Cha Dao: Chinese Tea Ceremony
Shrine Room 1856 S. Columbine Street, Denver, CO, United StatesExperience the simplicity and elegance of a traditional Chinese tea ceremony. Zen Center of Denver member Greg Fellman offers three […]
Experience the simplicity and elegance of a traditional Chinese tea ceremony. Zen Center of Denver member Greg Fellman offers three varieties of tea ceremony: leaves in a bowl, side-handle pot, and gong fu (see below). Each has its unique characteristics and beauty. We sit in silence as we brew and drink a number of bowls of tea, letting the Way of tea speak to us.
Each ceremony lasts about an hour. The suggested donation is $20, made to the host at the time of the event. Registration closes 24 hours before each ceremony. Please click one of the events below to register.
Leaves In A Bowl: Celebrating the art of simplicity, in this ceremony we simply put tea leaves in a bowl, add hot water, and drink, a practice that has been handed down for millennia.
Side-handle Pot: An extension of the leaves in a bowl ceremony, in this ceremony we brew in an elegant sidehandle pot and decant into bowls. While retaining the beauty of leaves in a bowl, we are able to brew more varied teas with the sidehandle pot.
Gong Fu Cha: Utilizing Yixing tea wares, The Gong Fu tea ceremony is considered the most sophisticated method of brewing tea and requires the highest level of skill. “Gong fu” loosely translates to skill through mastery. Through this ceremony, you can learn to appreciate the many flavors of a tea as it changes and matures through steeping after steeping.
Greg Fellman has been pursuing the way of tea since he landed in China over twenty years ago for a two-year stint as an English teacher. Living in the city of Hangzhou, famous for its Long Jing or Dragonwell green tea, infused him with a lifelong love of tea. He owned the Denver branch of the Seven Cups teahouse from 2008 to 2012. He continues to deepen his Cha Dao practice as a member of the Global Tea Hut (globalteahut.org).