I am not a student of Zen, but I am a student of tea, so anything in English that helps me understand the relationship of Zen to tea captures my interest. One of the overt examples of Zen in the tea room is the scroll displayed in the tokonoma. It is often a Zen saying. …
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Competency in the tea room
Some of my newer students are learning a new temae or procedure for making tea. One of them said that we haven’t spent enough time on it for her to feel competent. She only did it a few times before we changed to the Ro season and now she feels like she has to start …
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Catching up
As promised here are some of the other activities from this fall: (warning another image heavy post)
In October I went to the Northwest Tea Festival in Seattle. There were a lot of tea enthusiasts and presentations and tea tastings. While in Seattle we visited a few of the tea shops as well.
I was …
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Activities update at Issoan Tea
For my blog readers, I apologize for not posting. It seems like I do this periodically – get out of the habit of blogging and then let it go for a while. I will do better in the future.
Let’s see, we have been busy this summer. To begin with we have had a workshop …
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From the haigata workshop
It has been a long time since I have blogged, but we have been busy at Issoan Tea School.
Last month we had a haigata workshop, the forming of the ash for burning charcoal. The whole class was able to use the ash spoons to smooth the ash and do part of the form. Then …
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