December end of the year get together

We had a lovely end of the year get together tea meeting at Kyoto and Robert's house. Robert is a Korean art dealer. His house is full of Korean arts. Also he has a warehouse full of Korean arts. If you are interested, please check out his website; Robert@KoreanArtSociety.org. He was featured at a Korean TV show. 

September Tea meeting

We had a wonderful tea meeting on the night of the Pope's visit to the United Nations. I thank Debbie for inviting us to her home and hosting September tea meeting. Her home was full of her art works past, present and future. She creates fascinating arts that challenge our assumptions about who we are and makes us think. She offered us home made ginseng and burdock root teas in 100 years old bone china set. Both teas generate heat for the body and we were definitely hot for the night. The teas were sent to Debbie by her mother who is a herb doctor in LA. We thank her mom. We also took a walk by the river and saw the night sky of NY city by the full moon. The rabbit on the moon was pounding the rice cake for Chusuk!

Our October Tea Meeting will be held at Korean Language Center, on October 23rd, Friday at 7 pm.  See you there. 

August tea meeting

Our August tea meeting was fun and very enlightening. We drank lots and lots and lots of Korean green tea. In the summer time, there is nothing better than hot Korean green tea to cool you down. But you say tea is hot! Well, that is true, but the nature of Korean green tea is cold, (not temperature but energy) so in summer time, if you run or climb a mountain after a drink of Korean green tea, you will not feel thirst, no matter how much you sweat!  (Ok, to a degree)  

We will meet in Brooklyn Dumbo area on Friday, September 25.  Joe will send you more information in the email.  Enjoy the Autumn sky and Chusuk!

July Tea Meeting at Puerh Brooklyn

We had our July tea meeting at Puerh Brooklyn in Williamsburg. I thank the tea shop owner, Gabriel Grippo for hosting us. Puerh Brooklyn is located on the street level and mezzanine level of his art & design shop and gallery,GGrippo.com, dedicated to sustainable fashion and accessories. It is a wonderful space just to visit and experience.

June tea meeting at Robert's house

We had a fun evening at Robert's house for June Tea meeting.  I thank Robert for hosting us.  Next month we will be meeting in Brooklyn, and Joe will be emailing us with information.  I keep forgetting to mention we need to pay for our membership fee of $30.  So please remember to pay next time even if I forget.  Thanks, see you in July.

Jaenam

May Tea Meeting

We had a wonderful May tea meeting. We tasted fresh new 2015 teas. Mrs. Yoon Miok brought fresh new 2015 Woojun from Ssanggae tea group and it was simply unforgettable. We thank her dearly. We also tasted our monk Jidam tea of this year. I definitely like this year's tea. Also Dr. Lee brought frozen lotus flower from Korea. It was prepared by putting fresh 2015 first spring pick green tea inside the lotus petals and letting it bloom by pouring hot water. Usually lotus flower tea is prepared by using cold water; but since it was mixed with green tea, we used hot water. The combination of lotus blossom and green tea was very very delicious. Thank you all for bringing tasty teas for our May meeting. 2015 teas are here!  For our June Tea Meeting, we will be meeting at Robert's house on Friday June 19th, 7pm.  If you are coming, please let me know as soon as possible.  I will forward you his address.  Also, you are welcome to bring desserts or side dishes.  See you in June.

Jaenam

2015 fresh green is ready!

Dear Tea Friends

Despite the snow that just came down on Saturday.  The spring is here!  In fact spring came early in Korea this year and this year's fresh green tea is ready for purchase.  Dr Lee will be traveling to Korea to make his annual tea purchase in April.  Therefore in April, we are meeting on April 17th, Friday so we will have a chance to purchase the earliest pickings!!!  If you wish to purchase this year's green, please come to our next tea meeting and buy them before they are all gone!  The price will probably be similar to last year, but I will keep you posted.

February Tea Meeting at T-Drunk

We had a wonderful tea meeting at t-drunk. I had the most delicious rock tea and white tea in a long time. If you are in the city, you should definitely stop by for a drink. Thanks Shunan for your wonderful teas.  We will be meeting at Korean Language Center for our March meeting on March 27th, Friday 7pm.  See you then.

Jaenam

January Tea Meeting

We had a wonderful January Tea Meeting at Korean Language Center.  We also had a chance to share Rita's birthday cake.  Happy Birthday Rita.  Korean Language Center does many wonderful things; one of them is to give out scholarships to students who are studying to be Korean Language Teachers in America.  The scholarship has been very resourceful since many schools in NY and NJ have since adopted Korean as the primary second language to be taught in schools.  Especially in Harlem there are group of charter schools that only have Korean as the available second language for their students.  The schools have gained fame because they are producing ivy league college bounds students among under privileged students in Harlem.

February tea meeting will take place at Korean Language Center on Friday, February 27th, 7pm.  See you then and stay warm in the mean time with a cup of hot tea!