In many Asian countries, the annual ritual of spring cleaning is carried out during the Lunar New Year holiday. After moving to the States, my family found Thanksgiving weekend most suitable for observing this tradition… Continue reading
I’d like to share with you the separation anxiety I am suffering through. It is not because of my separation from a loved one, from the place I called home for the last five years, or from working at Rishi, but rather from my stash of tea and beloved teapots! … Continue reading
The China Modern: Designing Popular Culture 1910-1970 exhibit, through February 6, 2011 at Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California, showcases several tea-related items. There are two teapots, both of which were manufactured in the 1980s in China and uninspiringly named Blue Teapot and Cloudy White Teapot, respectively. Their designs are … Continue reading
As most regular readers know, I’m a huge fan of Dr. Andrew Weil – the Father of Complementary Medicine. I saw him on the Dr. Oz show a few weeks ago and, once again, he mentioned the addition of tea to a healthy diet. Today I came across his daily … Continue reading
Art. Tea. Is there a connection? Surely tea is an art, especially when one looks at the elaborate traditional tea rituals some cultures have. But can art relate to tea? Most definitely.Most people are familiar with some of the more obvious examples of tea-related art. Tea pots and cups (especially … Continue reading
Is it just me, or can you feel Fall In The Air? The 105 degrees – and CLIMBING – air. It’s only been a week since we drove my daughter back to college and already I see kids sweating in their new back-to-school turtlenecks and I’m buying Halloween decorations. Maybe ghouls are on … Continue reading