Beginners' Tea Series, GGF 9/7–12/14

Practice Center
Date / Time
Sep 7, 2025 / 1:00pm - Dec 14, 2025 / 3:00pm
Event Type
Tea Events
Description

2-3 Sundays per month between September 7–December 14, 1–3 pm
Classes will be taught by Meiya Wender and/or Jamie Morf, Keiko Wright and Eri Brevig

List of Sundays:
September 14 and 28; October 5 and 12; November 2, 9, and 16; December 7 and 14.

The Way of Tea has been described as a mindfulness practice, a performance art, a formal social gathering, and as simply making a fire, boiling water, whisking green tea, and serving it to one’s guests. Its essence is heart-to-heart meeting through full awareness of transiency; its form is the making, giving, and receiving of tea and a bite to eat.

The introductory series of ten lessons, held in the Green Gulch Teahouse, teaches the basics of both making tea and being a guest at a tea gathering. We will focus on the steps to making tea on a tray called Bonryaku in the Urasenke tradition. This series is appropriate for those who wish to enter the study of Chado (Way of Tea), as well as those who are interested in Japanese culture and would like to become more comfortable as a guest at a tea gathering.

Prospective students are asked to first attend a tea gathering or visit a class. Each class builds on the learning from the previous meeting and regular attendance is essential. Students who have already completed this series are encouraged to repeat it as a foundation for further study.

For more information about the tea program please email the Teahouse Manager at thewayoftea@sfzc.org.

Fee Information

General: $300
Current SFZC Residents Only: $50

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