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Chinese Teas II
August 18 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
$20
Let’s explore the Middle Kingdom 中国. This is where TEA 茶 (chá) originated.
Sample 4-5 Chinese teas (camellia sinensis) direct from their historical source.
- raw pu’er 生普洱茶 (shēng pǔ’ěr chá)
- aged pu’er ripe tea 陈年普洱熟茶 (chén nián pǔ’ěr shú chá)
- whole leaf green tea 全叶绿茶 (quán yè lǜchá)
- Dàhóng páo wǔyíshān Rock Oolong Tea. 大红袍武夷山岩茶乌龙茶
Your guide, LaMonte Heflick, is a Certified Sake Professional (ASP Saké Education Council Feb 2014). Also, a tea enthusiast, LaMonte has done presentations on tea in the Elkhart, IN schools, at Memories of China restaurant in Goshen, IN and Apothica Teas, Niles, MI, as well as, for the Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association in Indianapolis, IN. For two years LaMonte lived and worked in Japan at Toyota トヨタ自動車. Before retiring he was a speech-language pathologist in Elkhart, Indiana and taught Introduction to Japanese and Chinese languages.