The NYTS Tea Studio, Sharing Gongfu Tea and Community

We're very excited to be at the New York Tea Society's new Tea Studio in midtown Manhattan, chatting with NYTS' founder Roy Lamberty.  Roy was a guest on Talking Tea in 2018 and he's back today to talk with us about how NYTS has evolved since our earlier episode, and how its beautiful new Tea Studio came to be. Roy tells us about his experiences around gongfu tea tables in China, and his vision of building those experiences into a tranquil, communal tea space in New York City. We chat about the studio as a space to have tea on your own or around a communal gongfu table, its aesthetics and design elements, the studio's location in New York's Koreatown, and Roy's very successful work in building community through tea. We also delve into the sourcing of some of NYTS's very unique tea offerings. Roy talks with us about the lineup of events and themed sessions at the tea studio, and the NYTS tea education programming at the studio and through the NYTS online virtual tea group and its programs. We also discuss NYTS' optional membership plans and its online tea market. NYTS teas and teaware are available for purchase at the tea studio and through its online tea market. Information about the tea studio, directions, hours and reservations, and the NYTS online offerings are on the NYTS website.  Follow Talking Tea on Facebook or on Instagram  at talkingteapodcasts Talking Tea is produced and hosted by Ken Cohen.  more about Talking Tea    The views and opinions expressed by guests on Talking Tea are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Talking Tea or its staff.   This podcast features music from "Japanese Flowers" (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii/japanese-flowers) by mpgiiiBEATS (https://soundcloud.com/mpgiii) available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Adapted from original. Episode image of the gongfu tea table at the New York Tea Society Tea Studio,  by Roy Lamberty. Adapted from original. Header image "Raw Puerh mid 1980 Menghai" by Cosmin Dordea, used under a Creative Commons CC By-SA 2.0 license. Adapted from original.