Chinese New Year Special Issue
January 2006
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• Chinese New Year Gift Pouches
  

Special Feature

• Olivia Writes About Working in MingCha (in Chinese)
• Tea Workshops
• Description in Chinese
• Description in English
  

Chinese New Year Shop Hours

• Star Shop
• Tea Bar at Pacific Place
• Tea Bar at Lee Gardens
  

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Kung Hei Fat Choi

Wishing you Good Life, Good Health and Good Fortune for the New Year!

Leo Kwan & Friends at MingCha

a little different

Olivia, one of our tea masters, wrote about the work pressure here in MingCha (we seldom talk about that, do we?). Article in Chinese.

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I hope more viewpoints from the staff will appear in subsequent issues. Articles from all our readers about MingCha or about tea are as welcome. I am looking forward to an increasingly more interesting newsletter.

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tea workshops

A few workshops will be conducted for customers in Hong Kong before the company will be extremely occupied again with Spring harvests. To us, smarter customers are better customers. That is why we invest heavily into market enlightenment.

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special gifts for Chinese New Year

Those who care to give MingCha products as New Year gifts for that extra touch of impression and quality will be happier this year. Three pre-packed “gift tower” pouches are designed with a thematic character for the specialist aura and wrapped with the strong red that is unmistakably Chinese and festive. On top of that we give a good (and rare) discount plus a cash coupon (bonus!).

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Understanding Premium Chinese Tea
Spring 2006 Workshops

Longjins and other Green Teas

001-600

This is by far the most effective group of tea that helps to rid the body of excessive calories and fat, with evidence from recent findings in researches in the US and Europe. This workshop aims to showcase a range of green tea that differs quite widely in taste so that the participant may find one to fight the evils after the greasy festival feasts.

Sampling: Private Reserve Longjin, Taimu Silver Snow, Kaihua First Flush and Green Spring Classic.
February 18 (Saturday), 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
MingCha Club Members: $240 / Non-members: $300

Teguanyins

001-100

From disenchanted Òmonkey-pickedÓ to the bitter small cup in Chiuchow restaurants, the myths and misinterpretation in the mass market have given this most important oolong of the Anxi region much injustice. In this workshop, we sample a range of quality to understand why this is a most popular and often imitated oolong.

Sampling: Xianghua Red Stalk, Xianghua Piao Xiang, Xiping Traditional, Green Oolong, and some popular imitations.
February 25 (Saturday), 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
MingCha Club Members: $280 / Non-members: $360

Phoenix: The Oldest Of All Oolongs

001-200

This family of oolongs differs from the Taiwan style so dramatically that it tastes like a different type of tea altogether. Matter of fact, it is. From plant types to the making process, this family is the richest of all oolong families with a wide range of taste and herbal characters. This is a most popular MingCha range with which the brand made its mark in the Swiss and Japanese markets.

Sampling: Mi'lan Xiang, Zi'lan Xiang, Snow Flake Celestial, and Huangzi Xiang
March 4 (Saturday), 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
MingCha Club Members: $280 / Non-members: $360

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Using the Yixing Pot

001-AC

Often misunderstood for its decorative appearance, the Yixing teapot is an important tea-making tool that is not unlike the espresso machine for coffee or the oak barrel for wine, except that its tea enhancement nature is a lot more important and differs greatly with variations in clay quality and pot designs. Some foundational concepts and handling is covered in this workshop.

March 11 (Saturday), 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
MingCha Club Members: $300 Non-members: $380

First Flush Longjin 2006: Tea Tasting

000-600

A peek preview of the year's release when the leaves are just settled after production but before packing.

April 22 (Saturday), 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
MingCha Club Members: free / Non-members: $100
Members please make reservation one week prior with your membership card number.

Workshop Venue

MingCha Star Shop
7 Star Street, Wanchai, Hong Kong
phone: 2520 2116
e-mail: mingcha@mingcha.com.hk

Tea Master: Leo Kwan

Leo Kwan likes to think of himself as an evangelist for the use of real, finer teas. To him, premium tea is an answer to the many problems of the unbalanced way of living nowadays. He created MingCha® to make such quality accessible and contributes to international and local media and workshops regularly, hoping to educate the mass in as many ways. Leo held faculty positions in universities in USA, and has been a consultant to international corporations and government agencies. He is the author to “Not All Teas Are Created Equal”, a tea guide that is in the fifth printing.

Reservation

Please make your reservation by downloading and filling in the reservation form and send in together with a cheque made payable to Lee Kwan Tea Trade Limited one week prior to the date of the workshop.

Reservation can also be made in person by cash or by credit card at the MingCha Star Shop. Reservation is taken until seats are filled on a first come first serve basis.

Reservation is NOT taken over the internet or fax.

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Reservation Form

Download pdf version (If your computer is not installed with Acrobat Reader®, you may download it for free from Adobe®)

Or you may print out the following list to process:

Name:

Address:

Daytime phone number:

Off hour phone number:

e-mail address:

preferred language of instruction:

Cantonese English Mandarin

second preferred language of instruction:

Cantonese English Mandarin Nil

All workshops are conducted in any of the above languages dependent on the preferred language of the majority of the attendees. Please tick “Nil” if you are uncomfortable with the above choices of second preferred language.

MingCha Club member?

yes no

membership card number:
mandatory to be qualified for membership discounts

Session Intended:

001-600 ($240/300)

001-100 ($280/360)

001-200 ($280/360)

001-AC ($300/380)

000-600 (free/$100)

total sessions intended:

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New Year Shop Hours

Star Shop

7 Star Street, Wanchai, Hong Kong
normal hours: 12:00 to 21:00

New Year special:
Jan 28: 12:00 to 19:00
Jan 29 to Feb 6: close

Tea Bar at Pacific Place

Basement, Seibu Dept Store, Pacific Place, Hong Kong
normal hours: 12:00 to 22:00

New Year special:
Jan 29: 12:00 to 20:00
Feb 1: 10:00 to 19:00

Tea Bar at Lee Gardens

Basement, Lee Gardens 1, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
normal hours: 10:00 to 22:00

New Year special:
Jan 29 to 30: close
Feb 1: 10:00 to 19:00

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