DIY TEA Blending Class @ WorkshopSF

Awesome, Awesome Way to Spend My Sunday!

Today I taught probably my new favorite class style to teach.  It is DIY TEA BLENDING held @ Workshop SF.  Workshop SF is a nonprofit that teaches people to make stuff, awesome stuff.  A bit bohemian, a lot Rock and Roll, the space in which the class was taught was the perfect setting.  Basically, the amazing pupils learned a little bit about tea (didn’t get to bring my TEA 101 Keynote speech) and then we let the fun begin.  I setup an amazing “buffet” of teas, tisanes, botanicals, herbs, you name it, we got it!  Then, we got our hands dirty and started blending and tasting using our cupping sets.

My students came up with some inventive uses for coriander seeds, raw cocoa nibs, lemongrass, yerba mate, etc and the teas we were mixing today were Keemun, Assam, Bai Mu Dan, Jasmine Pan-fired Green, etc.  We had some awesome spins on a classic chai as well as some herbal infusions that were just all around beautiful.  Great job everyone!

To be in the know of when the next DIY TEA Blending class is happening, subscribe to WorkshopSF’s newsletter (www.workshopsf.org) and sign up for the class immediately cause this round filled up faster than I could publicize!

DIY Tea Blending in the Making

Like Visiting a Salad Bar!

Looks Like Fruity Pebbles!

Tea Outside the Box

Frisco Teapot Box in Dolores Park

G’Day Everyone!

This weekend I had quite a lovely Sunday in Dolores Park.  I had the pleasure to serve tea at the Frisco TeaPot’s experiential event on “Place”.  Never ceasing to amaze, TeaPot built an experiential box that looked out onto the cityscape.  It was one of the most glorious November days I have ever experienced with warm air, sunshine, and tea.  I served up some Vietnamese Organic Nam Lahn Black Tea, a Chinese Dark Oolong, and the fabulous Hawaiian Coffee Cherry Tisane (previous blog post).  It was a perfect symphony focusing on place utilizing pure single origin teas.

Check out the friscoteapot.wordpress.com blog to be in the know on where they will pop up next.  Also, “Like” them on Facebook to see what all the fun is about!  TeaPot Facebook

Guerrilla Tea Party This Weekend

A Lovely Invitation

Hi Tea Friends,

Come one, come all!  Tea drinkers are invited to join a movement to take back the tea party!  Enjoy an afternoon of community, beauty, and tea.  Free!  Wear your rainboots and bring an umbrella, rain or shine.  Bring a picnic blanket too!

Date/Time: Sunday, August 1, 2pm

Takeover Location:  Alamo Square Park, Painted Ladies, @ Steiner and Hayes.

Bring what:  Rainboots, umbrellas, picnic blanket, whimsy.

See you there!

Make tea, not war…

Christopher C

Something’s Steeping in San Francisco

Hi friends!

Mark your calendars. Sunday, August 1, 2pm, Alamo Square Park.  A tea revolution is coming. Rain or shine, wear your rainboots and bring umbrellas.

Free!

Details to follow…

Mad Hatter’s Party at Bloomies

Bloomie's entryway display

Bloomie’s had a fun tea display this week at the entrance to their San Francisco home store entrance.  It was all about the vertical stacking and natural elements such as moss as placemats.  I think it would make an impressive afternoon tea if you were to have only two or three of your friends over and you deck out the entire table with a show like this.  It would almost be straight out of Lewis Carroll’s mind.  Don’t forget to butter your watch…

“There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know.” – Lewis Carroll

Enchanting Bell Jar Cakes