THE TOWER OF COSMIC REFLECTIONS TEAHOUSE ON MAY 24
Built in 2000, The Tower of Cosmic Reflections teahouse is a national landmark serving visitors from all over the world. Located inside the Portland Classical Chinese Garden (a collaborative project between the City of Portland and its sister city in China – Suzhou.), the teahouse is a two storied structure with magnificent views. It includes a patio on the second floor, often regarded as ‘the best view in Portland’. The Tower of Cosmic Reflections was named for the view one obtains of the ‘cosmos’ reflected in ‘Zither’ lake in front of the teahouse. The teahouse was built by a team of over 80 artisans, many of them coming from China over the year-long construction project. It is furnished with antique Chinese furniture in the Ming and Sung dynasty styles.
100% Organic
Puer Velour
Pu-er “Leaf” Selections
Origin: China
Introduction: Located at the southwestern most corner of China, Yunnan province is considered the place of origin for the tea plant. Home to the famous Puer teas, it is also renowned for its tremendous biodiversity, ethnic diversity and breathtaking mountainous landscape.
Puer Tea
Named for the town of Puer where teas from the surrounding mountains were brought, pressed into bricks and cakes and sent out across the continent. Puer teas traveled as far as Tibet, Japan and Europe.
Wo Dui
To reach its destination the tea traveled though a range of climates and weather, often by horse and camelback. For this reason, Puer became known for an aged, earthy quality that it developed along the way. Nowadays, this earthy character is encouraged by a ‘Wo Dui’ process. Puer tea leaves are moistened (‘wo’) with water and stacked (‘dui’) in piles to undergo a unique post fermentation giving the tea a dark, inky color and rich, smooth flavor.
Flavor Profile: Deep, earthy flavor, dark red-gold color and a rich, velvety texture. Woody, earthy, vegetal aroma like an old growth forest.
Babaocha – Eight Treasures Tea – is a special blend of eight of the following dry ingredients: Chrysanthemums, Green Tea, Jujube, Chinese Wolfberries, Dragoneye fruit, Rock Sugar, Raisin, and Tremella, which results in a mildly sweet and visually colorful beverage.
This combination of ingredients produces a mildly sweet tea liquor with a cooling and refreshing taste, believed in China to reduce cholesterol, aid blood circulation and strengthen the body’s immune system.
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