Practice Your Patience While Brewing Green Tea

Green tea is both the easiest and most difficult tea to master brewing. Why is it easy? Anyone can put their green tea leaves intall glass and add water to it. Why is it the most difficult? Few people know how to brew green tea the traditional Chinese way -  how to properly select the teaware, choose the appropriate water temperature, and brew in a way that accentuates the nutty and fresh fragrance of the precious and valuable spring tea leaves while keeping their bitterness at bay.

Beyond just making green tea as delicious as possible, bowl and spoon brewing encourages attention to detail. Purposefully arranging a complete set of spring teaware for a deliberate and unhurried traditional tea ceremony is a practice of patience. 

If you think you are not getting the most out of green tea you brew, this course  is a perfect place for you to start!

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Location: Online - zoom link (will be shared later)
The address of in person class will be sent through email.

Limited to 12 attendants/participants for the best experience and individual attention.

List of teaware and tea that you will need for this course:

  1. A bowl (400 mL) the ratio of green tea brewing is 1:60

  2. A tea tray for your bowl (optional)

  3. A spoon

  4. A small tray for your spoon (optional)

  5. Teacups - the number of teacups is up to you. We recommend 3 or 4.

  6. Small tray to hold your teacups (optional)

  7. Tea scoop

  8. Tea needle

  9. A tea needle stand (can be a tea pet that holds the needle)

  10. A tea scale to measure the weight of your tea

  11. Spring water (don’t use tap water)

  12. Electric kettle

  13. A waste bowl

  14. Your favourite green tea!(Any type of green tea works for this workshop, but we will be demonstrating with Kong Mountain Tea’s first grade dragon well)

  15. Spring flowers, depending on what’s blooming in your area (optional)

  16. Spring themed tea table cloth (optional)

How should I prepare for this course?

  1. Prepare all essential teaware and tea ahead of time;

  2. Join our zoom meeting on time;

  3. Set up your computer/camera so that I can see your set up and give instructions;

  4. Relax!

Agenda for this course:

  1. Greet each other and share our thoughts and understanding on green tea;

  2. Demonstration and explanation of the bowl and spoon technique for green tea brewing;

  3. Hands on experience serving tea. Everyone will try brewing green tea with bowl and spoon technique;

  4. Open time for any tea related discussions and questions.