CONTACT CAMELLIA TEAS
EMAIL: Email is the best way to reach us, any time of day. We do our best to answer within 48 hours, depending on volume of messages.
Rebecca Cragg, President: info{at}CamelliaTeas.net
TELEPHONE: During classes and events, we are not available by telephone, but you can leave us a message here (we will try to reply within 1-2 business days):
613-739-4649 ext. 1
LOCATION: Camellia House is a private residence. We are located in Ottawa in the Mooney's Bay area. Directions are provided with confirmation of your appointment.
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CAMELLIA TEAS - OUR OFFERINGS: We can provide instruction, demonstrations, courses and more celebrating World Tea Cultures, Kimono, Ikebana, Painting and more.
Vision of Camellia Teas: to investigate traditional culture in all its facets in order to apply its values to contemporary life.
Camellia House allows practitioners to maintain and develop their Chanoyu skills in one of our Five cha-shitsu (Indoor Tea rooms: Winter, Summer, Floating and our outdoor Tearooms Tsubaki-An and the portable Tea Cube).
Camellia House has offered Tea lessons, Private Tea Ceremony Events, demonstrations and Open House Introductory sessions (Ochakai) since 2005.
GROUP EVENTS (5 - 20 guests)
We do events for large groups as well, both here at our facility and at your own. Contact us directly for rates and information on creating a special and enriching occasion for you and your guests.
CORPORATE EVENTS (20 - 100 guests)
Camellia Teas has offered large demonstrations to the Canadian Museum of Civilization on numerous occasions, as well as high schools, universities and corporate organizations. We look forward to working with you and your team to create an exceptional, professional and high-quality event!
Rates: Contact us directly to plan your event with Camellia Teas of Ottawa.
CAMELLIA TEAS: VISION
Camellia Teas of Ottawa is strongly engaged in supporting the traditional arts of Japan.
Our main Vision is to promote the preservation of these ancient teachings in order to foster an appreciation for the beautiful values and incredible art a that East Asian Art and Culture can provide us all.
Our Mission has a special emphasis on the traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony known as Chanoyu. Our Tea practitioners permit guests to experience the tranquility of this ancient practice.
CAMELLIA TEAS: HISTORY
Camellia Teas of Ottawa was established in 2005 by Rebecca Lyn Cragg (nee Benoit) of Ottawa, ON, Canada. The name comes from the Camellia Sinensis plant, which produces most of the World's Teas. Although we have a special interest in Japan's Chanoyu, Camellia Teas is equally interested in the Vietnamese Lotus Tea Ceremony, The Korean Tea Ceremony, Gong-fu Cha, Puerh Teas and other Chinese Tea Cultures. For this reason, we didn't want to identify ourselves solely with Chanoyu. We are constantly researching, studying and preserving these ancient and evolving Tea practices and their related artforms.
About the Founder and President of Camellia Teas
For seven years, Rebecca was trained in the Omote-Senke Way of Tea by Mrs. Eiko Kuwayama at a Zen Temple called Sango-ji in Wakayama City, Japan. She continues her studies of Tea in Omotesenke through NY and Japan. In the summer of 2010, Rebecca began her studies under Mrs. Shinobu Sakane in Sencha-Do (Seifu-ryu) in Ottawa. Mrs. Cragg continues her studies in both Omotesenke (in Japan) and Sencha-Do (in Ottawa).
Rebecca Cragg has an M.A. in Cultural Anthropology, as well as B.A. and B.Ed. with focus on art, education and museology. She holds cerification in Sodo Kimono Dressing, holds Kyojo ranking in Sagagoyu Ikebana and is also a Japanese Brush Painter. You can find her free painting and kimono-dressing videos online at youtube under 'camelliateas'. Rebecca authored 6 books in 2009 and plans more for 2013.
To learn more about our practices nad how you might participate: info[at]camelliateas.net
