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Twice a year we arrange an express course consisting of 10 unique classes to give a complete idea about tea, high tea culture and tea industry. The autumn course is always special, which is primarily because we have a lot of fresh green and white tea. For the last six years, we have been striving to immerse participants in the culture of the East with love and passion, trying to cultivate a sense of beauty. We have been improving our program for more than 6 years in order to fit in the maximum of the most necessary information, offering the students extensive tea knowledge. We will be happy to show you an amazing world of ancient traditions.

This is how it looks like to be a tea taster in our tea project! This happens almost every day, few times a day and we do our best to choose highest quality for our customers and our tea events! It's all about the visual appearance, aroma, taste and state tea gives! We test hundreds and even thousands of teas each year to choose the most noble.

Tea tasting is a process in which a trained taster determines the quality of a particular tea. Due to climatic conditions, topography, the manufacturing process, and the different varieties of the Camellia Sinensis plant, the end product can have vastly different tastes and appearances. We will dedicate a whole lesson to developing tea taster skills and teach you how to analyse the taste and aroma of tea in detail.

Since 2016 we've been providing and refining a list of services which are quite original and unique to call them our author's projects. One of them is "Tea Therapy" which is one of our main projects right now speaking about live meetings. We hold one of these monthly to give our regular customers an opportunity to relax and enjoy high quality tea and plunge deeply into their feelings and senses.

Using different elements during tea ceremony we let people do everything they want and feel free and comfortable. We use all senses during event, to make their experience deeper and more therapeutic.

Ivan Chai, also know as 'Rosebay Willowherb' or 'Fireweed' is a perennial herbaceous plant 50-200 cm high. It grows throughout the Northern Hemisphere, in the United States, Canada, Scandinavian countries in Europe. and occupies huge areas in the Urals and Altai areas in Russia. Very popular herbal tea due to its beneficial properties and ability to be fermented, what gives it more special taste quite similar to black tea made from Camellia Sinensis. In Russia, this kind of fermented Ivan Chai is being called "Koporsky Chai" or simply "Koporka" thanks to the village "Koporye" famous for its production since 18th century. Plant's juice contains many enzymes that starts certain biochemical processes in the leaves during oxydation process, what makes it changes its color, a pleasant taste and aroma. The amount of vitamins and nutrients during oxidation process increases several times.

This gentle green tea is very special due to a few very interesting facts. This tea has more than a thousand years of history. The production process was revived in the late 1990s and since then the processing of this tea has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage on a national level. Wufeng mountains, as well as the whole Enshi country, are famous for the unique chemistry of soil rich in selenium. In the human body, selenium interacts with vitamins, enzymes, and biological membranes, and participates in the regulation of the metabolism of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates, as well as in redox processes. One more thing is that this tea is being steamed instead of wok-fried like most Chinese green teas, which results in a unique aroma and taste. The first spring harvest and the unique processing methods make this tea very high quality.

Made from the tea leaves harvested from ancient trees, traditionally sun-dried and pressed into these accurate 200g cakes. Beautiful whole-leaf material that is easy to take apart. Very noble tea with good ageing potential. When properly stored, this high-quality raw material will definitely develop even further into something unique and exquisite.

Exquisite green tea from Japan, which is considered one of the most unique and refined teas in the world. Due to a special growing, harvesting method, and production process, this tea has a unique flavour that cannot be found in any other green tea. This tea is made from the highest quality spring harvest. Approximately three weeks before plucking, tea bushes are shaded from the sunrays, which reduces the content of alkaloids (theine) in the tea leaf and increases the content of amino acids (theanine), which has a tonic effect on the human body. Carefully hand-plucked, steamed, and traditionally processed, this tea has an intense and rich aroma and taste. This one is made from a special blend of two cultivars, Yabukita and Okumidori, which makes this Gyokuro quite unique.

Made from the highest quality spring tea leaves, bitten by little green bugs called 'Jacobiasca formosana' before harvesting and skillfully turned into a piece of art by an experienced tea master, this exact tea will conquer every heart without a doubt. The process of producing this kind of tea is very complex and takes a lot of experience and knowledge to create an authentic one. This tea reaches 70-80 % of oxidation which makes it the most oxidised wulong tea.

Lao Man Er mountain is located in Man Er village, Menghai, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. Local 'mountain tea' has been cultivated by the Bulang people for over 1,300 years. Located at an altitude of 1700 meters above sea level, ancient tea plantations consist of old trees with an area of 667 square meters.

Made from high-quality tea leaves, processed in a traditional way, and stored in Hong Kong for 15 years by skilled tea experts, this tea has turned into a piece of art. A perfect example of how great 'Hong Kong storage' can be.

Anhua is a county located in Hunan province, China. It is considered one of the birthplaces of dark tea. Since the 15th century, this tea has had an "emperor's tea" status. After some time, this tea became accessible to common people and very fast became famous due to its beneficial properties. All the northwest minorities of the country call this tea "a drink of life". Nowadays, Anhua tea processing technology was included in the second state list of intangible cultural heritages.

Due to a very specific processing technology this tea has a very beneficial impact on the human body. Among the many health benefits are a decrease in blood pressure, lipids, and blood sugar; inhibition of the spread of cancer cells; and an increase in immunity. Extremely useful for the regulation of weight and the metabolism of fats in the human body.

Laobanzhang is a legendary village, located in the Bulang mountains, Menghai area, Yunnan province, China. Altitude is 1700-1900 m above sea level. The unique climate, high altitude, soil, and humidity create an excellent environment for the tea trees' growth, which results in giving this tea a special character and taste. Nearly 200 000 ancient trees have been grown here for hundreds and even thousands of years. There are at least 9000 tea trees older than 800 years old. Pesticides are forbidden there by the law, and the local people grow tea organically, following old cultivating and harvesting traditions. Due to a limited quantity of raw leaf materials, the price is getting higher each year. The annual harvest is about 50 tons. It is becoming increasingly challenging nowadays to get an authentic Laobanzhang, therefore, I'm very happy to share with you this unique tea. This tea is incredibly famous for its unique, intensive, long-lasting flavour and strong Cha Qi (energy). Rich taste with multifaceted notes and tones.