# Overview
Travel back to the Tang and Song Dynasties and explore Chinese tea culture through history, philosophy, brewing lessons, and hands-on activities. Guided by tea and culture enthusiast Xinyi, you’ll step into ancient times to discover how philosophy and cultural values shaped the way people brewed and enjoyed tea.
During this workshop, you’ll enjoy two guided tea tastings — Jasmine green tea and Ba Bao Cha. As you brew Ba Bao Cha, you’ll explore a curated selection of medicinal herbs such as lavender, chrysanthemum, red dates, and more, and learn how these flowers and fruits have traditionally been used in tea blending. You’ll also receive reference cards to help you recreate your personalized Ba Bao Cha blend at home.
You will leave with a selection of tea, a deeper sense of how classic botanicals can support a nourishing lifestyle, and an appreciation of the artistry behind Chinese tea culture—its flavors, its philosophy, and its timeless rituals.
What to Expect:
- How does people's definition of good tea change over time?
- How the change of Chinese philosophy influences the change of tea culture?
- Learn how to brew and taste Jasmine Green Tea and Eight Treasures Tea (Ba Bao Cha).
- Take home reference cards and tea to recreate your personalized blend.
Plus: Traditional Chinese flower arrangement decoration, Traditional Chinese clothes pop-up, and a guided tour of our tea room set up.
Tang Dynasty (618-907):
Bold people loved wild tea
- The Classic of Tea (Chajing) by Lu Yu.
- The host appears in a Tang-dynasty costume.
- Tang Dynasty’s famous music.
- Interactive: Explore the Silk Road—its culture, art, fashion, and bustling trade
Song Dynasty (960–1279):
Self-refined people drank refined tea
- Song Dynasty dian cha (點茶): Ever wondered where matcha began? Walking into the history ofDian Cha—ancient China’s “latte art on tea,” an elegant ritual that inspired Japan’s matcha tradition.
- Introducing Song china-ware replicas.
Note:
All ticket sales are final. Because we reserve seating and prepare materials based on attendance, we’re not able to issue refunds after a ticket is purchased. We appreciate your understanding!
If you joined our previous event, “Chinese Tea Through Time: Taste 1,000 Years in One Hour,” please note that the lecture content will be similar. This time, we focus exclusively on the Tang and Song dynasties and introduce new interactive and breakout sessions, inspired by participant feedback.
