Tea Tasting Party


Item Number: 966

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: Priceless

Online Close: Apr 30, 2009 11:59 PM PDT

Purchase History: 1 item sold

Description


“Even though one studies the tea industry until old age, one can never learn all the names of types of teas.”


- Fujian saying


You are invited to let your cares fall away and sip the enchanting poetry of tea.  Come and wonder at the marvelously fragrant tastes of Chinese teas, while sampling graceful tea cakes, plump pastries drenched in scented sugar syrups and other delectable wonders.   Teas are ancient and mysterious, their subtleties elusive.  Discover the allure of different kinds of tea: Green tea, Yellow tea, White Tea, Oolong tea, Black tea and Dark tea, while lightening your mind and refreshing your body.


 Sunday June 7th, 3-5 pm




Discourse by Lily Chang Peliteas


Hosted by Kate Watkins Shaw, Liz Schwartz and


Mary Kopp




 “Tea induces lightness of spirit, clarity of mind and freedom from all sense of constriction, whether mental of physical; and

it promotes such serenity that mundane cares fall away so that whatever is strident of exacerbating in daily life can be put out of mind for a while.”


- The Emperor Song Hui Zong


"Tea tempers the spirit, harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens the thought and prevents drowsiness." - Lu Yu, Ch’a Ching, 780


 


“One should drink tea only; four or five times.”


- Lu Yu, Ch’a Ching, 780



 

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Donated by

Kate Watkins Shaw, Liz Schwartz and Mary Kopp