Name: Chinese Tea Through Time – Taste 1,000 Years in One Hour
Start: 2025-08-16T18:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-08-16T20:00:00-06:00
Location: Kochi Cafe

**Chinese Tea Through Time – Taste 1,000 Years in One Hour**
Join tea lover Xinyi for an immersive lecture with free tasting that compresses a millennium of tea culture into an unforgettable hour.
● How does people's definition of good tea change over time?
● How the change of Chinese philosophy influences the change of tea culture?

#### **Time:**

● Event sign in: 6:00 PM - 6:15 PM
● Lecture and Q&A: 6:15 - 7:30 PM
● Free time: 7:30-8:00 PM

#### **What to Expect:**

**Tang Dynasty (618-907)**
● *The Classic of Tea (Chajing)* by Lu Yu.
● Tang Dynasty’s famous music.
● Host appears in Tang-dynasty costume.

**Song Dynasty (960–1279)**
● Precision of the tea craftsmanship.
● Handle authentic Song china-ware replicas.

**Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644)**
● Reborn of tea.
● Co-host appears in traditional mamianqun.

**Qing Dynasty (1644 to 1912) & Modern**
● Use a flavor map to decode today’s 6 major tea types.
● Tasting Flight (included, vegan-friendly)
○ Peach Oolong – Silky texture with natural peach sweetness, finishing with oolong's
signature mineral undertones
○ Green snail: fresh vegetal notes (young spinach) with a hint of chestunt sweetness
**Plus:** Traditional Chinese flower arrangement decoration

#### **Take-Aways**

● Pocket “Flavor Adventure Map” PDF
● Know how the definition of good tea changed across time, and how it was influenced by culture change.

Xinyi (Nikita) Shen

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