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Kirsten
Kristensen, Tea Coach and Certified Tea Specialist, offers educational and
entertaining programs on
tea. The subjects include a variety of tea related themes such as
- the
history of tea,
- health
benefits of tea,
- tea
traditions and cultures,
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tasting of teas from around the world, and
- tea
events for children and adults, including
- Bridal
Teas, Baby Showers, Birthday Parties and Girl Scout Teas.
Kirsten is
certified at the highest professional level by and a member of STI, the Specialty Tea Institute of Tea USA,
(Level 1,
2 and 3) and has spent several years living in China and Denmark. She has an Associate
Degree from Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ, and a B.A. in
Psychology from Thomas Edison, NJ with special studies in health and science
of nutrition. In June 2009 she attended the Taiwan Tea Study Tour, sponsored
by TTMA (Taiwan Tea Manufacturers Association) and learned hands-on how to
manufacture several kinds of oolong tea.
She has had several articles on tea and health published
and is a free-lance writer for professional tea magazines, such as Tea A
Magazine. She is currently working on a publication on tea for Girl Scouts
having had more than 400 Girl Scouts attend her educational tea programs.
While serving as 1st Vice President on the board of the
Brookdale Community College Alumni Association (2003-2008), she initiated and successfully
completed the two-year College Project (2006-2008) together with the honor society Alpha
Pi Theta, "Knowledge is Power - Three Cups of Tea." The purpose
of the project was to promote awareness of the situation in the Karakoram region
of Pakistan/Afghanistan
and to raise $35,000 to humanitarian, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and author of
NY bestseller "Three Cups of Tea", Greg Mortenson of Central Asia Institute
to build a school out there in the name of Brookdale. The fundraising part
was completed in June 2008. The school project is currently in the process.
Kirsten graduated with honors from Brookdale in 2005 with
an Outstanding Student Award in Social Science. She was President of the
Honor society Alpha Pi Theta of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), the international honor
society for two-year colleges from 2002-2003, and is a co-founder of
Brookdale's chapter of Psi Beta, international honor society for psychology.
She was bestowed with the International Distinguished President Award from PTK and has
received several other significant awards.
She is a published author of "When Penelope travels
along" (published in Denmark in 1998, Når Penelope rejser med),
a practical book about expatriation, cultural adjustment and assimilation.
She has a 20-year background in human resource and personal development as an
Executive Assistant, Personnel Manager, Human Resource Manager, professional
Business Coach and Management Consultant. As a Danish citizen she was born
and lived in Denmark until 1998 when the family settled in the U.S, except
for 3 years expatriation in Hong Kong from 1991-1994. She is married on her 20th
year to Per, and together they have two daughters, Maj Kristina (19) and Lin
Pernille (17).
Kirsten is a professional business networker and an
active member of Shore Women's Business Network, the Mid-Atlantic Tea Business
Association, Tea Course, and the International Tea Sippers Society. She serves as Service Unit Manager of the Ocean/West
Long Branch
Service Unit of Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore.
In 2005 Kirsten founded and owns the business Tea 4 U, LLC, which carries a
selection of quality loose teas - specialized in flavored green and organic
teas. Teas and accessories are sold online and at special events, or from her
in-home tea studio by appointment.
For more information:
Kirsten H. Kristensen, Tea Coach & Certified Tea
Specialist (CTS)
Tea 4 U, LLC
2 Pal Drive, Ocean, NJ 07712
1-888-Tea4U-1-2
local: 732-695-1104
email: info@tea4u.com
www.Tea4U.com
Blogs:
www.Tea4U.com/blog,
www.Tea4U.com/GoGreenTeaRooms,
See:
LinkedIn,
Twitter (tea4u12), and
Facebook
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the Tea4U website: www.Tea4U.com
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