Events
Tea Sharing Sessions and Gatherings
The sharing sessions and gatherings offered by Le cerf-volant and its host Raphaël are carefully crafted through an altruistic, inclusive, and organic approach. Run solely on a donation basis, those public events naturally give birth to safe, salutary, flowing, and unhurried spaces of multilayered, free, and open expression for tea and people to blossom. This union of universal languages nourishes and tends an appreciation for the impermanences coloring our daily life and the plurality of the precious teachings stemming from tea and its ethereal contemplation.
For more information about the types of tea offerings shared by Le cerf-volant, please refer to this page. For those looking to book Le cerf-volant’s tea services for a private event, please feel free to get in touch with Raphaël directly.
Upcoming public events in October 2023
- October 1, 11:00 – 17:00
at Hin Market (Hin Bus Depot, George Town, Penang) - October 7, 10:00 – 16:00
at Grow Market (Hin Bus Depot, George Town, Penang) - October 8, 08:00 – 14:00
at Grow Market (Juru Autocity, Bukit Mertajam, Penang) - October 29, 12:00 – 18:30
at Journal Georgetown (Journal Georgetown, George Town, Penang)
As Raphaël is slowly gearing up for a new and exciting tea-related endeavor that will be brought to life in the next coming weeks, Le cerf-volant will keep nourishing its selfless spirit through new public tea gatherings during the month of October.
You are invited to come and experience one of the Le cerf-volant’s public tea sharing sessions that will be offered in a Taiwanese gān pào 乾泡 style gōng fu chá 工夫茶. All are donation-based walk-in events.
For those looking to book Le cerf-volant’s services for a private event, please feel free to get in touch with Raphaël directly.
Past events
September 2023
Public tea sharing sessions in Penang & Sungai Petani, Malaysia
- September 2, 10:00 – 16:00
at Grow Market (Hin Bus Depot, George Town, Penang) - September 10, 08:00 – 14:00
at Grow Market (Juru Autocity, Bukit Mertajam, Penang) - September 16, 12:00 – 18:30
at Journal Georgetown (Journal Georgetown, George Town, Penang) - September 17, 12:00 – 18:30
at Journal Georgetown (Journal Georgetown, George Town, Penang) September 30, 08:00 – 14:00[CANCELED]
at Batu Dua Community Market (Sungai Petani)
After a nourishing one and a half month in Taiwan filled with familiar (and new) encounters, gatherings, and wanderings, Raphaël is now back in Malaysia (along with some new Taiwanese teas) to resume his tea sharing offerings. Come and experience one of the Le cerf-volant’s public sharing sessions in September that he will offer in a Taiwanese gān pào 乾泡 style gōng fu chá 工夫茶. All are donation-based walk-in events.
For those looking to book Le cerf-volant’s services for a private event, please feel free to get in touch with Raphaël directly.
July 2023
Tea sharing sessions in Penang & Sungai Petani, Malaysia
- July 1, 10:00 – 16:00
at Grow Market (Hin Bus Depot, George Town)
Le cerf-volant will have the pleasure to serve tea (Taiwanese gān pào 乾泡 dry pouring style gōng fu chá 工夫茶) during Grow Market at Hin Bus Depot in July. Everyone is invited to come and experience a slow, safe space of tranquility and silences offered by your host Raphaël through a sharing of Thai and Taiwanese oolong teas. This is a walk-in event, offered on a donation basis.
Note: public tea sharing sessions in Penang will resume upon Raphaël’s return from his Taiwan trip in August or September.
For more information, please contact Raphaël
June 2023
Tea sharing sessions in Penang & Sungai Petani, Malaysia
- June 3, 10:00 – 16:00
at Grow Market (Hin Bus Depot, George Town) - June 11, 08:00 – 14:00
at Grow Market (Juru Autocity, Bukit Mertajam) - June 24, 08:00 – 14:00
at Batu Dua Community Market (Sungai Petani)
Le cerf-volant will have the pleasure to serve tea (Taiwanese gān pào 乾泡 dry pouring style gōng fu chá 工夫茶) during Grow Market at Hin Bus Depot and Juru Autocity, as well as at Batu Dua Community Market in June. Everyone is invited to come and experience a slow, safe space of tranquility and silences offered by your host Raphaël through a sharing of Thai and Taiwanese oolong teas. All are walk-in events, offered on a donation basis.
For more information, please contact Raphaël
May 2023
Tea sharing sessions in Sungai Petani, Malaysia
- May 27, 08:00 – 14:00
at Batu Dua Community Market (Sungai Petani)
For the very first time, Le cerf-volant will land at the 10th edition of the Batu Dua Community Market in Sungai Petani. Everyone is invited to come and experience a slow, safe space of tranquility and silences offered by Raphaël through a sharing of Thai and Taiwanese oolong teas (Taiwanese gān pào 乾泡 dry pouring style gōng fu chá 工夫茶). This will be a walk-in event, offered on a donation basis.
For more information, please contact Raphaël
Tea sharing sessions in Penang, Malaysia
- May 6, 10:00 – 16:00
at Grow Market (Hin Bus Depot, George Town) - May 14, 08:00 – 14:00
at Grow Market (Juru Autocity, Bukit Mertajam)
Raphaël will have the pleasure to serve tea (Taiwanese gān pào 乾泡 dry pouring style gōng fu chá 工夫茶) during Grow Market at Hin Bus Depot and Juru Autocity in May. Those are walk-in events, offered on a donation basis. For the first time, he will be serving a selection of Thai oolongs that he brought from his recent trip to Chiang Mai. It is a great opportunity for anyone looking to experience the uniqueness and characteristics of Northern Thailand terroir.
For more information, please contact Raphaël
April 2023
Tea sharing sessions in Penang, Malaysia
- April 1, 10:00 – 16:00
at Grow Market (Hin Bus Depot, George Town)
Raphaël will have the pleasure to serve tea (Taiwanese gān pào 乾泡 dry pouring style gōng fu chá 工夫茶) during the first Grow Market edition of April at Hin Bus Depot. This is a walk-in event, offered on a donation basis. He will be serving a selection of organic Taiwanese oolongs from Lin, his Taiwanese tea farmer friend based in Lugu (Nantou region), which will give you an interesting glimpse of the singularity of this tea category’s spectrum.
For more information, please contact Raphaël
March 2023
Tea sharing sessions in Penang, Malaysia
- March 4, 10:00 – 16:00
at Grow Market (Hin Bus Depot, George Town) - March 12, 08:00 – 14:00
at Grow Market (Juru Autocity, Bukit Mertajam)
Raphaël will have the pleasure to serve tea (Taiwanese gān pào 乾泡 dry pouring style gōng fu chá 工夫茶) during two Grow Market editions during the month of March. Both are walk-in events, offered on a donation basis. He will be serving a selection of organic Taiwanese oolongs, which will give you an interesting glimpse of the singularity of this tea category’s spectrum.
For more information, please contact Raphaël
They hosted Le cerf-volant
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