María Kockmann is a Tea Sommelier and Tea Consultant at Unami Maison De Thé. Colleagues describe them as "I started working with Maria about 10 years ago in her role at Cape and Cape. Maria helped this young, energetic and pioneering French brand to find African suppliers of high quality tea and herbal products. Maria found her way to Satemwa Tea Estates in Malawi and we are in contact ever since. Maria is gentle, thoughtful and dedicated. She is a great promoter of all aspects of tea and she is considered as a strong driver in the specialty tea & herbal industry. She is knowledgeable about all the different aspects of the specialty tea business, both on the producers side but also on the marketing and branding side. Maria has a strong and wide network in the industry. She is well respected and highly appreciated. She has a lot of tea friends, no enemies. Maria is seen as one of the main forces behind different European tea related events going from tea contests, tea festivals and tea educational events. Her eager to bring people together to create a general uplift and win win situations is remarkable and her idea to organize a Tea Festival in Paris could count on all our support." and "J'ai eu le plaisir de collaborer avec Maria Kockman lors de plusieurs événements, et dernièrement lors du Brussels Tea Festival, où j'ai eu le plaisir de participer à une table ronde à ses côtés. Maria a réussi à fédérer à Bruxelles les acteurs majeurs européens et internationaux de l'industrie du thé pour une mise en lumière de la boisson la plus consommé au monde après l'eau !! Une réussite incontestable et inspirante."