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天福茶学院 Tenfu Tea College

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Tenfu Tea College天福茶学院 The Tenfu Tea College is the world's first professional college based on the "Chinese Tea Industry, Science, and Technology". This will have a far reaching impact on cultural development. The college offers specialization in basic theory tea,and also an emphasis on improving of tea cultivation, processing, and production technologies. Also modern tea management techniques,improving of mechanization processes, tea and related product development, and marketing, will be part of the curriculum. Graduating students will have a solid theoretical foundation and practical expertise and to be able to apply them for many flexible applications. The College has five professional fields of study. History The college, endowed by the TenFu Group, opened in autumn 2007, with an enrollment of around 300 full-time students, while the long-term goalis reaching enrollment of around 3000 full-time students. Courses are taught in Chinese, but with a global pers

another tea baby 又個茶嬰

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This is a tea dance with music and words.(don't laugh too hard at me) It has four parts: born, young, old, death and reborn. We are just like teas. Teas are like us. This dance is a story of tea, people, and life. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5577661598685370324 http://www.wu-wotea.com.tw/New_Folder18/292-8.jpg Another Tea Baby Born from the water, with five senses ready for the world; the world is big and chasing tea is bigger. Dancing in the fire, Tea is fun; playing Tea is wild. Walking together on air, yes together; Tea has become an old friend. Returning to the earth once again, so soon; yet Tea will be there for the next generations to come. Steven R. Jones 03/31/07 Taipei Revised 05/06/07 又個茶嬰 從水裡來,長成五官迎向世界; 世界之大,要追求的茶世界更大。 活蹦亂跳,茶事極為美妙; 泡茶的世界狂野不拘。 逍遙漂浮……,確實與茶為伍; 與茶變成老友。 回到大地,不多時又回到大地; 世代交替,茶仍活躍在這塊土地上。 作者/ Steven R. Jones 譯註/ 涂國瑞 (revision june 28, we have also coordinated 協調 the poem into a Tea Arts Performance 茶文藝表演; 2009 Tenf

book: Tea and Ceremony

"Tea and Ceremony" by Diana Saltoon . This is a very good book on tea by a Westerner, the reason I state this is because I am happy to see The West , not only interested but sincerely learning about the Asian Cultures and Asian Classics. Diana Saltoon has actually "lived tea", meaning she has studied and experienced tea from the heart and soul, this can be seen in her writing. I have read much on tea and some things get lost in the translations, not only the translations of language, but the translation of understanding, comprehending, and experiencing, then being able to write for the reader. It is not easy to immerse yourself in Tea Culture and write about tea...you have to live tea. I like that she has looked and tea from different angles and she has done her home...she write of Lu Yu the Tea Saint and also tea's roots from China. She also delves into the relationship with tea and Zen/Chan. Great job Ms. Diana Saltoon ! About the author: Tea and