| Lu-Yu Tea Culture Institute | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陸羽茶藝中心 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陆羽茶艺中心 | ||||||
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Lu-Yu Tea Culture Institute, previously known as Lu Yu Tea Art Center, provides education in tea arts (including tea marketing, design of tea ware, and tea brewing techniques) and promotes the drinking of tea. It offers certifications in Tea Studies, such as for "Tea Master" (陸羽泡茶師). The institute was founded in Taipei, Taiwan, in the 1980s. It now has schools in Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai. It is named for Lu Yu, the 8th-century "sage of tea". While most students are Chinese speakers, others come from Japan, Korea, and, there are also classes and tea studies cerification in English.