As part of T Ching’s quest to turn teens on to tea, a matcha tasting was scheduled for Thursday, January 17, at noon at the local high school. Eleven students signed up; eleven invitations were sent; and seventeen eager teenagers showed up.
Never dismayed by variations from routine, Sandy and Michelle calmly set up their collection [...]

I want to remind all novices about the simplicity of brewing tea. I typically find that new comers to tea feel a bit overwhelmed by the process and I’d like to demystify it. Here’s the abridged version for the formula W+3T to the perfect cup.
W = water. If you don’t use good [...]

The ship, a fragment detached from the earth, went on lonely and swift like a small planet.
-Joseph Conrad [...]

Five miles of hiking uphill would land you at the cabin I was raised in. Water came from a hand pump, light from a kerosene lantern, heat from a wood cook stove, milk from a series of goats - always inexplicably named “Billie,” and fresh greens from our garden. [...]

Dan Chiu was an Immortal
Who cared nothing for rich foods.
But, after picking some tea & drinking it,
he sprouted wings,
And flew to the Abode of The Immortals,
To escape life’s emptiness.
Now he lives among the clouds
In a palace unknown to humans.
His tea is brewed in a golden teapot
By a young immortal who lives
Upon a peak amidst [...]