Discovering the 6th tea colors

Instants Nature, from Nature et Découvertes,, proposes guided walks, lectures, visits, workgroups at attractive prices. That’s how  I discovered Sylvette de Guyenro who founded Couleur Orient, an association whose aim is to introduce tea in France. Especially teas from China and Taiwan, the only countries to produce the 6 colors of tea.

Sylvette Guyenro discovered tea during a trip to Taiwan and became interested in this fascinating world of tea. She was introduced to the subtleties of the different Chinese teas by one of the best specialists teas of China in France: Nadia Bécaud.

On 7 March, I went to the home of associations 14th arrondissement to assist a workgroup about the discovery of tea and its 6 colors: white, green, yellow, blue-green, red and black.

It has been almost 2 years now that I no longer drink coffee and I consume tea or herbteas. I wanted to learn more about this Millenium drink with so many varieties.

During this workgroup, we learned about the different varieties of tea, the manufacturing stages and the working methods of the leaves and buds of tea, brewing time, water temperature … Finally we tasted a Wulong tea From the Fujian province, the 1st-producing region (1/5e of the Chinese production). We enjoyed the same tea brewed 7 times in a row (which is the traditional way of drinking Wulong tea). This is a very interesting way to drink tea. Each tea has a taste very different: strong at first, then softer, different tastes of fruits… it’s very surprising!

Couleur Orient organizes various workgroups where you can discover and buy tea and accessories at attractive prices.

Each year, Sylvette returned to Taiwan to meet producers, visit their gardens and taste teas from the spring crops. She also visit potters and craftsmen specializing in accessories for the tea.

She will leave for Taiwan in March and will propose in May a meeting to taste her latest discoveries…don’t miss it !

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