Welcome to Asia Tea Society
Tea is healthy to body
Tea opens
up the mind's eye
Tea cultivates
good manners
Upcoming Events
There is no scheduled public tea ceremony at this time.
Past Events
August 23 and September 27, 2008 2:00 - 4:00 PM:
Korean tea
ceremony workshop for family at Old Hyde Park Village in cooperation with Tampa
Artist Emporium, Tampa, Florida. (813) 254-3443
www.tampaartistemporium.com
June 14 and June 28, 2008 Saturday 2:00 - 3:30 PM: Introductory Korean tea ceremony workshop for potters in cooperation with St.
Pete Clay Company in St. Petersburg, Florida.
(727) 896-5770
www.stpeteclay.com
Members Only
New!
Green tea meets French cuisine: April 4, 2008, Saturday 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Cooking lesson with a Cordon Bleu trained member, Susan Ogle, and a lunch. "La Bonne Femme" will be paired with selected green tea and French wine. Fee: $20. Seats are limited. Reservation by 3/21/2009.
Korean tea pastry making and Godiva truffles tea party: Fall 2009.
Tea & Pottery Tour to Korea and Okinawa (Japan): May 2010. The Asia Tea Society offers a ten-day guided tour designed for the tea practitioners and pottery collectors. Experience the traditional tea ceremonies of Korea and Okinawa. Learn the process of green tea making and keep the tea you make. Visit pottery towns, ancient kiln sites and meet potters at their studios. Taste the palace cuisine that was once reserved only for the royalty. Plus other art and cultural attractions in Seoul and Naha City.
The following members' events are over.
New Year's Tea Party: January 17, 2009 Saturday 11:00 AM. Fifteen members celebrated the new year with a Korean tea ceremony. The lotus tea, cake tea and home-made traditional tea pastries were served.
Poolside Korean BBQ: October 29, 2008 Wednesday 1:00 PM. Please refer to our Winter 2008 newsletter for the Korean BBQ (Pulgogi) recipe.
Tea Soap: On October 4, 2008, eight members had fun making their own green tea soap. The ingredients we used were soap base, powdered green tea, last year's Korean green tea leaves, olive oil, honey, fragrance and soap color.
Tea Cuisine: On June 4, 2008, six members made their own tea noodles and enjoyed an Asian style lunch. By popular demand, the recipe is listed. Flour 3C, powdered green tea 5 ts, brewed green tea 1C. Dough setting in a breadmaker (takes 15 minutes.) With manual pasta maker, make fettucini.
Ongoing
Korean Tea Ceremony: Learn a beautiful and relaxing way of enjoying healthy green tea.
Read classic tea literature. Fee includes tea and
sweets.
First Wednesday (3/4, 4/1, 5/6)
Session I 2:00 - 3:30 PM
Session II 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Place: Instructor's Tampa residence
Japanese O-cha-ji, a tea gathering: Watch and learn "obon da-te", the simplest powdered tea
ceremony. Taste your own powdered tea and seasonal sweets from Japan.
Fee includes powdered tea and sweets.
Third Wednesday (3/18, 3/30 M, 4/15)
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 PM
Place: Instructor's Tampa residence
Tea Ceremony
For information about the Asian tea ceremony performance and other tea-related events for corporate, educational and private functions, please contact Mrs. Na at tea4na@hotmail.com.
