The class that I'm facilitating at Berkeley is one of the many student-facilitated classes in the Decal Program (Democratic Education at Cal). My tea class is called the Teacal, created last semester by Nick Bastone. The class focuses on pouring and tasting Chinese tea in the traditional way. We mainly use Gaiwans (small chinese cups used to brew tea) and small tasting cups. Each week the class focuses on a different type of tea (white, green, oolong, black, pu-erh), and we taste a few varieties of that type.
We had the first meeting yesterday, and it went quite smoothly. We tried Samovar's Jasmine Pearl Green tea. Everyone really liked it's strong aroma and how many infusions it could withstand before getting watery. After that, we tasted a classic black tea to contrast the green. Everyone got pretty good at using the Gaiwan!
Photo cred to Natalie Holt. Those are also her cool blue cups from Chinatown!
Pouring practice.
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