I met a Korean monk, who is also a tea master, and asked him whether he could explain the concept of “tea person (Cha’ren).” I had been wondering about the concept for a long while. The Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans… Continue reading
The Japanese word Chado is similar to the Chinese word Cha Dao. In fact, given their history and contemporary meaning, the two words are essentially the same… Continue reading
When most practitioners think about tea culture, they think about the word “Cha Dao (茶道).” More specifically, when they think about tea culture pertaining to particular countries, they think of Chinese “tea art,” the… Continue reading