Throughout his 13 years in tea, Tony Gebely has worked for many leading tea companies, helping them navigate the burgeoning specialty sector of the tea industry. Tony is also the founder of the two-time World Tea Award winning website, World of Tea which has produced well-researched content on tea since 2009. He also founded Chicago Tea Garden, a tea importing business that he ran from 2010-2012. Having traveled extensively through tea producing regions during his life in tea, and having a degree in Computer Science, he developed a pragmatic approach to tea which led him to write his 2016 treatise, Tea: A User’s Guide. Tony continues to be a student of the leaf and is currently working on his second book and serves as Executive Director for the American Specialty Tea Alliance.