Tea Gatherings

Upcoming and past tea experiences collaborate with artists, makers, community spaces, and friends across Los Angeles.

Each gathering is shaped through tea, place, seasonal, and creative practice.

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Upcoming

The Way of Tea

Exploring tea, presence, and connection

  • Date and time

    Ongoing sessions

    Session I: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Session II: 12:45 PM - 2:45 PM

    Daylight Hours access: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

  • Location

    Tea at Shiloh

    Daytime lounge

Duration
2 hours
Price
$60
Includes
3 teas and Daylight Hours access

An intimate tea sitting with gong fu cha style service, tea, and conversation. Each session includes three different teas, with rotating selections of tea origins and traditions curated each month. Guests are invited to slow down for an immersive exploration of tea as craft, ritual, and connection.

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Past event

Spring Equinox Gathering

tea, sculpture, sound, release, and renewal

  • Date and time

    Thursday, March 19 - Saturday, March 21, 2026

    Day 1: Thursday, March 19, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    Day 2: Friday, March 20, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM or 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

    Day 3: Saturday, March 21, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM or 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

    Free gathering: Saturday, March 21, 8:00 PM

  • Location

    Antiem's studio @found me

    Arts District, Los Angeles

Duration
3 days
With
Trang Trần & An Tiêm Trọng Trần
Featuring
Tea, sculpture, sound, and potluck

As winter turned toward spring, guests gathered through tea, sculpture, and sound, moving intentionally through release, transition, and renewal. The three days included contemplative time with Antiem's ceramic vessels, Vietnamese tea tastings with Trang, artwork by Tuan Vu courtesy of Make Room Los Angeles, and a free sound and potluck gathering with Calvin Ma and Shu.

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Past event

Taiwanese Oolong Tea Tasting

gongfu-style oolongs at a Valentine's Day market

  • Date and time

    Saturday, February 14, 2026

    12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Location

    @shikgu Valentine's Day Market

Duration
4 hours
Tea style
Gongfu brewing
Teas
Milk Oolong, Oriental Beauty, Alishan Black

A Valentine's Day tasting exploring three Taiwanese oolongs brewed gongfu style, with each cup creating a moment of connection with self and loved ones. The market also included live music, watercolors, ceramics, herbal tea blends, light bites, and other vendors.

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Past event

Seasonal Calligraphy and Tea Tasting

five elements, tea, and calligraphy

  • Date and time

    Sunday, December 14, 2025

    11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

  • Location

    Atelier Towa Open Studio & Art Sale

Duration
5 hours
Elements
Wood, Fire, and Earth
Featuring
Tea and calligraphy print by @aoi_gm

For the winter season, Wood, Fire, and Earth from the Five Elements were paired with selected teas and sweet refreshments. Guests received tea brewed by Trang alongside a delicate calligraphy art print on washi paper by @aoi_gm to take home.

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Past event

Vietnamese Tea Tasting

wild-origin teas for Tết

  • Date and time

    Saturday, February 10, 2024

    2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Location

    @softrecreation

Duration
3 hours
Teas
3 wild-origin Vietnamese teas
Includes
Mứt Tết and loose leaf samples

An intimate Lunar New Year tasting exploring three wild-origin teas from different tea-producing regions of Vietnam, with attention to taste, brewing, processing, and connections to Vietnamese tea culture.

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Past event

Tea Gathering

friendship, shared brewing, and tea community

  • Date and time

    Saturday, January 27 - Sunday, January 28, 2024

    11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  • Location

    Lincoln Heights

Duration
2 days
Stations
3 gongfu and 1 chanoyu
Featuring
Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Taiwanese, and Japanese teas

An open gathering for tea lovers, casual drinkers, beginners, and friends. Guests moved freely between brewing stations, tasting a wide range of teas with snacks while sharing stories, rituals, and connections through tea.

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Past event

Summer Japanese Tea Tasting

sencha, gyokuro, and homemade wagashi

  • Date and time

    Sunday, August 27, 2023

    11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

  • Location

    The Annex @tea_at_shiloh

Duration
4 hours
With
@xoc.hi and @sivan_ss_
Teas
4 Japanese steamed green teas

A summer deep dive into sencha and gyokuro, exploring how Japanese green tea is tasted, made, and connected to art and culture. Each tea was paired with homemade wagashi and seasonal bites, including hoshi-imo, cucumber with miso, suman, rau câu, and gyokuro leaves with rice and soy sauce.

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Past event

Chakabuki Tea Tasting

a Japanese green tea tasting game

  • Date and time

    Sunday, February 12, 2023

    11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

    Sunday, May 14, 2023 with Xochi

    11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  • Location

    @tea_at_shiloh

Duration
3 hours
Format
Tea identification game
Includes
Soba cha, 4 sencha, and homemade Sủi Dìn

An intimate Chakabuki workshop inviting guests to identify different Japanese green teas while noticing subtle differences of sencha. The workshop included chilled soba cha, four kinds of sencha, and homemade Sủi Dìn with black sesame, shredded coconut, warm ginger broth, and roasted buckwheat crunch.

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