Teahouse by the Pond

Our teahouse, in Red Bluff, California, is hidden by weeping willows and other trees and shrubs. The teahouse is next to a small pond and gives a clear view to the west across the North Sacramento Valley to the Yolly Bolly Mountain range.




"The first bowl sleekly moistened throat and lips,
The second banished all my loneliness
The third expelled the dullness from my mind,
Sharpening inspiration gained
from all the books I've read.
The fourth brought forth light perspiration,
Dispersing a lifetime's troubles through my pores."
- Lu Tung, Chinese Poet, On Drinking Tea