Tag: Mary Cotterman

The tea boat to China

The tea boat to China

by | Mar 17, 2015 | , , , , , , | 2 |

Today I sold my car. Tomorrow I’m going to pack up my house and put all my belongings in storage. At 9 AM the following day I’m going to get on a plane for Taiwan. I plan to spend several days there finding tea farms and teaware, and then take an actual boat across the Strait of Taiwan to mainland China.

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American Chinese teaware

American Chinese teaware

by | Sep 11, 2014 | , , , , | 1 |

The art of gong fu cha, the Chinese tea service, is generally practiced using a specialized tea set. Collectively called cha ju (or equipage by people who insist on using French), the instruments of gong fu cha encompass a whole spectrum of diminutive, elegant, precisely-crafted little bits and bobs.

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