Explore, sip and savor the fascinating world of fine tea with a virtual Tenmoku experience. Classes are offered as informational sessions, or can be upgraded to include tasting kits that can be shipped right to your front door. Submit an experience request from the list below with two or three availabilities. Cheers!
Introduction to high quality loose leaf tea
Learn about tea from leaf to cup. Explore how geography, culture, climate and processing transforms a humble leaf into the wide variety of teas enjoyed around the world. Taste green, oolong and oxidized varieties and learn about the terminology and taxonomy used to describe them.
$15 per person (info session), $39 per person (full tasting experience) – 1.5 hours
Japanese Ichiban: Premium Green Tea Tasting
Enter the floating world with this informative tasting of high quality Sencha tea. This experience includes light-steamed Asamushi, deep-steamed Fukamushi and the coveted shaded Gyokuro teas.
$15 per person (info session), $44 per person (full tasting experience) – 1.5 hours
The Light Side of the Mountain: Chinese and Taiwanese Mountain Green Oolongs
Taste your way up the mountain, exploring the nuance that elevation plays in the flavor and aroma of tea. Enjoy a curated selection of both Chinese and Taiwanese grown teas from prolific mountains in the oolong regions of Fujian, Dancong, Dongding, Alishan and Lishan.
$15 per person (info session), $49 per person (full tasting experience) – 1.5 hours
The Dark Side of the Mountain: Roasted and aged Chinese teas
Explore the fascinating history of fire roasted, aged and bricked teas. This tasting includes a number of Wuyi Oolong, Sheng and Shou Pu-erhs from various small-scale Chinese producers. Due to the complex flavor profile of Pu-erh, this tasting is best suited for adventurous drinkers.
$15 per person (info session), $49 per person (full tasting experience) – 1.5 hours
Custom tea experience
Want an amazingly immersive experience for your next corporate event?Or perhaps you want to deep dive into a specific category, varietal, production methodology or growing region? Custom classes can be offered on almost any topic within the world of tea and can be formatted to fill any desired duration. Think of us for your event or consider a tea experience as gifting season rolls around.
Participant prices and class duration are flexible. Curated tasting kits featuring giftable teaware, brewing vessels and tea sets are available at many different price points.
Matcha Cha no yu ceremony - not available currently
Experience Matcha tea with historic and cultural context, through a meditative Cha no yu ceremony. This tea experience offers an accessible opportunity to learn about the meaning and importance of the tea ceremony throughout Japanese history. Participants will partake in a guided service as well as learn how to prepare matcha themselves with traditional tools.
$55 per person, up to 4 participants – 1.5 hours (coming soon)