K-Tea

K-Tea & Myung Won Cultural Foundation

Traditional Korean tea ceremony, da-sik, tea etiquette, hanbok, and cultural education grounded in the Myung Won tradition and adapted for U.S. institutions.

K-Tea & Myung Won Cultural Foundation visual archive image
Foundation Context

Carrying Korean tea culture into living education.

Myung Won Cultural Foundation describes its mission as preserving, developing, and promoting Korean traditional tea culture and the virtues of Korean tea. Youngmi Yi's K-Tea page connects that institutional mission with U.S.-based demonstrations, lectures, and hands-on cultural programs.

Source: Myung Won Cultural Foundation and English foundation site.

What the foundation emphasizes

  • Tea culture education, daily practice, and cultural transmission
  • Preservation, education, and sharing of Korean traditional tea ceremony
  • Tea education and tea master / etiquette certificate programs
  • K-Tea Festival, World Tea Forum, World Tea Expo, and global tea culture events
Arizona & California

Youngmi Yi's K-Tea role in the United States.

The site presents K-Tea as a host-ready cultural education program, not only a stage performance.

Korean traditional tea ceremony with hanbok
Ceremony

Traditional Tea Ceremony

Formal Korean tea ceremony for museums, universities, cultural centers, diplomatic programs, libraries, and school communities.

Tea ceremony guide and education material
Education

Tea Etiquette & Storytelling

Lectures and demonstrations explaining tea utensils, etiquette, ceremonial meaning, Korean values, and the role of tea in daily culture.

Program Formats

Flexible K-Tea experiences.

Each format can be scaled for a classroom, gallery, community festival, university stage, or cultural-center workshop.

Royal court-style ceremony Daily leaf tea etiquette Da-sik pairing Hanbok + tea culture K-Tea lecture Festival station
Korean tea ceremony table with ceramic teapot and cups
Booking

Invite a K-Tea ceremony or lecture.

Tea ceremony, hanbok, K-Food workshops, traditional ceremonies, lectures, and youth mentoring programs.

Phone
714-926-3553

Email
teaartedu@gmail.com

Location
Los Angeles, California
Arizona / California / U.S.-wide by invitation