Gongfu Girl is on vacation. She hopes you will enjoy this excerpt from Tea Life, Tea Mind by Soshitsu Sen XV. “Purity” through the simple act of cleaning, is an important part of a tea gathering – in the preparation beforehand, the actual service of tea, and, after the guests have left, the storing away [...]
Gongfu Girl is on vacation. She hopes you will enjoy this excerpt from Tea Life, Tea Mind by Soshitsu Sen XV. “Respect” is the sincerity of heart that liberates us for an open relationship with the immediate environment, our fellow human beings, and nature, while recognizing that innate dignity of each. Respect gives structure to [...]
Gongfu Girl is on vacation. She hopes you will enjoy this excerpt from Tea Life, Tea Mind by Soshitsu Sen XV. “Harmony” is the result of the interaction of the host and guest, the food served, and the utensils used with the flowing rhythms of nature. It reflects both the evanescence of all things and [...]
Gongfu Girl is on vacation. She hopes you will enjoy this excerpt from Tea Life, Tea Mind by Soshitsu Sen XV. A monk once asked his master, “No matter what lies ahead, what is the Way?” The master quickly replied, “The Way is your daily life.” This concept is at the very center of the [...]
My mental tea queue was interrupted yesterday when my husband returned home from a business trip to Boston bearing gifts from Tealuxe, which is a wholesale and retail tea store in Harvard Square. He found a nice gift box with a glass mug, an infuser ball, and a 50-gram blue tin (as seen in the [...]
As I’ve said before, I will be gone on vacation from August 24 to September 6, and there is no way for me to make tea updates from Black Rock City. Thanks to the power of post-dated entries, I plan on writing excerpts from the book I’m currently reading: Tea Life, Tea Mind by Soshitsu [...]
Most would be surprised to hear that a warm summer rain in Seattle is a rare thing, but summers are often mild and dry here. I am a huge fan of enjoying a little precipitation while wearing shorts, sandals and a tank top. Since I am stuck in the office, left to watch the rain [...]
I stocked up on tea this week, and I’m eager to report on something new. I got a couple different varieties of Zhena’s Gypsy Tea, and today I’m trying Grand Green. It’s a Moroccan mint blend of green tea, mint, and a bit of stevia, which still cannot be legally listed as a sweetener, so [...]
