When Green Tea Came To Peru... and Stayed

January 28, 2025

Peru developed a taste for green tea that dates to 1913. A hundred years later, in 2014, Germán Povea and his partner, Alcira, made their first special green tea in the Huayopata district in the La Convención province at Cusco. Germán collaborated with Edilberto Cuba and Américo Cuba, both tea authorities in the district. Today, Germán has plantations in Yanayaco and, Choquello Huanca, Hua

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Horacio Bustos

Horacio Bustos is director of Gyokuro Circulo Argentino de Té, where the careers of Tea Sommelier, Tea Master and the Water Workshop are studied. The Tea school is officially recognized as an organization promoting cultural interest by the Ministry of Culture of the Argentine Nation and by the state of Obera, Misiones. He is an Honorary Member of the Circle of Water Tasters (Hidrocatadores) of the European Tasters of Waters since 2012. In June 2017 he was appointed a member of the Associazione Degustatori Acque Minerali.

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8 Comments

Indi Khanna
on January 28, 2025 at 9:40 pm •Reply

A very interesting read.
Also an eye-opener.
- Horacio Bustos
  on January 30, 2025 at 1:17 pm •Reply
  
  Hello Inda, thank you very much for your comment. Horacio
paula a. winchester
on January 28, 2025 at 9:51 pm •Reply

Informative article Horatio. I wish the tea producers in Peru well for their discovery of a unique hot beverage. I wonder what herbals or tisanes they drink from native plants?
- Horacio Bustos
  on January 30, 2025 at 1:18 pm •Reply
  
  Hello Paula, it’s great to hear from you. You should ask the Runaq company which plants they are working with. I hope to see you soon. Regards, Horacio.
Alcira Cuba
on January 29, 2025 at 6:50 am •Reply

Interesante y es de todos lo más ajustado a la realidad. Tengo algunos datos más para añadir…
- Horacio Bustos
  on February 9, 2025 at 5:06 am •Reply
  
  Hola Alcira, muchas gracias por tus aportes, saludo
Gabriel Lukeris
on February 1, 2025 at 1:03 pm •Reply

Very cool. How would one (in the US) go about trying these teas?
Horacio Bustos
on February 9, 2025 at 5:08 am •Reply

Hello, you must contact the Runaq company in Peru.