Create your own well-being tea!

Celebrate Moon Festival at Fang's Tea Tasting Event Wellness living with Mindfulness Pestled Tea 9/16-9/18 九月品茶會: 客家傳統養生法--擂茶   Create your own well-being tea! Fri.-Sun., September 16-18, 2011, 11am-7pm @ The Sheraton Hotel Garnet Room 喜萊登飯店  (135-20 39 Ave., Flushing, NY 11354) "Lei" means to pestle. By grinding tea leaves, sesame, peanuts and other ingredients into powder in the ceramic bowl, hot or cold water is added to mix everything well before intake.When the ancestors of the Hakka people in Taiwan tried to open barrenland for farming, goods and materials were very scarce. Since the physical labor was intensive, in order to supplement energy and have a healthy body, pestled tea was created.  The Hakka pestled tea not only induces salivation, quenches thirst, it also helps nourishing the spleen and stomach. Therefore, Lei tea is not only a drink but also a well being kind of tea, with Hakka people's ingenious thought and diligence hard working spirit. 【擂】即研磨之意，以陶製擂碗將茶葉，芝麻、花生等多種原料研磨成粉，加入冷熱開水沖泡調勻後飲用。先民篳路藍縷，在開荒時候因物質不充足、體力勞動很大量，為了補充精力而發明了以擂茶的方式來補充體力及促進身體健康。客家的擂茶，不僅能生津渴、清涼解暑，而且還有健脾養胃、滋補之功能。所以擂茶不只是一種飲品，也是一種養生茶，背後更蘊含客家先民克勤克儉的精神及善巧方便的巧思！ ________________________________________________      Enjoy over 60 varieties of teas; Imported delicate Asian   tea ware; Elegant wood tables and furniture  (Click here to visit our website for purchase and to learn more about tea!)    六十款以上的茗茶品嘗; 精緻茶具茶器; 原木茶桌與茶椅 (請點選此處，走訪芳茗軒網站，選購茶品或探索茶的世界!)   Celebrate Moon Festival a cup of Fang Gourmet Tea   中秋佳節  精選好禮  Mood Festival, or Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated by many Asians, especially Chinese and Taiwanese and the festival dates back to  more than 3,000 years ago.  Moon Festival is on the 15th of the eight month of the lunar calendar.  As farmers celebrate their harvest, families and friends get together for a great evening of fun and friendship.  Moon cakes and tea are indispensable treats for the festival.  Enjoy the evening with a cup of Fang Gourmet Tea!