there is a group in california...Cupertino and Fremont,,, (outside san
jose) http://www.atcasf.org/English/index.php ....it might look like
a school by looking at the website, but it is a nonprofit social study
group ran by a man and his wife. they do learns about tea, but also
they do alot of tea drinking and chatting...the way tea is suppose to
be enjoyed!, (shhhh, dont tell that japanese tea ceremony folks
though). we (wu-wo tea ceremony association) will have a tea ceremony
next year beginning early (2006) and and international ceremony in
2009, in oct. or nov, in california... i use the term ceremony loosely,
the way it is used in taiwan, what i am talking about is a tea
party/ceremony and cultural exchange... what i suggest is getting
together first starting out as a few group of friends meeting at a park
or public place and make tea together and bring some information about
brewing and tea in general and give to people that happen to come by
(if any) and make it a weekly/monthly thing, it would be nice to get a
local tea shop/store involved too. it might sound crazy to you but
this is how the nonprofit wu-wo tea ceremony organization got started
in taiwan 20some years ago...
and now we are coming to korea next year and usa in 2009, this is the
official site in chinese (some pics taipei)...
http://www.wu-wotea.com.tw/New_Folder10/cv.html
but i got some stuff here about it
http://teaarts.blogspot.com/2006/03/...ation-day.html
-icetea