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Tea space thrives with daily nurturing

Tea space thrives with daily nurturing

Tea space, like a living entity, thrives with daily nurturing.    A tea space is more than just a physical setting for drinking tea; it is a living entity, shaped...

Tea space thrives with daily nurturing

Tea space, like a living entity, thrives with daily nurturing.    A tea space is more than just a physical setting for drinking tea; it is a living entity, shaped...

Creating a Tea Space

Creating a Tea Space

One summer’s day in 2017, when I was living and serving at Tea Sage Hut in Taiwan, we were expecting a visit from a master who made Yixing kettles for...

Creating a Tea Space

One summer’s day in 2017, when I was living and serving at Tea Sage Hut in Taiwan, we were expecting a visit from a master who made Yixing kettles for...

A Guide to Chabu: Choosing the Perfect Tea Runner

A Guide to Chabu: Choosing the Perfect Tea Runner

What is a Chabu? A chabu is a fabric that would serve as a colorful background, base and basis for the upcoming tea day. While it’s often a cloth runner,...

A Guide to Chabu: Choosing the Perfect Tea Runner

What is a Chabu? A chabu is a fabric that would serve as a colorful background, base and basis for the upcoming tea day. While it’s often a cloth runner,...

Upcycling Kimono and Obi

Upcycling Kimono and Obi

The Japanese have a phrase, mottainai もったいない, conveying a sense of regret over waste, or to state that one does not deserve something because it is too good. Japanese environmentalists...

Upcycling Kimono and Obi

The Japanese have a phrase, mottainai もったいない, conveying a sense of regret over waste, or to state that one does not deserve something because it is too good. Japanese environmentalists...

The Foundations of Chaxi

The Foundations of Chaxi

When we pay attention, whatever we are doing... is transformed and becomes a part of our spiritual path. We begin to notice details and textures that we never noticed before....

The Foundations of Chaxi

When we pay attention, whatever we are doing... is transformed and becomes a part of our spiritual path. We begin to notice details and textures that we never noticed before....

Tea Travels

Tea Travels

In this article Liva Olina discusses how and why she started bringing tea with her when she traveled for work, which continued even during the pandemic. There are a lot of...

Tea Travels

In this article Liva Olina discusses how and why she started bringing tea with her when she traveled for work, which continued even during the pandemic. There are a lot of...