Dear friends!
We are reopening the tea school! Classes will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 19:00 to 21:00 in the Tea Club Moychay.ru on the street. Malaya Dmitrovka. Beginning of classes - 1 April, 2020.
School program:
Lesson 1. Wednesday, 1 Аpril
"Introduction to Tea." The main approaches to the study of tea as a phenomenon: socio-economic, historical-cultural, personality-subjective. The principles of tea classification.
Teacher - Natalie Goncharova
Lesson 2. Monday, April 6th.
"Profession: Tester." Organoleptic and evaluation of tea. Subjective sensations and established terminology. Olfactory card and “wheel of tastes” from the standpoint of a traditional Chinese doctor and a modern taster. Water: mineralization and softness, temperature, exposure, optimal extraction.
Teacher - Natalie Goncharova
Lesson 3. Wednesday, April 8th.
"Cha I": tea ceremony. A brief history of the spread of tea culture. Modern brewing styles: pinch, gunfuch, ganpao, cooking. The poetry of tea action on the example of the script for the ceremony of Chaozhou gongfucha / Wu gongfucha. Tea collections Uwo Chahui. Tea utensils: materials and forms.
Teacher - Natalie Goncharova
Lesson 4. Monday, April 13th.
Green, white tea. Classification, features of production technology, useful properties. Ping cha brewing training in gaiwan.
Teacher - Alexey Averkin
Lesson 5. Wednesday, April 15th.
Red and yellow tea. History, classification, production features. Ping cha brewing in a clay teapot and in a glass teapot.
Teacher - Julia Malysheva
Lesson 6. Monday, April 20.
Taiwanese and South Fujian Oolongs. Types, production technologies, similarities and differences. Practical lesson on gongfu cha (traditional tea ceremony, high tea masterpiece).
Teacher - Alexey Averkin
Lesson 7. Wednesday, April 22.
Black tea (hei cha). Classification and production technology of black tea. Training in the preparation of this tea in the ancient way - cooking according to the tea canon of Lu Yu.
Teacher - Alexey Averkin
Lesson 8. Monday, April 27th.
Puer. The history, features and useful properties of puer. Varieties of puer, Different approaches to cooking.
Teacher - Julia Malysheva
Lesson 9. Wednesday, April 29th.
Guangdong Oolong Tea. Chao Cha. Variety and differences of sorts. History, cultivation and production, approaches to cooking.
Teacher - Alexey Averkin
Lesson 10. Monday, May 4.
Wuyishan Oolong. The similarities and differences in the variety of varieties. History, principles of cultivation and production, varietal variety and approaches to cooking.
Teacher - Julia Malysheva
Lesson 11. Wednesday, May 6.
Lao cha. Aged tea and tea people. "Tea state": internal and external aspects of the tea ritual. "Cha Dao", the philosophy of tea.
Teacher - Natalie Goncharova
Session 12. Monday, May 11th.
An introduction to the Japanese tea tradition. The origins and formation of the Japanese tea ceremony. The concept of "dogu" and the associated customs. Types of green powder tea and features of their application.
Teacher - Evgenia Pryadko
Lesson 13. Wednesday, May 13.
"Xiang Dao." Aromatic culture of China and tea ceremony. Types of incense, aromatic raw materials, tools and methods of ignition.
Teacher - Natalie Goncharova
Lesson 14. Monday, May 18.
"Tales of the old teapot." Applied aspects of the Chinese worldview in tea attributes. Fundamentals of ancient Chinese natural philosophy ("Chinese numerology"). The "magic" of calligraphy "and well-meaning ornaments. "Annunciation" creatures, deities and spirits, cultural heroes. Symbolism of plants and animals. Children. Shan Shui.
Teacher - Natalie Goncharova
Lesson 15. Wednesday, May 20.
Chinese and Russian tea additives and herbal teas. General principles of preparation and use. Herbal tasting.
Teacher - Julia Malysheva.
Lesson 16. Monday, May 25.
Yerba Mate. The history of the drink and the legend. Authentic use of Yerba Mate. Chuck War and Terere. Modern Mate Culture.
Teacher - Evgenia Pryadko
Lesson 17. Wednesday, May 27.
Alternative ways of making tea: Sichuan brewing, khao cha, Uzbek infusion. Workshop
Teacher - Evgenia Pryadko.
Classes will be held at the Tea Culture Club Mochay.ru on the street. Malaya Dmitrovka.
The cost of the full course will be 34500 rubles. It is possible to attend separate classes: the cost of one lesson will be - 2500 rubles.
You can register for school by email galina@moychay.com.
Now let's get to know our teachers:
Natalie Goncharova - professionally engaged in tea for the last 20 years, from 2013 to the present is the editor of the site moychay.ru and titester. She traveled extensively (alone and with groups) to tea places in China, Taiwan and Japan.
Julia Malysheva - professionally in tea since 2010, the experience of teaching tea mastery - 5 years.
Alexey Averkin - the senior tea master of the first tea club in Russia, who has worked with tea since 2010. Experience in conducting tea schools since 2012.
Evgenia Pryadko - tea master, experience in working with tea since 2005, experience in teaching the basics of tea action for 6 years.
Adress: metro Pushkinskaya, Malaya Dmitrovks str., 24/2 build.2, entrance from the yard from the street Malaya Dmitrovka. More information about how to reach us: https://moychay.com/sections/contact