Global Tea Hut

“The thing I’ve repeated most to the friends and family I’ve had the opportunity to catch up with since returning to South Florida from the Global Tea Hut Annual Trip, is that I understand Taiwanese Oolong and Oolong as a genre of tea in ways I couldn’t have before.

All the “knowing” in the world would not have gotten me closer to the spirit of tea as this journey has.

There is no substitute for becoming a part of the process these beautiful plants go through on their way to tea lovers across the globe. There is nothing like picking, withering and roasting tea with your own hands. This was an introduction into the sort of tradition I’ve been longing for.”

To read Andre’s full reflection on this year’s trip, turn to our Story today. We will Highlight these shares for those interested to journey along with some of the participants who attended this years trip. We hope this will inspire many more to join us next year!

It is now the season to start drinking oolong, which offers us the wonderful opportunity to brew gongfu tea.
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As an invitation to explore the great lessons and joys that arise through gongfu tea, we’re offering a discount on our courses this month. If you’re feeling called to begin or deepen your practice, use code PRACTICE at checkout.
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Many of Oolong’s most delicate fragrances, textures, and energetic qualities only reveal themselves when the leaves are allowed to open together slowly, naturally, and in harmony rather than in fragmented stages.
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Ball-shaped oolongs in particular, are incredibly sensitive to how they are brewed. When these tightly rolled leaves all open at the same time, something remarkable happens. There is a blossoming of fragrance and quality of texture that simply does not occur otherwise. The liquor becomes smooth like silk, and the energy of the tea—its Qi—moves freely. This is not subtle. When we get it right, the difference is apparent in the cup.

As the warm sunlight of this season calls us outside, may we take our practice out into nature and spend a little more time gently seated beneath the open sky.

Feeling the breeze, the warmth of the sun, the Earth beneath us, and the water as it touches our lips—we remember that we exist within a miraculous web of life.

We never tire of seeing Tea shared around the world. Thank you for tagging us, friends!