Liu-Tea&Art have over 10 years of experience in the tea education, we have development projects such as tea plantations in Germany and China, school, shop. We provide support, communication, and cooperation for tea professionals, individuals and organizations etc., to develop more ethnic Europe and China integrated tea culture.
Our tea plantation was established in 2016, located in Steinberg Leine Uplands of Germany, on the slope in the south of the hill adjacent to Seven Hills, facing Wispe, a branch of the Leine River. It is a comprehensive tea garden with production, science and culture education, and ecological sustainability.
Our school is committed to establishing sensory tea connections based on firsthand practical experience of tea production sources. In the historic building of the Old Post Office, you can experience a whole Chinese tea journey in Alfeld (Leine), Germany. Scientific and systematic learning of tea, the school provides science popularization and professional education related to tea science, culture, history, etc..
Duingen is the largest ceramic town in the clay pits area between Leine and Weser rivers, known as “Pottland”. From the Middle Ages until the 19th century, it was the center of stoneware production in Germany. Our studio inherits and continues the local German and remote Chinese ceramic tradition, producing ceramic teaware and providing workshop.
We also take the local mysterious spring water to brew tea, Apenteichquelle which can be traced back to sacrificial activities since the Neolithic Age. According to local conditions, we not only produce tea, but also use spring water and clay to brew tea and make teaware, experience the integration of German and Chinese tea culture.
Information
Individuals and groups, adults and children, are welcome to visit or participate in our program. We are open year-round and only require advance reservations, simply fill out the following form or contact us by phone or email.
- Open: Appointment
- Tel: 05181/90 10 891
- E-Mail: info@liu-tea-art.com
- Address: Imserstr. 22, 31061, Alfeld Leine, Germany
Contact Us
Founder
Wenzhuo Liu is the monthly columnist of the China national and international tea journal Tea Times, with educational background in traditional Chinese medicine and international horticulture, she has published popular science, culture and historical research books and articles, devoted herself to tea professional and universal training and education, opened and managed tea plantations in Germany and China, established tea brands, tea school etc., and has been active in many international tea associations, promoting Europe-China tea related cooperations.
Tea
Studied Chinese herbal medicine cultivation in China and international horticultural science in Germany, Wenzhuo started to manage the mountain tea farm, produce and promote Wudang Daoist tea since 2014, which is located high in Wudang mountains, Hubei, China. She opened the Wudang tea house and began to grow tea trees in Leine Uplands Steinberg of northwest Germany, the tea garden from scratch in 2016, and some tea trees have been able to pick fresh leaves. The tea school and tea garden have expanded to cover an area of more than 1.4 hectares. People can participate in tea and Tao related activities here, such as public and private events, workshops, tea tasting, tea cupping, tea ceremony, tea processing and evaluating etc..
Wenzhuo helped her husband Patrick Liu, who is a Taoist priest and practices Taoisum establish the German Taoist Association and Taoist temple, develop the combination of tea culture and Taoist culture in Europe. Wudang Mountain has a long history of Taoist (Daoists) planting and processing tea, written records back to the Song dynasty (960-1279), since tea was used in Daoist ceremonies often and has many other benefits in their practices. Ancient tea trees could still be found growing among high cliffs in deep forests, nowadays, two varieties used mostly in tea productions are transplanted there in 1970s. Tea leaves are harvested in springs annually and sent to different tea factories nearby to produce high- quality green tea, black tea and dark tea.
Wenzhuo felt that only through such personal planting experience can people have a better understanding of the ancient Chinese from picking wild tea as medicine, picking seeds to cultivate tea trees, and improving planting techniques to asexual propagation. Like the ancients, she wants to have a deeper understanding of the whole process from eating tea to drinking, and deeply study the history of tea ceremony and tea culture through her own personal experience.
Art
Wenzhuo has registered Liu-Tea&Art since 2016 in Germany, with the help of the tea and artist team from China, two brands had been developed: Wudang Daoist Tea and Liu-Chinese Art which includes Daoist tea and art items including Wenzhuo’s own art works. Their passion is to spread Wudang Daoist tea and art culture in Europe, along with the mountain tea garden and the Daoist temple in Germany. There are ancient spring water Apenteichquelle, the historical ceramic production town Duingen, which is also called Pottland, and stoneware clay pits nearby. According to local conditions, we not only produce tea, but also use spring water and clay to brew tea and make teaware, experience the integration of German and Chinese tea culture. In 2022, she opened the ceramic studio and launched the tea set ceramic series for the first time, which is made by herself. It integrates German local natural clay and Chinese elements, strives to use local spring water in Germany and local natural clay tea sets to brew locally grown and made tea.