November 4, 2015 - Closed to the public. TOTUS Awards Competition Review
November 7, 2015 - Open to the public. TOTUS Awards Community Tea-In

COMMUNITY TEA-IN
November 7th - Saturday 9AM - 5PM
  

EVENT LOCATION
Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus
19-4074 Old Volcano Road
Volcano HI USA 96785
Phone: 808-967-8222 



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  Speaker: Kevin Gascoyne
  Topic:  Talking Terroir
  Tea taster Kevin Gascoyne explains some of the key
  elements that create a specific ‘growing environment’. 
  With so many possibilities  and variables no two tea
  growing regions are exactly alike. "All locations have their
  own unique combination of meteorological, geographical and geological features that separate them from all others.  
These factors, and a few others, will stimulate or inhibit the growth patterns
of a plant, reactions that create a sense of place and identity that become the distinguishing features of any 'origin specific' production".
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Speakers:  Jane Pettigrew and Bruce Richardson
Topic: The Social History of Tea in Britain and America 
The patterns of tea drinking in both countries have followed
a very similar course from the 17th century through to
today, with America achieving many firsts - in
drinking, importing, and growing tea. Follow the story
from the earliest experiences of Chinese tea in
New Amsterdam and London, to afternoon tea, high tea,
tea gowns, tea dances, tea lounges and tea shops. Trace
tea's fascinating connections to furniture design, the layout of Georgian houses, acts
of parliament, international wars, temperance, women's suffrage, prohibition
and today's passion for tea.  

Competition Review
Panel judging teas according to established industry standards while encouraging innovation.
All
entries
will be on
exhibit
at the event
Community Tea-In
A day of enlightening talks and presentations by
professionals in the arts and science of tea worldwide.




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Speaker: Bruce Richardson
Topic: The Book of Tea's Influence on Western Art.
Premiered at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe and at Camellia Sinensis/Montreal centers on the influence of Japanese art and tea - as explained by Okakura Kakuzo - on the art spirit of O'Keeffe, Frank Lloyd Wright and other notable artists of the early 20th century. More than an historical talk, Bruce focuses on how teaists today can be aware of the tea spirit as they live each day.
American artist Georgia O’Keeffe owned two copies of The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo. As her eyesight failed in her last years in New Mexico, O’Keeffe asked for chapters from the 1906 book be read aloud to her nightly. This classic introduction to the Japanese tea spirit was revered by others in the art world as well, including Frank Lloyd Wright and Isabella Stewart Gardner. In 2011, Bruce Richardson edited a new edition for Benjamin Press. He will recreate for TOTUS attendees this lecture delivered recently at the O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe.
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Speaker: Jane Pettigrew
Topic: The World's Less Well-Known Tea Growing Regions
As the passion for nurturing baby tea plants and producing all the different categories of tea increases around the world, this talk takes you on a journey from the new Scottish growers in the northernmost parts of the UK, to the French tea club in Nantes, the Japanese style tea garden on Monte Verita in the Swiss Alps, into Bhutan in the Himalayas, on to South America, Australia and New Zealand and a few unusual African tea estates. What are the different growers producing and where.
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Speaker: Selena Ahmed
Topic: Tea and the Taste of Climate Change
Selena will explore the impact of climate change on tea quality, and how stakeholders can mitigate this risk. We will approach these topics from a sustainability framework and a guided tea tasting. Tangible growing practices will also be discussed that can be adopted towards enhanced sustainability of the global tea system. She will present an overview of the impact of environmental variation and management on tea quality. We will also discuss the relevance of marketing place-based agricultural products and links to sustainability.

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Speaker: Kevin Gascoyne
Topic: Tea and Scotch Pairing
Tea taster Kevin Gascoyne leads us through the fascinating flavor complexities of two very distinct spectrums. Pairing rare teas with fine Scotch, combinations that enhance and others that conflict. “Two drinks, one from leaf and one from grain, both boast a vast variety of flavour profiles that reflect the relationship between their artisanal process and environmental variables. Parallel worlds of terroir and technique.  As the two profiles blend we experience unexpected fusions and contrasts, harmonic flavour bridges and aromatic synergies that enhance our understanding of the fascinating details of each drink.” 

                                        Inaugural Ticket Prices
                                        General admission: 1 Day Pass = $20.
                                        Volcano Art Center Member: 1 Day Pass = $18.
                                        Hawaii Tea Society Member: 1 Day Pass = $18.
                                        TOTUS Awards competition applicant: 1 Day Pass = Free
                                        At the DOOR = $25.                Phone: 808-967-8222
                                        Limited seating, early registration advised.
                                        Select from - TOTUS General Admission
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