Soon after completing my post, Depictions of Tea in Art, last November, in which I mentioned my favorite painter, Johannes Vermeer, I resumed my journey examining this Dutch master’s work up close and in person… Continue reading
On a business trip recently, I went with my colleagues to a fantastic little coffee shop in Silicon Valley called Chromatic Coffee. My colleagues were very excited about the way they grind, brew, and pour the coffee… Continue reading
I have been so tired. At tea lessons, I fall asleep while pouring tea. At home, my once meditative tea ritual has been reduced to popping a tea bag into the largest mug I can find and getting a catnap while waiting for the water to boil… Continue reading
Recently I sent some tea samples to one of my favorite restaurants here in Los Angeles. Cafe Gratitude is a vegan restaurant that originally started in the San Francisco Bay area about eight years ago. They only sprouted… Continue reading
Few things can distract residents of the Washington, DC area and attract throngs of tourists like the arrival of the cherry blossoms. Surrounding the Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial and in other residential communities… Continue reading
It has been twenty years since I first became obsessed with Chinese tea and it has not lost any of its magic pull for me throughout the years. In fact, I am probably even more obsessed today than I was twenty years… Continue reading