We’re going back into the archives to revisit these classic posts by James Norwood Pratt. This post includes “The Green Tea Ritual” – Parts 1 and 2. We have added a link to the end of each one to take you to the next if you would like to read them as a sequence, or you can choose which you want to peruse below. Enjoy!

The Green Tea Ritual (Part 1 of 2)

An ingenious invention that has been in use in China since the earliest days of the Ming dynasty – circa 1350 – is the simplest, most satisfying way of enjoying loose leaf tea.  It is decidedly the best way…(Read more)

The Green Tea Ritual (Part 1 of 2)

Handling the guywan is easier to demonstrate than to describe.  The cup is never…(Read more)

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