, she founded Tea Cellar, specialized in rare, single eastate, high grade teas for fine dining restaurants.
In Guylaine’s own words, “Savouring tea is an art that has teaches me how to relax, still my mind and turn my attention to myself and the beauty of my life and of the peoples surrounding me. And because life is essentially a verb and not a noun, I decided to actively promote the enjoyment and benefits of drinking tea.”