Alimentation

The art of Tea: way of the Tao? After an opening to Tea (Part 1) western, which became base of conviviality and meditation, Jean Clergue-Vila takes us now to Far-eastern practices of the Art of Tea.
First China, with a variant Taiwan, where in a taoist context the fraternity of the brothers of Tea is born. Then Japan where the Art of Tea went up to a spirituality we can qualify as secular, encompassing the universality of Life energy. Thus opens the Way of Tea.

Wine in France is a pillar of our culture. On a social, gustatory, historical and symbolical point of view: it holds a central place in our society. Who doesn't know a grape variety, an AOC (controlled designation of origin) or a production region? On the contrary, tea which is the most drunk drink in the world and which culture goes back to 4700 years, is relegated in France to the category of simple products of great consumption: like sodas. 
Out of the three thousand different: varieties, regions of production, ways they are treated or must be served, we are not capable of quoting few "brands".
Why should we open to this age-old drink? How to discover the true gustatory, medicinal,convivial, brotherly and even spiritual characteristics of tea?