Special lecture: Chinese Tea Culture and Teapots
06/26/2021 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT
Category
Education - CCC
Admission
- Free
Location
Online - registration URL provided below
Virtual Meeting URL: https://SDSU.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkdOmspzkpGtGchC6d6E4WRZ-6h3fNq7AC
Virtual Meeting URL: https://SDSU.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkdOmspzkpGtGchC6d6E4WRZ-6h3fNq7AC
Summary
Andrew Lu will introduce to you how Chinese tea culture influenced other country’s tea drinking habits and also show you a few beautiful and unique Qing Dynasty teapots circa 17th century from his personal collection. Evelyn Lamden will moderate.
Description
| Chinese tea culture first appeared more than 4000 years ago. It became popular internationally through trade during the Tang Dynasty in the 7th to 8th century. After hundreds of years of tea culture development, people not only care about the quality of different types of tea, but also about sophisticated tea wares. In this episode, we will introduce to you how Chinese tea culture influenced other country’s tea drinking habits and also show you a few beautiful and unique Qing Dynasty teapots circa 17th century from Andrew Lu’s personal collection. You will learn about the differences between green tea, black tea and scented tea as well as the health benefit of using Yixing clay (Zisha) teapots to properly prepare tea. |  |
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