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​We are hosting another tea gathering, raising funds for families in Gaza. Our afternoon tea this month will be outdoors and accompanied by live DJs! ​All are welcome: tea & music lovers/enthusiasts, casual tea drinkers, beginners etc. The only requirement is believing in Palestinian liberation. ​Come with an open mind and taste the diverse flavors, traditions, and rituals of various teas while connecting with others and sharing your own experiences. ​We’ll have 4-5 different brewing stations and you will be able to move from station to station freely, staying as little or as long as you want. We’ll be serving various types of tea from the camellia sinensis plant, ranging from Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Taiwanese to Japanese tea as well as tea snacks. ​We’ll be located in Monterey Hills/El Sereno and please note all teas will have caffeine. ——Fundraiser—— ​All net proceeds from this event will go to 3 families in Gaza. Our friend Nico (@treekyneeky ) taught in Gaza last summer and these are people she connected with while she was there. ​We have the power to at least make the financial aspect of this choice easier by contributing directly to her friends. Nico is still in contact with each of them and our donation can make a big impact on their ability to evacuate. ​For more details about the 3 funds we are contributing to and to see other aid requests, please check out Mutual Aid for Gaza: ​Through this event, we hope we can share a joyful experience together while helping these families get to safety. ​——Reservations– ​$35 minimum donation to reserve a spot. We encourage those who can to donate more. Link in bio for more info on how to reserve a spot. ​Any questions? Dm @xoc.hi or me

A Summer Tea Tasting Beyond grateful for the opportunity to share this experience with everyone that came. Thank you for coming to this tea tasting with an open and curious mind to learn about tea, to choose this workshop as a gift to yourself after stressful week and as a way to share joyful moments with friends. Thank you @xoc.hi and @sivan_ss_ for creating this experience with me. I am so inspired by both your talents and love for tea and so much care putting in this workshop. Xochi spent 3 hours just to clean the banana leaves to make suman from scratch, designing tea menu with Japanese washi paper with our handwriting. Without Sivan, we wouldn't have such a detailed and well-put tea guide. For a month, all I did was making jelly cakes. Creating from love and purpose of bringing the best experience that I can, I challenged myself to learn new skills and strengthen ones that I already had. Thank you @tea__at__shiloh and @ahdom for creating the most magical tea houses. Thank you @fleur.boy for your generous support and sharing your gifts with us. Thank you @rashaunrichardson for being on this journey with me since day one with your unwavering love and care, for capture these moments. Love you all so much🤍

Tea Gathering – Day I Our intention for this event was to have fun in every process of tea — smelling, tasting, brewing, roasting, practicing, community and much more. Everyone was so open to try and learn various teas and sharing their own relationship with it. I hope we all left feeling a deeper connection with tea and each other. 📸 by @rashaunrichardson

So happy I got to brew some teas for bookbinding workshop with handmade paper from recycled materials by @marzo.mia 📖🪡 She's a good friend that inspired me with her art, presence and appreciation for nature. Thank you @dolcewang with amazing live music performance. Thank you @un_unfun_john for helping with the workshop & thank you @tea__at__shiloh for the beautiful space & being the thread that weaves us all together 🤍

A Three-Day Equinox Gathering with Trang Trần @cupoftttea & An Tiêm Trọng Trần @found___me March 19–21 · Arts District, Los Angeles As winter turns toward spring, we gather through tea, sculpture, and sound, moving intentionally through the themes of release, transition, and renewal. Inside Antiem’s studio, designed with a dedicated tea room and intended as an open platform for community and creative practice. Antiem will be there each day to connect, share the work, and hold space with guests. Day 1 · Last Day of Winter Thursday, March 19 · 5–8 PM · Sliding scale $10+ Spend time with Antiem’s sculptures in a contemplative setting. Trang will offer non-caffeinated tea as a gentle companion for reflection. You’ll be invited to write something you wish to release, placed into the soil of one of Antiem’s ceramic vessels, made from the earth of his mother’s garden. Day 2 · Spring Equinox Friday, March 20 · 2–4 PM or 5–7 PM · $45 per ticket Vietnamese Tea Tasting with Trang. 3 curated teas & exhibition viewing. An intimate tasting on the day light and darkness meet in balance. Day 3 · First Day of Spring Saturday, March 21 · 2–4 PM or 5–7 PM · $45 per ticket Vietnamese Tea Tasting with Trang. 3 curated teas & exhibition viewing. Two small-group sessions celebrating the quiet renewal of the new season. 8 PM · Free Gathering: Sound + Potluck Sound by Calvin Ma @cma_era & Shu @shushuzt Artwork by Tuan Vu @tuan.vu.art · Courtesy of Make Room Los Angeles @makeroom.la To RSVP, link in bio or Venmo @cupoftttea with your preferred date and time slot. Each tea session is limited to 3 guests.

