Chinese Tea Culture
Course code
CIC6122.CI
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Hiina teekultuur
Course title in English
Chinese Tea Culture
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
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lecturer of 2026/2027 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2026/2027 Spring semester
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Course aims
The aim of the course is to give to students a knowledge about Chinese tea culture, its history, and etiquette and philosophy of tea ceremony.
Brief description of the course
The course gives the students knowledge about the history of tea, the many varieties of tea, its production process, proper preparation with correct tea tools and tea-drinking etiquette. Equipped with the basic knowledge about tea, the wisdom and philosophy behind Chinese tea rituals will be discussed in the class. The course consists of 28 hours of contact lessons which include 2 workshops. It also requires some home reading and practice.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- provides an overview of the history of Chinese tea and the development of Chinese tea culture, identifying its main stages of development;
- distinguishes between the main types of Chinese tea and describes their key characteristics and differences;
- describes the Chinese tea production process and explains how the main processing methods relate to different types of tea;
- describes the etiquette of Chinese tea drinking and the principles of the Chinese tea ceremony and applies them appropriately when preparing and serving tea;
- prepares different types of Chinese tea by selecting appropriate utensils, water temperature, quantity of tea leaves and brewing method for each type.
- provides an overview of the history of Chinese tea and the development of Chinese tea culture, identifying its main stages of development;
- distinguishes between the main types of Chinese tea and describes their key characteristics and differences;
- describes the Chinese tea production process and explains how the main processing methods relate to different types of tea;
- describes the etiquette of Chinese tea drinking and the principles of the Chinese tea ceremony and applies them appropriately when preparing and serving tea;
- prepares different types of Chinese tea by selecting appropriate utensils, water temperature, quantity of tea leaves and brewing method for each type.
Teacher
Zhuoya Wu