Christie Bartlett, Founding Director of Ursaenke Society, San Francisco talks about the history of Urasenke, why tea gatherings matter today, and the ripple effect of âpeace through a bowl of tea.â - What is a âtea gathering?â - Spontaneity through structure and the art of tea - Slowing down time, appreciating fleeting moments - Sipping tea to free the mind, cleaning tea utensils to clean the heart - The role of a tea gathering in creating world peace For teas mentioned in this episode, search http://shop.samovartea.com 'matcha' Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page! Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfm Music credits: Samovar Tea Lounge Groove http://shop.samovartea.com Greenscapes - Rickert and Vesely www.greenscapes.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

David Lee Hoffman, American tea pioneer, chats about the old days of tea buying, giving artisan family farmers a fair deal, and some crazy adventures in the backwoods of China. - Falling off a tea mountain and how to taste Snake Wine For teas mentioned in this episode, search http://shop.samovartea.com 'puerh', 'ancient tea' Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page! Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfm Music credits: Samovar Tea Lounge Groove http://shop.samovartea.com Greenscapes - Rickert and Vesely www.greenscapes.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

Taste tea, eat food, meet American tea-icon Karter Louis and learn about tea pairing principles. - How to pair tea and food: basic harmonies and balancing flavors - One tea leaf connects cultures and makes peace For teas mentioned in this episode, search http://shop.samovartea.com 'Masala Chai', 'Moorish Mint', 'Gyukoro', 'Ryokucha', 'Herbal Infusions' Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page! Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfm Music credits: Samovar Tea Lounge Groove http://shop.samovartea.com Greenscapes - Rickert and Vesely www.greenscapes.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

Mostaffa and Omar brew traditional Moroccan tea and espouse on the harmonizing effects of Moroccan tea, culture, and food, for all to embrace. - How to make traditional Moroccan tea - A gathering of family and friends around the Moroccan tea table - Moroccan tea culture and the growing American tea culture - The divers ethnicities of Morocco and the unifying effect of tea For teas mentioned in this episode, search http://shop.samovartea.com 'moorish mint' Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page! Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfm Music credits: Samovar Tea Lounge Groove http://shop.samovartea.com Greenscapes - Rickert and Vesely www.greenscapes.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

Bay Area tea expert, supplier, and distributor Chongbin Zheng talks tea and yixing teaware and brews artisan Keemun Chinese black tea. - Small-production, family produced teas and why they are special - How to brew Gong Fu - How to taste tea - Designing yixing teaware: how and why to use, history... For teas mentioned in this episode, search http://shop.samovartea.com 'black tea', 'artisan keemun' Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page! Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfm Music credits: Samovar Tea Lounge Groove http://shop.samovartea.com Greenscapes - Rickert and Vesely www.greenscapes.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

Tea luminary James Norwood Pratt sips Lu Shan discusses the history of tea and wine, and enlightenment through a cup of Chinese green tea. - Catholics, grapes, wine; Buddhists, tea, and monasteries - Americans wake up to tea; a melting pot of modern tea culture in San Francisco for every body, every culture - The impact of the tea drinking culture on our modern lifestyle Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page! Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfm Music credits: Samovar Tea Lounge Groove http://shop.samovartea.com Greenscapes - Rickert and Vesely www.greenscapes.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

American tea pioneer David Lee Hoffman discusses puerh, the Slow Food tea movement, and the benefits of organic, handcrafted family-made tea. - Living with tea kings, learning to taste fine tea - How To: Artisan tea crafting and family operations, and secrets - Making American Handcrafted Puerhs - Slow Food and the Fair Trade movement and tea - Culinary pleasures of tea and living slowly - Tea as an affordable path to world peace For teas mentioned in this episode, search http://shop.samovartea.com 'puerh', 'ancient tea', 'Genghis Khan Super Horse 1206' Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page! Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfm Music credits: Samovar Tea Lounge Groove http://shop.samovartea.com Greenscapes - Rickert and Vesely www.greenscapes.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

Ayumi Kinezuka teaches us how to brew her fresh-crop organic family tea, just like they brew it on the farm. Watch this tea being processed then brewed. - Ayumi brews her fresh crop organic Japanese black tea and organic handpicked green tea - Learn how her tea is processed: factory footage - Importing Sri Lankan tea machinery to Japan For teas mentioned in this episode, search http://shop.samovartea.com 'green tea', 'organic tea' Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page! Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfm Music credits: Samovar Tea Lounge Groove http://shop.samovartea.com Greenscapes - Rickert and Vesely www.greenscapes.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

Bay Area tea luminary and author of the famed "Tea Lover's Treasury," James Norwood Pratt takes time to brew Lu Shan Chinese green tea and chat about tea's history.- Brewing tea at Norwood's house- Lu Shan, "Cloud and Mist" tea and what makes it special- Buddhism and tea: an intertwined history- Chinese shade grown tea, in a sea of âclouds and mistâ makes an artisan tea- The nature of reality, and drinking delicious tea- Crafting your enlightenment poemFor teas mentioned in this episode, search http://shop.samovartea.com'chinese tea'Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page!Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfmMusic credits:Samovar Tea Lounge Groovehttp://shop.samovartea.comGreenscapes - Rickert and Veselywww.greenscapes.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

