About Renate 

Author and teacher of tea history based in the Netherlands.
Renate writes about tea as a cultural, historical, and sensory experience. In her work, everyday rituals meet global histories, from the tea mountains of China to Dutch tea pavilions and tea gardens in Java shaped during the colonial period.
Her upcoming books, Theebladeren van smaragd  and De wereld van thee, explore tea through story, taste, and tradition.