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Tea Ceremony Through the Five Senses: How Can Tea Tasting Reawaken Our Awareness?

Modern city dwellers live under sustained pressure, and their senses can become dulled. Reborn Tea’s tea ceremony experience through the five senses guides participants to rediscover life’s subtle pleasures through sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing.

June 2024 · 8 minutesRead

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In Reborn Tea’s Five Senses Renewal workshop, we do more than teach tea-brewing techniques: we guide participants in rediscovering their awareness of life.

Sight: the beauty of tea liquor

A good cup of tea first captivates the eye. The amber-gold of aged white tea, the bright apricot-yellow of White Peony, the clear jade-green of Korean green tea—the colours of different teas form nature’s most beautiful palette.

Smell: the beauty of tea’s layers

The aroma of tea is a sensory experience that touches the heart most directly. The aged fragrance of aged white tea, the wild character of wilderness-grown white tea, the delicate floral notes of Korean tea—each aroma tells a story and evokes a memory.

Reborn Tea’s Five Senses Renewal workshop places Fuding aged white tea at its centre. Through an immersive experience engaging all five senses, participants are guided to slow down and focus on the aroma, the tea liquor and the sensations of the present moment.

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