You can tell a lot about artisans by how they care for their tools. The same can be said of a musician and her instruments, or a chef and his knives. Just as a master of any skill or craft can be distinguished from an amateur by that singular, effortless grace known to the Chinese as gong fu,
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Unique Tea Experiences at the Dobra Tea House – Yerba Mate A trip to the Dobra tea house has...
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Nourishing The Body Recognition of tea’s health-supporting, mind-alerting, body-calming and...
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When you enter any place as a customer or guest in Japan, you’ll quickly notice that everyone seems to be at your service. It almost makes you feel that you have done them a favor just by visiting!
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The main purpose of my trip to Korea this time was to study Korean tea and Korean Seon. The only worry was that I would miss my Korean tea friends.
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A recent discussion on T Ching has inspired me to explain the basic concepts of the Chinese tea ceremony – “gongfu cha.”
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If you have not already met Becca Stevens of Thistle Farms fame, it’s time you had the...
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In the face of what on some days seems like a crumbling world, a planet in total chaos, we find...
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For many, drinking tea is more than just an enjoyable beverage; it’s a way of living and being.
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I met a Korean monk, who is also a tea master, and asked him whether he could explain the concept of “tea person (Cha’ren).” I had been wondering about the concept for a long while. The Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans…
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I find myself thinking about gratitude. So I wrote a tea meditation for my Thanksgiving article.
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While writing and subsequently editing each day, I place my laptop atop of the chaxi and crowd a gaiwan…
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