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Summer sweets workshop
This Saturday, May 25th is the summer sweets workshop
It will take place at Issoan Tea School, 17761 NW Marylhurst Ct. Portland, OR 97229
From 1 -3 pm, cost is $25. All recipes, ingredients and molds provided. Bring apron and container to take home your sweets.
We will be making mizu yokan, kudzu yaki and …
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Midorikai notes
My very good friend from Seattle has just started his year at Miorikai. For the first month he is posting nearly everyday. For those of you curious about study in Japan at the heart of the Urasenke school, he is quite articulate.
Unlike me, Philip has spent time in Japan going to University, he has …
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From the archives
Last month was a very busy month with demonstrations, new classes, workshops and other things going.on. You will hear about them in later posts but for now, here is my inspiration for a tea sweet I made. It is a tsubaki (camellia) from my yard. Picture of the tea sweet appears at the end of …
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Next year’s Sakura mochi
The delicious sweet we have in April called Sakura mochi is composed of a bean paste and sweet sticky rice wrapped with a pickled cherry leaf. We enjoy it while the Sakura cherry trees are blooming. The interesting thing is that the Sakura blooms before there are leaves on the tree. After the petals have …
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New Class: Beginning Chado
As an instructor of Chado, I am continually thinking of ways to pass on what I have learned and instill in my students the enthusiasm and joy that I feel in the way of tea. Being connected to the rich history of chado and honoring all of the efforts my own teachers have invested in …
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