Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節 (zhōng qiū jié ) is celebrated by many Asian cultures, held on the night with the brightest full moon, the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, during harvest time. This year it is on September 29th.
As one of the biggest holidays in Asia, it is like Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, and Easter all rolled into one. Family and friends gather together over traditional food, make offerings to ancestors, and eat mooncake while admiring the full moon. People may celebrate slightly differently from country to country, region to region, but many eat and drink while waiting for the moon to reach its fullest roundest circle, which symbolizes harmonious union.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also the time for harvesting crops.
On the evening of September 29th, we welcome you to gather over tea and mooncakes from local baker Annie T Cakes, moon stories and poems, and good company. If the skies are clear, we will try to watch the moon rise from our courtyard! Bring any poems or stories of your own that you would like to share with the group.
We are looking forward to serving Annie's red bean, black sesame, and matcha mooncakes at our Mid-Autumn Festival gathering! These plant-based mooncakes taste fresh and clean, with the flavors strong and pure, and we enjoy her selection of some of our favorite flavors. You will get one piece of each kind, THREE mooncakes with teas!
If the skies are clear, we'll watch the moon rise!
Tea selection:
Shan Lin Xi Autumn Honey Dew
Yunnan Gold, China
Shan Lin Xi Tou Mu Hong Cha, Taiwan
2012 Ancient Tree Jing Mai Moonlight White, China
Low-caffeine and herbal teas will be provided upon request.