Explore three Taiwanese oolongs that are brewed in gongfu style: Milk Oolong, Oriental Beauty, Alishan Black. Let each cup create a moment of connection with yourself and loved ones. There are 4 tea tasting sessions. Dm or link in bio to secure a spot. Session 1: 12:15pm-1pm  Session 2: 1:15pm-2pm Session 3: 2:15pm-3pm Session 4: 3:15pm-4pm Ticket $33 per person for tea tasting Additional tea: 2013 Sheng Puerh 'Love Forever' ($15) This tasting is held at @shikgu Valentine's Day Market. Come enjoy free live music, watercolors, shop ceramics, herb tea blends and light bites from other sweet vendors 🤍

Hosting our first event!! Treat yourself or a loved one and come join us for tea 🫖💌 SHIKGU VALENTINE’S MARKET Sat 2/14 from 12-4PM A community gathering and garden teahouse hosted by @shikgu ── .✦ Featuring Tea tastings by @cupoftttea Music by @mmmicah___ Herbal blends by @littlebabybird__ Bites by @angellleve Watercolors by @mishaishi Photos by @angiedyr Flyer by @dejavamelia RSVP link in bio!! Can’t wait to see everyone there 🌷

There is nothing wrong with you. Your body hasn’t forgotten how to create, and your spark hasn’t gone anywhere. You are not missing anything. What you need right now is space, to slow down, to rest and to let things settle. You are allowed to follow your own pace. There is no requirement to have your life figured out just because it’s a new year. Don’t punish yourself for needing stillness. Trust your body. Your energy and clarity will return.

Atelier Towa Open Studio & Art Sale + Seasonal Calligraphy and Tea Tasting For this winter season, we selected Wood, Fire and Earth from the Five Elements to pair with selected teas and sweet refreshments. Tea of your choice will be brewed by me and offered to you with a delicate calligraphy art print on washi paper, symbolizing the Element by @aoi_gm . This Element print is for you to take home as a souvenir from the experience. Sunday December 14, 2025 11am - 4pm RSVP + more details from link in bio

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Today's tea: Red Oolong from @annaye.tea This oolong was produced on 33 hectare farm on the rolling Mộc Châu plateau, Sơn La, Việt Nam. Taste note: dried persimmon, freshly baked pastry, cinnamon with honey like finish. Growing up, my grandpa always had green tea or puerh ready, waiting on the table like an old friend. He would drink it alone in quiet contemplation, share it with me even when I found it bitter, or pour it for guests as the room filled with laughter. Tea was a language of family, a thread of belonging. When I moved to the States as a teenager, that language slipped into the background, replaced by coffee and the rush of a faster life. Then my body grew sick so I chose to quit coffee six years ago. That’s when tea returned to me. This time, not as a familiar custom of childhood, but as medicine. In every steeping leaf, I found a quiet teacher. A reminder to come back to my body. Now, tea is my daily practice. Each cup slows me down. Each sip grounds me in gratitude. Tea reconnects me to nature, to community, and to the essence of being alive. Tea is no longer just something I drink but a way of living. I'm excited to share more of my tea journey with you 🫖 Video by @rashaunrichardson 🤍

When the noise is too loud, I return to the quiet pulse beneath my skin. I don’t have to perform my pain or prove my worth through struggle. My body is my anchor a home where neutrality exists. I let go of urgency. I remember I am allowed to rest without earning it. Stillness becomes movement in disguise the breath deepens, the story softens, and the self begins to recalibrate. Even in silence, I am not lost. I am shifting, adapting. I draw from the wisdom of the life I’ve lived imperfect, but deeply mine. And that is enough. Healing isn’t always loud. It’s in the sun warming my skin, the breath that returns to me, the resilience that no one can take away. I give myself time to settle, to acknowledge, to be whole.