FAQs
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Use the “Quantity” field at the top of the scheduling section of the events page. It’s not super intuitive but it’s the best that our booking platform, Acuity, can do right now.
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Because of the extra work it creates for us, we do not allow cancellations.
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We do not expect you to know all this, and you will learn it naturally by participating in more tea ceremonies.
The Way of Tea is a practice of reverence, and Tea can guide us to a deep connection with Self and Source. Come with subdued elegance so as to honor the Tea but not distract from Her.Please do not come with perfume or having just washed your hair with scented shampoo.
In your manners, a Daoist go-with-the-flow. We begin all ceremonies with at least three bowls in silence, but Tea Ceremony needn’t always be quiet: sometimes Tea calls for laughter as well.
In the event that we have two rows of guests, the row in front should pass the bowls back and forth to the row behind them, placing the bowl on the floor rather than putting it into the receiver’s hands.
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If you are asking this question you likely have never had teas like we will serve you. We recommend you give them a try, and listen to your body. If you have needs around this, please communicate with your server beforehand.
Usually yes. The amounts vary dramatically, and caffeine is only one of a huge range of active compounds inside of Tea, including several calming compounds such as Theanine (the “God chemical”). In aged Teas the caffeine has often broken down to nonexistent. There are varieties of Tea that have no caffeine. If you are particularly caffeine sensitive please let us know beforehand. Caffeine is significantly steeped out in the first three steepings and one can reduce caffeine intake by foregoing the first two or three bowls, while still having a full experience thereafter.

