Buddha garden, Kitamura Tea, Uji (Courtesy of Global Tea Initiative, 嘿嘿视频)
The 2019 嘿嘿视频 Global Tea Initiative Colloquium will bring 嘿嘿视频 faculty, international scholars and industry experts together on Thursday, Jan. 24, to explore 鈥淏ody, Mind, Spirit: Issues Surrounding Tea and Health.鈥
The conference will be held from 1 to 5:30 p.m. at the university鈥檚 .
The fourth annual event will include presentations from 嘿嘿视频鈥 Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan, professor and vice chair of Research Unit Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine; Ping Chung Leung, director of the Centre for Clinical Trials on Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong; and Weronica Ek, researcher, in the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University in Sweden; and additional experts from the tea industry.
Topics of talks will include:
鈥淗ealthful Matcha: Its Demand, Perception, and Growth in the Marketplace鈥
鈥淭ea Consumption and Epigenetic Changes in Women鈥
鈥淭ea and Health from the Perspective of a Teashop Owner, Tea Ware Designer, and Tea Master鈥
Pouring tea. Getty Images
"The impetus behind this year鈥檚 event is tea鈥檚 own early history as a medicine and the public鈥檚 perception of tea as a healthful drink,鈥 said Katharine Burnett, GTI founder and associate professor of art history and expert in Chinese art and culture. 鈥淭he earliest Chinese texts to discuss tea talk about it as a medicine, with the discovery of tea by legendary Shen Nong, the Divine Farmer. Later, it became a regular feature in monasteries across East Asia for Zen meditation. Today and around the world, it lures consumers because of its healthful properties.鈥
鈥淭he conference always aims to offer a provocative set of talks on the culture and science of tea 颅鈥 talks that will help us think further and deeper about this fascinating little leaf,鈥 said Burnett. 鈥淎s always, the hope is that the whole will be greater than the sum of its parts.鈥
A part of the College of Letters and Science, the Global Tea Initiative focuses on the cultural heritage of tea beginning in Asia and spreading to almost every continent on the planet. The project fosters collaboration across the sciences, humanities and social sciences campuswide to explore the wide-ranging influence of tea on ceramics, gender roles, health practices and more all over the world.
The conference is free and open to the public, but reservations are suggested at globaltea.ucdavis.edu/events.
GTI will also hold a tea careers networking event prior to the conference from 10 a.m. to noon. It is open to 嘿嘿视频 students only. The program is aimed at students seeking a job or internship in the tea industry and will feature a panel with representatives of International Tea Importers (ITI), Mighty Leaf Tea, Ito En and other companies.
