European Tea Culture – Prof. Dr. Hartwig Bohne

Liu Wenzhuo

Prof. Dr. Hartwig Bohne is a professor and international expert in hotel management who is pushing for greater visibility of tea cultures from Europe, and supporting tea-related producers, brands, and attractions, e.g., tea、teaware and museums, to get connected and promoted successfully. In 2024, he took the lead in founding the European Tea Culture Institute in Berlin, Germany. As editor, he has continuously published articles and books on European tea culture, one of which was named the “World’s Best Tea Book” in 2025. He hopes these books will provide guidelines for tea-related training and education. Hartwig emphasises the role and application of tea in European hotel management and suggests ways in which Chinese tea and teaware can be integrated into European daily life.

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Italian Tea Poet in China – Simone Chiatante

Wenzhuo Liu

Simone Chiatante comes from Brindisi, a coastal city in southern Italy. Since 2017, he has been living in China, working at a language training institution. In his spare time, Simone is passionate about literature and poetry. He has published four books, including his own poetry collections and translations of books with local characteristics. Influenced by the tea culture of Chaoshan, one of his poetry collections is specifically themed around tea. Another tea-related work is his translation of Weng Huidong’s Chaozhou Book of Tea.

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Entrepreneur in the Field of Tea Industry Consulting

Wenzhuo Liu

Lorela Lohan has a diverse cultural background and currently resides in Belgium. She runs a tea business consulting company called WanderlusTea. The company is committed to promoting high-quality tea and formulating influential business strategies, focusing on practice, developing customized sales channels for tea brands, increasing sales volume, and developing business. Lorela is also active in organizations such as the European Speciality Tea Association (ESTA) and contributed to recruit vendors for the first Brussels Tea Festival in 2024. Lorela visited multiple tea producing countries and plans to travel to China for tea in 2025.

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