Do such great things really happen by chance? ...

François and Jasmin, "happy partners of the Camellia Sinensis taster team", Anne and I want to thank you for the wonderful adventure that you shared with us in China this spring ... What a great idea to create this opportunity by offering this prize to Radio Canada's' Grande Guignolée'. Visiting China is one thing, but having the chance to be received for breakfast, lunch and dinner in the homes of tea producers, to have the time to establish human contact and share a laugh while making a toast face to face with people as charming as your friends, it is absolutely unique and 'psychedelic', to use one of Jasmin's favourite expressions ...

The love and passion you have for your work is quite remarkable. That's what was amazing, dear friends, Anne and I never felt that your work was marked by the least bit of irritation, everything was in love and good humour ... You warned us that China is full of contrasts and that you have to let things slide and especially never to try to control everything, in other words, in China be as the Chinese ... Anne and I would be inclined to add, in China, be as François and Jasmin, two great colleagues of Camellia Sinensis, great explorers and worthy representatives of a new generation of Quebec businessmen ...

Ha! I forgot, there were all those landscapes, cities, countryside, buses, taxis, restaurants, small bars, a giant disco, a karaoke night, hotels, sun, some rain, beer, wine and above all, all those beautiful tea plantations!

We came back from this trip steeped in humanity, overwhelmed by your openness and of course, infected with tea madness...

Thank you for your great generosity,

André et Anne

Winners of the prize for a trip to China with the importers-tasters of Camellia Sinensis Tea House from la Grande Guignolée of Radio Canada