We live in a time of Corona Virus. To protect everyone’s health, Issoan Tea School will be on hiatus until further notice.
Please be good to each other, take care of your health and the health of everyone around you. Take time to practice self-care. Go for walks. Read. Clean out your closets. Write letters. …
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There is a time in temae, the tea procedure, where the first guest asks the host to haiken the utensils. Haiken means to look closely with appreciation. The etiquette for haiken is to first say “osaki ni” to the next guest before placing the utensil in front of you. First, look at the overall shape …
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Four poets gathered at Issoan on New Year’s Day 2020. It was a day filled with poetry, food, tea, sweets and incense. Each poet in turn composed a stanza of linked verse to complete a poem of 24 links.
The format of the poem was a list of 24 topics dedicated to the four seasons. …
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Here we are at the winter solstice of 2019. Right now the Pacific Northwest is experiencing a category 3 Or 4 Atmospheric River described as a long, narrow plume of tropical moisture carrying intense rainfall across the atmosphere like a river in the sky. “These columns of …
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After the gathering, after guests have left, and the helpers have been served there is the clean-up. All of the dogu is cleaned, the fire has been picked and the kettle returned to dry. If the gathering has taken place at a rented venue, everything needs to be packed up and loaded in the car …
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