Kiona is the force behind Crusio Tea. Her mission: “I have the wish and ambition to change the way tea is perceived. With this comes transparency, direct and honest trade and unblended, unflavoured tea. It’s really important to bring to light how tea is and works, and constantly moving towards exploring and improving it. I want to share everything I discover through my travels and experiments.”
Kiona Malinka
The travels and talking about REAL stories, resulted in a vast network in terms of sourcing and B2B. Stimulating tea farmers, bringing parties closer to one another, minimizing the chain and thus creating better tea. Her tea is currently available in 9 countries in Europe, consisting of hotels, coffee bars and more than 30 star restaurants. In these restaurants, Kiona advises the chefs on how to put together their tea assortment and how to use tea as an ingredient in the kitchen. Besides Crusio Tea, we also have an ‘invitation-only’ brand called Kiona Malinka Tea since 2018. The fifteen companies invited throughout Europe, work together with Kiona to serve tea at the highest level possible. This brand focusses on prepartions, pairings, custom sourcing and refined recipes. Through this united cooperation between sommeliers and chefs, knowledge is spread, which Kiona uses to elevate and make progress within the world of tea.
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In the media
Christmas dessert
Culinary expert Alain Caron makes an omelette norvégienne. A Scandinavian name of a French chef, that must be a succes. Step by step he explains you how to make this amazing icecreamcake yourself. Teasommelier Kiona Malinka serves the matching teas.
On the Spot
The Art of Coffee
Culinary expert Alain Caron lets coffee-expert Kiona Malinka inspire him. In the biggest coffee-transfer port in the world, Antwerp, Kiona unravels her mission: the art of drinking coffee. Afterwards, Alain creates a beautiful dessert with coffee
Japanese Matcha Ceremony
Culinary expert Alain Caron and tea sommelier Kiona Malinka immerse themselves in tea. They learn that tea is more than warm water in a mug with a little teabag in it. You can even cook with it
The filter coffee
Culinary expert Alain drinks a cup of coffee with tea and coffee-expert Kiona Malinka. After all, filter coffee is the new way to set coffee. You can use different methods to make filter coffee and Kiona shows Alain how.
Latte Art
Culinary expert Alain Caron meets Kiona Malinka again. She whisks him off in the world of cappuccino and latte art
Kiona Malinka as tea sommelier at Radio 538
