Join us for an afternoon of tea, culture, and discovery. Reserve your spot today and explore the rich flavors of Japanese tea with 7s Art!
Make friends over tea, enjoy inner peace, and learn about tea culture.
Make friends over tea, enjoy inner peace, and learn about tea culture.
Make friends over tea, enjoy inner peace, and learn about tea culture.
Responding to the current season, the tea to taste this time is Bi Luo Chun(碧螺春) — one of China's top ten famous teas. We will taste this year's and last year's pre-Qingming (明前) Bi Luo Chun during each session and compare the two.
Harvested in spring, Bi Luo Chun is a kind of green tea. The pre-Qingming Bi Luo Chun has tender buds and delicate aromas. It has a higher concentration of amino acids and lower levels of catechins, making its taste sweeter and more complex.
Let’s take a sip of Bi Luo Chun, watch its buds sink and stretch, let the tea soup linger in the mouth, swallow it slowly, and experience its sweetness and fragrance!
Saturday, 4/20
Session 1
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Session 2
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, 4/21
Session 1
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Session 2
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Just like saying “I like drinking tea” without specifying the kind of tea from the five general categories is insufficiently sophisticated, liking Chinese tea culture without specifying a dynasty feels equally unsatisfactory. Song Dynasty is probably the most important periods for Chinese tea culture, because it bears the root of the unspeakably subtle aesthetic of tea.
Dian Cha is a popular tea making technique in Song. It involves grinding tea cake into tea powder and whipping the mixture to give an impressive milky froth. People drink Dian Cha while appreciate the froth art. Originally started as a part of the ritual in Buddhist temples, the practice was further refined by Sen No Rikkyu in Japan, and even finds its contemporary revival in latte art.
This elaborate way of making tea gives rise to the sark-glazed Jian tea bowls, which have remained in popular, and the “oil-spot” Jian bowl is still the most coveted tea bowl in Japan. Unlike the heavily oxidized teas we get used to today, most tea in Song were white or budding green, and the dark tea bowls create a pleasing contrast to elevate the visual effects.
Participants will also have the opportunities to make Dian Cha by themselves.
Join us for an experiential tea ceremony of the Song Dynasty to relive this thousand-year-long tea vogue.
中国·云南省临沧市双江拉祜族傣族布朗族佤族自治县勐库镇冰岛村。
冰岛茶是以所在地理位置命名的。冰岛茶，是最珍贵的云南普洱茶之一，它是典型的勐库大叶种乔木茶，长大叶、墨绿色，叶质肥厚柔软、茶香浓郁，非常独特，是勐库茶的极品、也是云南普洱茶的品。
冰岛是勐库地区海拔最高的傣族寨，也是勐库地区唯一一个高山上的傣族寨，属于亚热带山地季风气候，干湿季分明，昼夜温差大，立体气候突出，年日照2400小时左右，年平均气温18℃，境内降水丰富，坝区年平均降水量1065毫米，山区年平均降水量1700-1900毫米。全寨房屋坐北朝南视线开阔，不下雪也无冰，四季如春，葱葱绿绿，水源充足，土地肥沃。
冰岛古茶树历史悠久，据史料记载，在明代成化二十一年（1485年），当地傣族土司派专人来冰岛栽种茶树，至今已有五百多年。在1904年之前，冰岛茶的地位极高，是勐勐土司的贵族茶园明清时期勐勐的茶种培育基地；现代更是我国国家的茶叶良种培育基地、引种基地，现已成为中国大叶种茶的最佳品种，像现在广为人知的凤庆大叶种就是以冰岛（勐库大叶种）为母本引种培育出来的优秀品种，滋味及口感也别具特色。
