# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Western Gate: Tea and Conviviality at the Far-Edge of Day
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 06 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Sat, 25 Jul, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Event Description**: Please join us for a community tea session featuring a wide array of Chinese teas, including oolong, red, and puerh. A separate pot of herbal tea will always be available for those who prefer to avoid caffeine.

These gatherings are designed to cultivate a contemplative atmosphere. Through the shared enjoyment of tea, we will create space to explore the imagination by offering poems, dreams, reflections, and other forms of creative expression.

Scott Traffas has spent decades exploring the various exoteric and esoteric traditions of the East and West. His abiding interest in the intersection of Yoga, Tantra, and Ayurveda deeply informs his approach to gongfu tea curation. Beyond the teas that are selected and their method of brewing, Scott is particularly interested in the qualities of becoming that constellate among friends, both old and new, around a tea table.

What will be discussed at this session...? Whitman's Leaves of Grass, The Experiment at La Chorrea, the sublime ethos of Judas Iscariot, the vagaries of hyperreality, PKD’s Dark-Haired Girl, the Alembic itself!?

..given time (and tea)...even eternity will reveal itself…

#tea #gongfu #ritual #community
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/the-western-gate-tea-and-conviviality-at-the-far-edge-of-day/200030182557845
- **Event Categories**: health-wellness
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Berkeley
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Alembic
- **lat**: 37.854107094724
- **long**: -122.2934609279
- **full address**: The Alembic, 815 Heinz Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710-2754, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Western Gate: Tea and Conviviality at the Far-Edge of Day being held?
  - **A:** The Western Gate: Tea and Conviviality at the Far-Edge of Day takes place on Sat, 06 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Sat, 25 Jul, 2026 at 10:00 am at The Alembic, 815 Heinz Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710-2754, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Western Gate: Tea and Conviviality at the Far-Edge of Day?
  - **A:** The Western Gate: Tea and Conviviality at the Far-Edge of Day is organized by The Alembic.

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