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Haigata Workshop
A reminder to all students: Haigata workshop is Sunday July 7th at 10 am. Fee is $25. Next week in fact. Please let me know by Friday July 5. We will be learning about the different kinds of furo and their formality; about the different kinds of ash, how to prepare the furo: leveling the …
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Paring back to the essential
Temae, the procedure for making tea, to our American eyes, may seem overly complicated and rigid with rules. But these procedures have been refined for more than 400 years to be able to make a bowl of tea in the most efficient and beautiful way.
When we start to study temae, we start with …
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The seven types of chaji
As my classes are preparing to host a chakai this summer, I thought that I would talk a little about tea gatherings.
Chakai are rather informal tea gatherings. Sweets and usucha are usually served, and usually no meal is served at a chakai. I have been to chakai in Japan where there were hundreds of …
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The True way of tea
I talk to a lot of people about chado. It’s what I love and I love to talk about it. Often times the questions are predictible: How long does it take to study? Is there talking during the ceremony? Why do you turn the bowl?
Sometimes I will get a person who knows a little …
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Blogging Chanoyu
When I started blogging about Chanoyu six years ago, I didn’t know anyone else was writing about the way of tea. But I have discovered or been referred to a number of blogs that has enriched my own study of Chado.
There are a few recent ones that I’d like to call your attention to:
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