首先，物以稀为贵。冰岛茶每年的产量稀缺，品质又是整个临沧茶区最好的。冰島茶香气高雅，回甘迅猛持久，茶汤绵柔，汤体鲜活，入口富于变化，唇齿生津明显，有独特冰糖甜韵，余韵经久不消，呼气如冰如蜜，茶气内敛而有力，尾水甘甜不掉。深受爱茶人追捧，以致供不应求，所以价格居高不下。
七堂这次为您带来的这款冰岛茶是难得的年份冰岛。它是冰岛2010年五寨拼配，所以既有南迫的苦，地界的甜，坝歪的涩，糯伍的香，又有老寨的凉，可以说是五味俱全。再加上八年的沉淀，几乎是市面少有了。鼎力推荐，不容错过。
Sun Dried Yunnan Black Tea
「晒红」，顾名思义就是晒出来的红茶，也称「晒青红茶」。它是介于普洱茶与红茶之间的品种，是长期在民间流传的「云南传统红茶」。由其工艺与红茶工艺更为接近，故被归为红茶。
云南的晒红茶，因为云南特殊的地理环境和原料因素，在晒红茶的加工上有特殊的优势，所加工的晒红茶，具有茶汤橙黄透亮，香气不张扬，有太阳味，汤质柔滑，苦涩度低的品质特点。
晒红茶在工艺上，首先借鉴云南白茶和青茶的工艺制成「太和甜茶」，之后在工艺上又结合普洱茶加工的工艺，所以晒红茶也就同普洱茶一样具有越陈越香的品质特点。因为晒红茶具有香甜柔滑的品饮口感和茶汤苦涩度低的特点，适合广大的消费群体，并且更适合女性消费者品饮。
晒红茶是云南的传统的茶叶品类，距今已有百年的历史。晒红茶具有独特的品饮特点，深受广大茶友认可喜爱。
Pu’An Black Tea
普安县，位于贵州省黔西南布依族苗族自治州，是全国最大的四球茶野生古茶树群。在分类上属于四球茶品种，是珍稀的古茶树资源；在茶树起源、演化和分类研究上具有重要的学术价值。
普安至今存活有世界上最古老的茶树品种一野生四球古茶树2万多株，树龄上千年的有上百株，其中树龄最长的达2400多年，被中国茶叶流通协会授予「中国古茶树之乡」称号。经专家考证，普安是茶树发源地之一。
「正山堂·普安红」，采摘于珍稀大叶种茶树的单芽，外形索匀整紧秀，色润显毫；汤色橙黄明亮；香气蜜香显、鲜甜感足；滋味醇厚甘爽，香而不腻；叶底红亮。
「正山堂·普安红」，以正山堂传承四百余年的红茶文化与制茶技艺，完美结合普安中大叶种，秉持人与自然和谐的生态理念，由经验丰富的制茶师虔心敬制而成，其外形紧秀、色润显金毫；汤色金黄明亮有金圈；水、香、味似熟果、蜜、橡木香变幻幽长，焕发西南地域风味；沸水冲之，芽尖挺秀明朗，香气清幽交融，入喉甘润生甜，涤荡身心。
Kevin Ge
Are you tired of the usual Friday night scene? Why not try something different? - Friday Night at 7S Art - Socializing around a tea table is not a new pastime. In other parts of the world, people have been gathering to enjoy Gongfu Tea for hundreds of years. Now you can join us as we reintroduce Gongfu Tea gatherings to New York City.
On this chilly Autumn November night, 7s Tea's Kevin Ge is excited to share with New York’s tea lovers this 3-Years Aged Da Hong Pao Tea Brick from his private collection! This is not a tea session you want to miss.
Wuyi Da Hong Pao
Da Hong Pao, aka Big Red Robe is a Wuyi Rock Tea produced in Wuyishan, Fujian Province. The tea tree grows in the cracks of the rocks and has the reputation of being the “king of tea”. It is on the exclusive list of 'China's Top Ten Famous Teas'.
Dahongpao is a typical Wuyi Rock Tea. It is the most popular of the rock teas. The shape of Dahongpao is thick and big. It is a powerful tea which even after the tenth brewing maintains a beautiful fragrance.
This Da Hong Pao tea brick is made from the Gold Medal Award winner from Tianxing Village. Its aroma is rich and mellow. The tea is sweet and smooth and has a slight acidity. Don't miss the woody and fruity fragrance which clings to the bottom of the cup.
In addition to these famous Chinese teas, we will also be serving light snacks to accompany our tea and conversation. Friday Night at 7S Art is a social gathering where all levels of tea enthusiasts are welcomed to join us. Come and find out why gongfu tea gatherings have endured the test of time. Be a part of NYC’s tea renaissance!
每周五晚，「七堂沙龙」，我们畅聊古今，风雨无阻。
这里有各个领域的嘉宾大咖，分享TA的故事；有有趣的伙伴，惬意交流；沙龙没有门槛，期待热爱交流，广交好友，有意思的你！
七堂沙龙第十三期：「茶席上的待人接物之道」
一盏见人情
喝茶时的待人接物之道，历来是处理人与人之间微妙关系的一种修养。
茶席上的礼仪只是为了形式化的美观吗？
这些细节对体解一道好茶又有怎样的助益？
上回说到，陆羽讲饮茶一事，要精于行而俭于德。
精是做加法，俭是做减法——看似背道而驰的要求，实则使茶事产生了张力。
而这样的茶道思想又是如何在喝茶／泡茶的具体仪礼举止中体现出来的呢？
茶杯应该怎么拿？
喝一杯茶分几口？
如何「闻香」？
递来的茶壶怎么接？
怎样去体会和描述茶的「气息」？
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12/9，本次七堂沙龙，将讲述如何在茶席上举止得体，通过适宜的茶席礼仪，完完全全地品赏到一道茶的真味。好茶分享人刘呗宁将会用一道私藏老茶，以茶席礼仪为凭借，开启潜藏在感官中的林泉丘壑。
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