BANA TEA COMPANY NEWS...

• Follow the Annual Bana Tea Trip to Yunnan on Twitter March 29 - April 14

• Receive the Bana Tea Leaf Newsletter by Email

• Bana Tea at the Craft & Folk Art Museum's Global Bazaar November 7th & December 12th 2009

• "The Art of Tea" Classes Ongoing at Pasadena City College

• Tea Ceremony & Tasting at Pacific Asian Museum

• Steeped in History: The Art of Tea - exhibit at the Fowler Museum at UCLA

• New Products Have Arrived

• Bana Offers A Limited Number of Beautiful Hand-Embroidered Jackets from Yunnan

• Sample All 7 of Bana's Premium Pu-erh Teas for Only $10!

• Tea Ceremony & Tasting at IBPS South Bay, February 28th 2009

• Tea Ceremony & Tasting Event at Bowers Museum, October 5th 2008

• Bana Pu-erh Tea Gift Certificates For All Occasions

• Now Available in 3 Southern California Museum Gift Shops

• Custom Gift Baskets Now Available - call for information: (888) 968-0788

Follow the Annual Bana Tea Trip to Yunnan on Twitter
March 29 - April 14, Linda Louie, owner of Bana Tea Company, will be keeping in touch via Twitter during her annual tea purchasing trip to Yunnan. If you would like to receive regular updates during her journey through the high mountains and tea gardens of the birthplace of tea, just follow Banateacompany on Twitter. We will continue to tweet tea updates and the latest tea news after the trip.

New Teas & Accessories Have Arrived
Those of you who have received the latest Bana Tea Leaf newsletter (download PDF) may have read about Bana owner Linda Louie's 2000-mile trek across Yunnan China, the home of Pu-erh. She sampled countless cups of teas, stayed with families who have been tea farmers for generations and walked through many ancient tea gardens. As a consequence, four new teas were chosen to add to the Bana collection. A few new accessories have also been added. You can identify the latest additions by looking for this logo:

Sign up to receive Bana Tea Leaf Newsletter and Tea Leaf-let Updates via email...
Informative articles on Pu-erh tea, accounts of tea travels, new products, tea events, and other Bana Tea Company news can found in the Bana Tea Leaf, our quarterly newsletter. Starting in March 2010, we will be emailing the Tea Leaf-let with additional late news between the quarterly newsletter issues. To have Bana news delivered free via email, just use the email address below and put "Subscribe" in the Subject Field. Bana Tea Company respects your privacy and will never share your information with any other company, organization or individual.
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newsletter@banateacompany.com

Past issues of the Bana Tea Leaf can be downloaded below:

Bana Tea Leaf Newsletter PDF: Volume 1, Issue 1

Bana Tea Leaf Newsletter PDF: Volume 1, Issue 2

Bana Tea Leaf Newsletter PDF: Volume 1, Issue 3

Bana Products Can Now Be Purchased in Three Museum Gift Shops
Bana Products are available to purchase on our website of course. And now we proudly announce that some of our products can be found in two museum gift shops in the southern California area:
• The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana is offering the Bana Miao Jackets (www.bowers.org)
• The Asia Pacific Museum in Pasadena is offering selected Bana teas and the Bana Miao Jackets (www.pacificasiamuseum.org)
• The Craft & Folk Art Museum is offering the Bana Miao Jackets (www.cafam.org)
You may want to call the museum gift shops to be sure they have the product you want in stock.

November 7th & December 12th 2009 - Bana Tea at the Craft & Folk Art Museum's Global Bazaar
Bana Tea Company sponsored a booth at the Craft & Folk Art Museum's Global Bazaar. Selected teas were offered for tasting and were very well received. For more information on the event, go to: http://www.cafam.org/shop.html

"The Art of Tea" Classes at Pasadena City College
In ancient times in China, tea was considered the “Elixir of Life” and was used to pay tributes to the emperor.  Tea is not only a healthy beverage, it is a form of meditation, a form of community, and a form of self-realization. This course takes students back in time to the origin of tea and how it evolved through history. The six categories of teas were discussed with an emphasis on Pu-erh tea. Considered to be the “drinkable antique,” Pu-erh can be aged like wine. Lastly, students have the opportunity to participate in a Chinese Gongfu tea ceremony demonstration.

Class presenter:  Linda Louie
For information on class dates, call (626) 585-7608 or visit Pasadena City College online: www.pcclearn.org

August 22, 2009 Tea Ceremony & Tasting at the Pacific Asia Museum
A demonstration of the Chinese Tea Ceremony and tea tasting event gave many tea novices a first taste of high quality Pu-erh teas. For more information go to: http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org
Click here to download the Museum poster for the event.

Steeped in History: The Art of Tea - Fowler Exhibition Tells Story of Tea through Art from
Asia, Europe and America
On display Aug 16 - Nov 29, 2009 at the Fowler Museum at UCLA was a wide-ranging survey that brings together art from three continents and many centuries to delve into the history and culture of tea, its profound roles on the world scene; as an ancient health remedy, an element of cultural practice, and also a catalyst for international conflicts and horrific labor conditions in various countries. For more information on the Fowler Museum: www.fowler.ucla.edu

February 28th 2009 - Tea Ceremony and Tasting at IBPS South Bay in Carson
Linda Louie, owner of Bana Tea Company, presented a tea ceremony demonstration and tasting as part of the IBPS program, "Treasure Hunt in Mind". The event included a meditation before the tea ceremony and a talk afterwards. Here are photos from the event.

Oct. 5, 2008 - Santa Ana, CA - Bowers Museum attendees were enthusiastic participants in Bana Tea Company's presentation of a traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony and Pu-erh tea tasting. This cultural event was done in conjunction with the "Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor" exhibit (May 18 - October 16, 2008) and included cultural and historical information. The tea ceremony and Pu-erh samplings were demonstrated in the S.L. & Betty Huang Courtyard with standing room only. Tea tasting included the following vintage Pu-erh teas (see further descriptions of Pu-erh tea types):
- Moonlight White - vintage 2007
- Bana Spring Tea - vintage 2008
- Bada Mountain Ripe Pu-erh - vintage 1999
Watch our website for future events at the Bowers and other locations.

Gift Certificates for All Occasions
Now you can order Bana Tea Gift Certificates for all occasions. A beautiful personalized certificate, stating dollar amount and ordering instructions will be mailed to your recipient via US Postal Service. Order any amount between $10 and $100 (increments of $10). Gift Certificates can be redeemed online or via phone order.

Click here to purchase a Bana Tea Company gift certificate.