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Blossom

An exploration of the “tea master’s” role in dan cong and yan cha.

What You'll do

Blossom brings cultural context to understanding the “master’s” role in crafting Oolong tea. We illuminate the nuances of terroir, age, and varietals of Fujian and Guangdong, and explore tea making in the context of craft as cultural inheritance.

While in Guangdong, we uncover the role of tea in the first Opium War and examine the origins of tea’s shift from emblem of culture to global commodity.

How It Works

1. Book Session
Choose a date and time
2. Take Delivery
Kits arrive before your session
3. Join Online
Sessions are hosted live on Zoom

Tasting Menu

Da Hong Pao 2019
Duck Shit 2019

Your Hosts

Rong
Co-founder, Shifting Senses
"Curiosity is the beginning of understanding." says Rong Gao of her approach to tea. Born in China, she spent her formative years in her family teahouse, or as she puts it: "Tea is in my roots."

Weaving inherited cultural wisdom with her interests in anthropology, history, traditional medicine, economics and spirituality, Rong leads our Destination Tastings experiences, using intimate, first-person storytelling to illuminate and bring context to the breadth and complexity of Chinese culture over tea.
Levi
Co-founder, Shifting Senses
"When I get quiet enough to listen, tea can tell me so much about who I am. It connects me to the past, and the stories it carries hold a mirror to the present."

An inveterate coffee drinker turned lao cha gui, Levi searches to locate commonalities between seemingly disparate concepts and tea one sip at a time.

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Upcoming Sessions

Fri, Sep 27
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM (Eastern Time)

$1,200.00

Tue, Sep 24
6:45 PM - 7:45 PM (Eastern Time)

$1,200.00

Fri, Oct 4
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM (Eastern Time)

$1,200.00

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