Tea Ceremony Lessons
Online Series with Iya Omi Tola

This tea series has been created by tea lovers for tea lovers…

DATE & TIME: Thursday, 1st - 22nd July
5:30 AM - 7:00 AM Sydney time ( check your time zone)

Session 1: Thursday, July 1 5:30 AM - 7 AM

Session 2: Thursday, July 8 5:30 AM - 7 AM

Session 3: Thursday, July 15 5:30 AM - 7 AM

Session 4: Thursday, July 22 5: 30 AM - 7 AM

Check your time in your time zone here
PRICE: 220 AUD

Join us and our Tea family online live from the privacy of your own tea table
Enjoy cultivating your tea skills and tea meditation !

This tea series is a fruit of collaboration between Ida Maria and Janina. Ida Maria is a tea devotee. She has been true to her tea love for years and expanding and deepening her practice.  She loves tea with all her senses and you can see her love in her pictures and videos of tea. She takes her tea outside enjoying sublime flavours of tea amongst dizzying Nordic landscapes. Ida Maria’s investigative mind and heart long to deepen her knowledge of tea properties, history and to perfect and fine tune tea preparation.

On the other hand Janina lost her tea way along with all her tea ware. She gave up on tea and convinced herself that tea was no longer of interest to her and life without it was FINE. The truth is she longs to reconnect with the mystery of tea and to enjoy tea again like she used to  - with her tray, a tea friend and a couple of tiny tea cups. It’s back to basics for Janina

This course is created to cater for you wherever you are in your Tea Journey. A total devotee, a newbie or a prodigal child returning to the bosom of Tea Mother… This course is for you. You will enjoy remembering tea, learning techniques of most optimal preparation. You will also love reconnecting with your tea mates.

What will be covered in the course:

1. History & Tradition. As we sip tea together Iya will guide us through historical aspects of tea making, roots of tea ceremonies, history and tradition behind our favourite teas.

2. Preparation of each tea - temperature, time of steeping. Best tea ware to suit each tea’s character. As a newbie - you will enjoy the encyclopedia of practical ‘how-to’ information. and if you are a seasoned tea drinker - you may discover information that is new to you. Deepen your well of knowledge.

3. Sensing, feeling, meditating. Iya will guide us deeper into our receptivity of our senses - sight, touch, smell, taste, hearing and beyond. If you love Wild Lotus, this tea series will open more subtle realms for you and show you how you can use tea in your own at home practice of touching, feeling and staying with what unfolds.

What you will need: 

Best to have a variety of teas, one of each:

White tea

Oolong tea

Puer 

Red tea

Tea pot, tray, cups + sniffers, strainer

When you sign up for our course you will have the option to purchase the above teas in manageable and affordable quantities of 25g of each tea which will be sufficient for the duration of the course.

To purchase your teas and/or to pick up your starter set- please email Iya at templegardentea@gmail.com (please copy in support@atantriclife.org)

Recommended tea assortment for the course:

25g moon buds white
25gx2 (oolong green & roasted )
25g red tea or gaba
25g x2 puer green & cooked
25g Pao Chung green
25g aged tea

$97 = 200g of 8 assorted teas
4 sessions
2 teas per session

Beginner Tea sets available:
Porcelain Gaiwan ( white / off green ) $45
or Beginner pot ( porcelain - $70)
Glass jug $25
2 cups & sniffers ( green or white) $12 x2 = $24
strainer $ 15
+ add on carry bag $110

Tea Photos Credit: Ida Maria Vinther

You can find Ida Maria on Instagram