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Japanese Tea Tasting II
June 30 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
$20
Japanese Teas II (follow up to Japanese Teas I)
Gyokuro 玉露 – Kukicha 茎茶 – Genmaicha 玄米茶 – Bancha 番茶
- Learn how to prepare gyokuro Japan’s top grade of green (shaded) tea et al using a kyusu 横手の急須 (side handle teapot)
- Fold origami ball
Your guide, LaMonte Heflick, is a Certified Saké Professional (ASP Saké Education Council Feb 2014). Also, a tea enthusiast, LaMonte has done presentations on tea in the Elkhart middle schools, 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.