Katharine Burnett, Founding Director of the Global Tea Initiative, was awarded the Best Tea Health Advocate 2018 at the World Tea Expo in Las Vegas. The Best Tea Health Advocate is the WTE’s educational award.

According to Rona Tison of Ito En, Katharine “is not only a Tea Health Advocate, but has founded & spearheaded the Global Tea Initiative at UC Davis to ensure that tea is sustained for all of us… Thanks to her vision and dedication, she is committed to preserving what we are all passionate about. The future and culture of tea.”