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For our May speaker series, we welcome Kevin Cox, a physical trainer and coach, who will be talking about all of tea’s health benefits. Find out how you can use tea to help you lose weight and increase caloric expenditure. He even told me how he had heard of Fruit Pebbles now having green tea in them! As always, it’s a free talk on Wednesday, May 18th at 7 PM.
Hello friends. I know this is last minute, but we are having a guzheng, or Chinese zither, player at the teahouse this Wednesday evening at 6 PM. Chris Brignola is a local musician who has taken up the guzheng and is coming in to play for a little while. This is a beautiful instrument and is usually the music of choice in the teahouse. I actually tried learning how to play it while I lived in China, but some nerve problems kept me from getting very far on it. It should be fun so we hope to see you there.
This is always an exciting time of year for us. First, slowly but surely, news of the new crop starts trickling in from China and Tucson. Then we get word that some of it has arrived in the states. We’re happy to say that that has happened. The 2011 Meng Ding teas, Green Bamboo, Sweet Dew, and Yellow Buds, have all arrived in Tucson. And the word is that all of them, especially the Sweet Dew, are delicious. We should be receiving these teas in Denver in a couple weeks, so keep an eye out here or on our Facebook page for the official word. Of course, there is much more on the way and we’ll keep you updated as it starts arriving.
Suzanne Klein has taught here at Seven Cups and now she’s teaching a new class at a more proper cooking facility. Cooking with tea is a fun culinary adventure and takes one’s appreciation of tea to a whole new level. I can’t guarantee that she’s going to be teaching it, but she has a wonderful recipe for chocolate truffles with Lapsang Souchong! Yum!
Once again we have the privilege of welcoming back the Erhoopla Ensemble. Brian Mullins and Mike Fitzmaurice play the Chinese erhu, a two-stringed bowed instrument, along with a variety of other Chinese instruments. They have played at Seven Cups a couple times previously and we’re happy to have them back. They’ll be performing a few traditional Chinese tunes along with a few American tunes thrown in there for good measure. It’s a real treat to hear what these two do, so don’t miss it. As ever, it is on the third Wednesday of the month, April 20th, at 7 PM. It’s a free performance but we will pass around the proverbial hat for the musicians.
On Wednesday, March 16th, at 7 PM, we will be hosting our next speaker. Pat Isaacs, LAc MQP, will be leading participants in a talk and workshop on Qigong. Medical Qigong, the oldest branch of Chinese Medicine, promotes health and vitality with simple movements, self-massage, breathing, and meditation. Gentle qigong exercises cleanse, cultivate, and refine the body’s Qi. These slow, circular movements similar to TaiQi can be done by those of all ages, whether healthy or ill. Most exercises can be done from either standing or sitting position. Increasing the vital Qi helps to improve circulation, digestion, immunity, metabolism, mental alertness and emotional balance. This will be an experiential evening as participants are led into a simple meditation, self-massage and seated Qigong movements.
Wednesday March 16th, 7 PM, FREE!
Pat Isaacs, LAc, MQP has a family practice in Traditional Chinese medicine that uniquely blends her 25& years of experience in holistic health. Her certification from the International Institute of Medical Qigong has added knowledge to assist her patients with self-healing practices. With a BA in Holistic Health and Wellness Education, Pat provides engaging classes to develop internal energy and improve overall health.
Over the last 15 years of teaching tea, Donna Fellman has heard a lot of questions: ‘Are there tannins in my tea? How much caffeine is in tea? What is milk oolong? Is this tea flavored? Which tea is the most healthful tea to drink?’ Come join her as she answers all these questions and more. The chemistry of tea is fun, fascinating and easy to understand when we’re looking at what’s in the cup and exploring how it got there. The talk is on Wednesday, February 16, at 7 PM. And it’s free.
Donna Fellman recognized the importance of tea education for management, staff and the public at large while managing teahouses. As director of the Tea Education Alliance (T∙E∙A), she offers professional consulting and staff training programs, and publishes educational materials about tea. She is co-author of Tea Here Now, (Inner Ocean Publishing, 2005) exploring a relationship to tea as a teacher and a lifestyle. She has developed and taught classes about tea through the Specialty Tea Institute, World Tea Expo, the Rocky Mountain and Northwest Tea Festivals, Denver Botanic Gardens and other locations around the US.
We are proud to once again be sponsoring the China table at this year’s World Tea Fair. The Denver Montclair International School holds the fair every year. There are tables from China, Japan, India, Morocco and more. It’s a great opportunity to sample and learn about a variety of teas from all over the world. You can find out more information here, including ticketing information.
The itineraries for the 2011 Tea Tours are now online. This is a great way to deepen your understanding of tea and have a genuine adventure in the Chinese countryside. Click here for the itineraries and a lot more information on the tours.
In March 2009, Seven Cups customer, Yvonne Russell, joined tea master Zhuping Hodge in her annual visit to a green tea growing region of China. As a tea merchant, Zhuping personally visits each of the farmers who grow and process the very teas that we enjoy here at Seven Cups teahouse. Our “tea friends” are found in settings such as an island in the middle of the lake and a mountaintop above a bamboo forest. The experience of traveling “home” with Zhuping followed a route that looks well beyond what one might see from the road. Yvonne is looking forward to sharing some of her photographs and introducing friends in places that fairly represent China’s long history and cultural depth. She will share stories of the tea masters who make many of Seven Cups teas.
The talk is on Wednesday, January 19, at 7 PM. As always, it is free. Come early to get a seat and a pot of green tea, and perhaps Yvonne will tell a story about where that tea came from! Yvonne Russell is a regular of Seven Cups, a true tea lover. She plans to travel to China once again with Zhuping this coming spring for another tea tour.
