Chashitsu-en

Casa del Tè, Monte Verita

Discover the Casa del Tè on the Monte Verità hill, at the top of Ascona. Its premices boast a japanese styled tea house siding with continental Europe's unique tea plantation in an environment dedicated to the pleasures and insights of tea.

You may go for a stroll through the tea garden, take a rest in the zen garden's gazebo while watching the glittering lake far below before visiting the tea house. There you might enjoy a bowl of tea and a chat with us about its culture.

There is also the so called laboratorio, with its shop offering a choice of the world's most exquisite blends with a focus on Japan. In addition you may find a choice of pottery and tea utensils.

Opening hours

November 2017 till the end of February 2018: Saturdays and Sundays from 11 AM to 5 PM.
As of March: daily from 10 AM to 6 PM.

Enjoy a japanese tea ceremony as a guest in the Chajitsu, our tea house.

This ceremony can hardly be described using just a few words. Rather than being the refined art of serving tea to the guests, it encompasses not only a lifelong effort to reach the perfection of skills but also to achieve a better way of life.

At first glance the japanese tea ceremony might appear inaccessible, maybe like a challenging classical work of art. By letting oneself in it and thanks to repeated visits, the beauty and the clear structure of the perfectly harmonized sequence of actions will be sensed. Also the entity formed by the room, the crafted utensils, the attitude and posture and even the conversations will be appreciated to its just value. Following Buddhistic rules perfect moments of being occurs during the japanese tea ceremony which can be looked at as one of the most elaborates ways of welcoming a guest.

Tea ceremonies with Eri Homma, Ursula Kohli or Nadja Stoller

November 2017: 4. & 18. at 5.15 PM
December 2017: 2. & 16. at 5.15 PM
January 2018: 6. & 20. at 5.15 PM
February 2018: 3. & 17. at 5.15 PM
March 2018: 3. & 17. at 5.15 PM

Attendance

CHF 45.– fee per person
Tea ceremonies for private groups on demand
Registration: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone +41 (0)91 791 43 00

Address

Strada Collina 84, 6612 Ascona Switzerland
Phone 091 791 43 00
More infos: www.casa-del-te.ch (in german and italian)