This summer we have been fortunate to be able to burn charcoal and do sumidemae. We can’t make tea if the charcoal doesn’t boil the water. For some reason, the water boiled with charcoal tastes better, sounds better and the steam is more consistently fluffy and pretty.
Of course, it all begins with the haigata …
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We have been talking about poetic names and the sounds of the Japanese summer. The Japanese cicada or semi are a ubiquitous part of the soundscape in summer. Different species, I guess hatch at different times so there are different songs throughout the summer.
I remember trying to fall asleep in Kyoto and the semi …
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Itoya Kinran
Date: Sunday, August 12, 1-3 pm Where: Issoan Tea School 17761 NW Marylhurst Ct. Portland, OR 97229 Make reservations by Friday August 10, 5 pm. 503-645-7058 Fee: $10
We are lucky to have talented students at Issoan. This Saturday August 12 there will be a kobukusa making workshop from …
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Hello fellow Tea Lovers! It’s Karla and I apologize for my long absence from the blog. I recently completed my Masters in Teaching and have been busy, busy, busy with school, student teaching and a continuing job search. Here is a lovely picture of what Oregon looks like when the sun is coming through the …
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A wonderful day of tea Saturday at the Issoan Tea School. Students celebrated the Star Festival with a chakai put on the advanced class who invited the new students who had never attended a chakai before.
We went through the planning process from choosing a theme, utensils, poetic names, hand made invitations to making sweets.
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