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!

Happy Winter Solstice!

Dear Tea Friends

For December Tea Meeting, we had a wonderful vegetarian dinner get together.  It was delicious and it was a lot of food.  It was a small restaurant and there were twenty two of us so we basically took over the restaurant.  I thank Joe for organizing the dinner meeting.  And I would like to thank Dr. Lee for offering Korean Language Center every month for our tea gathering.

The restaurant was run by a Hari Christina group and we had a tour of the temple.

Happy Winter Solstice!  If you did not get to have Winter Solstice porridge, here is one for you.

See you in January!  Our January tea meeting will take place on Friday, January 23rd, 7:30 pm at Korean Language Center.

Jaenam

November Tea Meeting

Dear Tea Friends

We had a wonderful November Tea Meeting.  We enjoyed the cool, calming, meditative effects of fresh Korean green teas.  And then we enjoyed heart warming,sweat causing 35 years old fermented pureh tea from Yunnan China.  Joe made tea.  And his teas were delicious.

For our December Tea Meeting, we will be hosting our annual dinner on Friday, December 19.  We are planning to hold it at;
Korean Cultural Service New York
460 Park Avenue 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022
Library Hours: Monday-Friday, 9AM-5PM | Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10AM-5PM
Phone: (212) 759 9550 | Fax: (212) 688 8640 | Email: info@koreanculture.org
It has not been finalized yet.  I will let you know as soon as the dinner is finalized.  See you in December.

Jaenam

Tea meeting at Rea's Place

Dear Tea Friends

We had a lovely time drinking tea at Rea's place.  My sincere thanks to Rea for hosting us.  It was an enchanting evening of tea drunkenness.  In drinking tea, there are three important things to remember.  The first is breath.  The second is the cycle of life.  The third is the enjoyment.  Tongue wet with delicious magic of tea accompanied by deep, relaxed breath invite salivation from the back of the throat.  This is called the Jade Pearl, known as the medicine of immortality.  In preparing and drinking tea, be aware of the rhythm of life; spring, summer, autumn and winter; birth, growth, harvest and rest; morning, afternoon, evening and night.  Make and drink tea according to it.  And always enjoy the company of tea, and company of the people drinking tea with you!  

In October we are going back to Korean Language Center for our tea meeting.  See you on October 24th, Friday at 7pm.  

Jaenam

Korean Language Center of New York

New York, New York

38 West 32nd Street, Suite #1112, NY, NY 10001 TEL (212) 563-5763  

 

Summer time tea in NYC

For our June tea meeting we had fresh green teas from Korea.  Hand made "dami" tea from Korea.  Hand picked and hand roasted by a Buddhist monk Jidam.  He hand picks fresh green tea leaves from the wild tea trees growing in the Jiri mountains where his Buddhist temple is located.

We also tasted this year's spring tender picks by the youngest daughter of Cho Taeyeon.  We had tasted green teas by Cho Taeyon before, but it is the first time tasting green tea made by one of his children.  Her first flush green tea had the most tea oil of any tea that I had ever tasted.  As soon as the tea entered my mouth the thick tea oil coated my mouth, throat and stomach, absolutely amazing.

Dr. Lee is an imminent linguist.  He got his doctorate in Turkey.  Korean, Turkish, Finnish, Japanese, and Mongolian all belong in the same language group.  If you are curious about Finnish, all I can tell you is that the northern Finnish people have the most Korean DNA among all ethnic groups.  I know it sounds strange.  But it is all connected with how Koreans have DNA that most closely resembles 6000 years old frozen shaman from Siberia.  Anyway Dr. Lee surprised us with teas from Turkey served in crystal cups.  It was delicious.  He promises more tea from around the world next time.  Speaking of next time.  Our July tea meeting will take place on Friday, July 25th at 7 pm at Korea Language Institute.  See you there.  

Jaenam