Winnie Wu, owner of the Bay Area famed Teance, tastes Phoenix Oolong and talks about the evolution of tea in America and China and the cultural benefits to all.- Tasting Phoenix Oolong, artisan, hand made Chinese tea- The Teance tea bar: tasting tea at the tasting table- Changing tea cultures in Asia: from artisan tea to tea bags- Future of tea in America- Physiological benefits of tea- Why we are embracing tea culture todayFor teas mentioned in this episode, search http://shop.samovartea.com'oolong'Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page!Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfmMusic credits:Samovar Tea Lounge Groovehttp://shop.samovartea.comGreenscapes - Rickert and Veselywww.greenscapes.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

Ayumi Kinezuka visits us from Japan to talk about her organic tea farm in Shizuoka, and the challenges facing small artisan Japanese tea farmers today.- Meet the family: an entire production from a small family operation- Where are today's generation of organic tea farmers? Challenges with managing tea farmers means fewer farmers making high-grade Japanese green tea- Big beverage companies offering bottled green tea replaces Slow Tea- Big business lacks microenvironment knowledge to manage small organic farms- How can a consumer make a differenceFor teas mentioned in this episode, search http://shop.samovartea.com'organic tea', 'green tea'Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page!Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfmMusic credits:Samovar Tea Lounge Groovehttp://shop.samovartea.comGreenscapes - Rickert and Veselywww.greenscapes.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

San Francisco tea-entrepreneur and owner of Modern Tea, Alice Cravens discusses her Slow Food Farmer's Market philosophy, discussing challenges and opportunities to growers, distributors and sellers of organic food and tea. - Organic, seasonal, artisan food philosophy at Modern Tea - About the Slow Food Movement and why it's important - How to make a difference: visit a local farmer's market - Fair Trade Today, challenges and opportunities - The environmental impact of importing tea to America For teas mentioned in this episode, search http://shop.samovartea.com for'Fair Trade','Organic' Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page! Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfm Music credits: Samovar Tea Lounge Groove http://shop.samovartea.com Greenscapes - Rickert and Vesely www.greenscapesmusic.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

Japanese green tea offers a huge spectrum of diverse brews, ranging from very light and grassy to deep and roasted. Join Christine Savage as she delves into the subtle and not so subtle differences of Japanese Green Tea. - The difference between how Japanese Green tea is processed - How is green tea made? - Some teas: Matcha, Houjicha, Sencha, Fukamushi, Lobocha, Ryokucha For teas mentioned in this episode, search http://shop.samovartea.com Japanese Green Tea, Ryokucha, Kukicha, Houjicha , Hika Sencha, Lobocha , Matcha Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page! Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfm Music credits: Samovar Tea Lounge Groove http://shop.samovartea.com Greenscapes - Rickert and Vesely www.greenscapes.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

American tea-pioneer David Lee Hoffman takes time for a tea tasting and muses on his experiences with tea, and why it is good for America and China, and you and me. - 'My history with tea' - Ancient tea, old groves, new sun cured puerh tea - Investing in puerh tea - Future of tea in America - Why tea is affordable For teas discussed in this episode, search http://shop.samovartea.com 'puerh', 'ancient tea' Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page! Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfm Music credits: Samovar Tea Lounge Groove shop.samovartea.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

In this episode join us with Tea-Sommelier Christine Savage at Samovar Tea Lounge as we discuss 'tea basics'. - What is Tea? - How to determine quality tea - How to brew tea - About Fair Trade and Organic tea Teas mentioned in this episode - search shop.samovartea.com: Herbals, White Tea, Black Tea, Green Tea, Ryokucha, and Masala Chai Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page! Help us make the podcast better by filling out our survey at http://samovartea.com/html/lounge/teatv.cfm Music credits: Samovar Tea Lounge Groove shop.samovartea.com Greenscapes - Rickert and Vesely www.greenscapes.com

Watch Now: Play in Popup.

Tea is hot. And no one steeps patrons in the ancient and enduring properties of tea like San Francisco's Samovar Tea Lounge. In this compelling podcast, owner Jesse Jacobs explores the reverberations of how one cup of tea serenely enjoyed influences peace throughout the world. Visiting with modern Tea Masters, Jacobs uncovers the mysterious roots of today's highly sought-after tea experience and sheds light on the dark elixir's calming effects. Episodes include using tea to bridge cultural and political gaps, perfect pairings of tea and food, Teas of Japan, Morocco, and discovering the tea culture behind the tea culture in the San Francisco Bay area. Put the water on, grab a warm cup of contentment, and you'll soon find yourself relaxed and educated by this lively series. Tell us what you think! Leave us reviews and ratings on our iTunes page!

Watch Now: Play in Popup.