Taiwan Tea Culture

Joanne

Tea Ceremony Presentation

2015

Tea chá 茶

Art of Tea 茶道•Tea aroma 茶香•Tea color 茶色•Tea Tasting 品茶•Tea pot 茶壺• Floral Arrangement •花藝•Music 音樂

Tea leaf Aroma Smelling

Tea Pot and Tea Cups Tea Color

Drinking Tea Smelling Tea

Chá 茶

Taiwan Wu-Long Tea 台灣烏龍茶• Wulong tea (Oolong Cha) is a

semi-oxidized tea. • Taiwan produces the best wulong

tea in the world.• The best Taiwan oolong tea is

grown in the mountains of central Taiwan.

• Growing conditions-high mountains in a subtropical climate create the cool humid conditions that oolong tea thrives on.

http://www.teafromtaiwan.com/

Taiwan Mountain A-li Wulong Tea Field

Making Wulong Tea (semi-oxidized)

Tea in Taiwanese daily life.1

Wedding Ceremony結婚儀式 Serving Tea to the parents給長輩敬茶

Serving Tea to the guest給貴賓敬茶

Tea in Taiwanese daily life.2

On the road side

To the Teachers To Mom

Serving Tea to OthersTo show respect and thankfulness

Tea in Taiwanese daily life.3Tea is the national drink for Chinese.茶為中國人之國飲

With Friends and Family

Ice Boba Tea

Tea at leisure time

Peaceful Music Peaceful Mind

Keep Calm

And

Drink Wulong

Tea

SandalwoodZheng Music Er Hu

Wulong Tea and

Music

Er Hu Gu Zheng

Calm

Floralarrangemen

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Pottery

Drinking Tea

Calligraphy

Four Aspects of Tea Culture

Calm

Floralarrangemen

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Pottery

Drinking Tea

Calligraphy

Four Aspects of Tea Culture

Four Aspects of Tea Culture

品茗四藝• First of all: Calm your mind. 靜心• (Use Incense burning such as sandal wood) • 檀香• Floral Arrangement 花藝• Pottery 陶藝 (Tea Pot and Tea cup)• Calligraphy 書法• Drinking Tea 點茶

Brief Tea History

• Chinese starts to drink tea since 3000 B.C.. It is saidThat ever since Shennong's discovery, tea has been grown and enjoyed throughout China.• Tea became a popular drink in Buddhist

monasteries during Tang Dynasty (7th-9th Century, A. D.), also in between all social classes.

• Paintings of people drinking tea

http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/Chinese_tea/2011-07/15/content_22999489.htm

Demo: Calligraphy

Demo: Taiwan Wulong Tea

7 Things a family need daily開門七件事Wood/Fuel Salt Rice

BeanPaste Vinegar Oil Tea

Let’s Serve Tea!

Thank you for coming!Hope you enjoy our

presentation!