We are invited by our good friends, Simon and Christine, to their church, SBTPC in Lomita City on 6/8/2014 to share our experience on:
"How to use tea and culture to help promote Taiwan in our community? "
Josephine has done a great job of presenting the TOST program that we have conducted since 2008. It is an Ambassador program for Taiwan, not only in tea but true friendship. She prepares so many good photos showing our tea friends' hands on studying Oolong in Taiwan. Although I have seen those pictures a few times, yet they still refresh my good memory...and touch my heart while she explains them. From the way our audience react, I can tell most of them are thinking how they can come up different programs of their own to help our mother country.
Since we have offered Tea-One Tasting Class at this church in the past, so I decided to offer a different tea class this time... Something new, something more adapted to our current lifestyle with tea.
Josephine and a few volunteers are busy serving tea that we've prepared in advance while I am talking about how Taiwan Oolong to be classified and how these teas are processed...
Those two teas we share with everyone - one is Alishan Jade Oolong in chilled and one Formosa Bonita FB-47 in room temperature. A full demonstration of how we do our proper infusion...get them filled in bottles and to be chilled or cooled down to room temperature for serving. This is indeed a new way of enjoyment with fine Taiwan Oolongs, a bit different from the traditional hot tea or iced tea service. Most importantly, foods pairing now made really easy. I know to see is to believe.
We love tea, we also enjoy sharing our passion in a creative way - before we end our program, I have great fun to lead all our participants to sing a tea song and sign-dancing...
It is about Wenshan Pouchong -
step by step... we fluff the fresh leaf carefully and gently...
when the tea leaf's edge turns red... the luscious floral aroma will arrive...
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