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The NYTS Tea Studio, Sharing Gongfu Tea and Community

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We’re very excited to be at the New York Tea Society’s new Tea Studio in midtown Manhattan, chatting with NYTS’ founder Roy Lamberty. 

Roy was a guest on Talking Tea in 2018 and he’s back today to talk with us about how NYTS has evolved since our earlier episode, and how its beautiful new Tea Studio came to be. Roy tells us about his experiences around gongfu tea tables in China, and his vision of building those experiences into a tranquil, communal tea space in New York City. We chat about the studio as a space to have tea on your own or around a communal gongfu table, its aesthetics and design elements, the studio’s location in New York’s Koreatown, and Roy’s very successful work in building community through tea. We also delve into the sourcing of some of NYTS’s very unique tea offerings. Roy talks with us about the lineup of events and themed sessions at the tea studio, and the NYTS tea education programming at the studio and through the NYTS online virtual tea group and its programs. We also discuss NYTS’ optional membership plans and its online tea market.

NYTS teas and teaware are available for purchase at the tea studio and through its online tea market.

Information about the tea studio, directions, hours and reservations, and the NYTS online offerings are on the NYTS website. 

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Episode image of the gongfu tea table at the New York Tea Society Tea Studio,  by Roy Lamberty. Adapted from original.

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Bamboo Pu’er, Beyond the Novelty

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There’s a certain novelty factor to bamboo pu’er – sheng or shou pu’er packed and (usually) aged in a bamboo tube. It’s not the way we usually acquire our pu’er, and it can be both challenging and fun to crack open the bamboo log and see what’s inside. But aside from the novelty, are bamboo pu’ers worth exploring for serious tea drinkers?

To look inside the bamboo log a little more deeply, we’re joined once again today on Talking Tea by John Wetzel, founder and owner of Stone Leaf Teahouse in Middlebury, Vermont. Specifically we’re focusing on one bamboo pu’er, a 2016 sheng from Naka Shan. 

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Tea & Daoism: Adjacent Connections

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Today we’re exploring connections between tea and Daoism, the millenia-old Chinese religious and philosophical tradition that has had such a profound influence on culture and history in and beyond China. We’re joined by Robert Coons, who straddles both the tea world and the world of Daoism. Robert is a well-known tea vendor based in Canada and China and is also a writer, teacher and podcaster on Daoism, qigong and Daoist meditation.   Read the full show notes

The Qi of Tea: Tea’s Healing and Spiritual Qualities

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You might think we’re having an identity crisis this week on Talking Tea, since our host and guest on this week’s podcast share the same name. In this week’s show our host and producer Ken Cohen chats with renowned qigong master and author Ken Cohen, who also writes and lectures extensively about the health benefits of tea. 

Ken shares his personal tea journey with us, talks about both the health benefits and the spiritual benefits of tea from the perspectives of Western science and traditional Chinese medicine, discusses how our connection with nature and poetry influences our enjoyment of tea, and explains how the intention, heart and spirit we bring to the preparation and drinking of tea change not only our experience of tea, but also our relationship with the world.   Read the full show notes

Drunk on Tea, Part 2: All About Pu Erh

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Everything you always wanted to know about pu erh but were afraid to ask…and more.

In Part 2 of “Drunk on Tea”, Shunan Teng of New York City’s Tea Drunk shatters some myths about pu erh tea, contrasts cooked vs. raw pu erh, and talks in-depth about pu erh regions and fermentation. Shunan also chats with us about her ongoing tea classes and events at Tea Drunk.  Read the full show notes