10:00AM Gung Fu Style Oolong Tea Tasting
Mr. Brian J. Wright, owner and founder of Shan Shui Teas in Washington D.C., hosts a hands on tasting teaching the methods used to prepare oolong teas in the traditional Gung Fu style, often described as the Chinese Tea Ceremony. Teas tasted will be some of Taiwan's most celebrated teas of the year that Brian handchose on his spring trip to Taiwan. Sunday tasting as well. Tastings limited to 25 people, 10$ per person.

12:00 PM The Difference Between Tea and Herbs
Mr Barry P.W. Cooper is internationally recognized as a Master Tea Blender having over 35 years of tea and herb tasting experience. He has lectured on tea, shipping and tea manufacturing techniques and is a frequent speaker at industry seminars. He is currently serving his fourth term as a Director of the U.S. Tea Association. He was born is England and raised in Kenya in the highlands next to a tea estate. He came to America in 1971 as a member of Thomas J. Lipton and traveled extensively around the world as part of the Lipton Tea Buying Group. In 1978, Mr. Cooper acquired Simpson and Vail, a gourmet tea and coffee mail order company which he later sold. He ended his career at Lipton in the position of Manager of Tea Buying and Blending, to participate as an investor and manager in the leveraged buyout of Celestial Seasonings. In mid 1992, he left Celestial Seasonings to form his own company, Sandbar Trading Corporation, specializing in botanicals, spices, and tea. In 1993, Mr. Cooper became CEO of Stassen North America, which was formed in partnership with the Stassen Group, one of the largest exporters of tea from Sri Lanka, owning 42 tea estates in Ceylon. Event limited to 50 people. Tickets $10 per person.

3:00 PM Herbal Tea for Health and Pleasure
Boulder's own herbalist, Brigitte Pfeiffer Mars, creator of the UniTea Herb Tea Line, gives a free demonstration and discussion on how certified organic herbs can be blended to create natural, healthy, and delicious beverages. Brigitte's teas include the popular MentalclariTea, ImmuniTea, and others! A wonderful opportunity!

7:00 PM China's World of Rare and Organic Tea
Join David Lee Hoffman, owner and founder of Silk Road Teas in San Francisco, for a lecture and slide presentation of tea farming and production followed by an evaluative and comparative tea tasting. David Lee Hoffman has been traveling to the remote back country of Asia for twenty five years seeking out the world's finest rare, organic, and wild pure leaf teas. Mr. Hoffman is the first American to work directly with farmers in China and to engage in joint ventures with old, established tea gardens. He travels to China two or three times a year, spending six to twelve weeks per visit. Not only is he buying tea to export, but more importantly, he is working with the prestigious Tea Research Institute, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and the Department of Agriculture, to help them implement sustainable and organic tea farming practices. Mr. Hoffman is currently writing a book on tea with the working title of "Tea: From Farmer to Cup". The book is being published by Ten Speed Press in Berkeley Limited to 50 people. $10 per person

SUNDAY

10.00AM Gung Fu Style Oolong Tea Tasting
Mr. Brian J. Wright, owner and founder of Shan Shui Teas in Washington D.C., hosts a hands on tasting teaching the methods used to prepare oolong teas in the traditional Gung Fu style, often described as the Chinese Tea Ceremony. Teas tasted will be some of Taiwan's most celebrated teas of the year that Brian handchose on his spring trip to Taiwan. Tastings limited to 25 people, 10$ per person.

12:00 PM The Spirit and Essence of Tea
Join Miriam Novalle, founder, owner, and master tea blender of New York City's largest teahouse, T Salon in an exploration of the many wonderful flavors that can be created in the world of tea. Ms. Novalle takes us on a journey into the spirit of tea and the way that cultures around the world have embraced this healthy and delicious beverage. Tastings limited to 25 people, 10$ per person.

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