Art and Tea: The Role of Aesthetics in the Tea Ceremony By A.D.Fisher July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets There you will find some, suggestions for how to better appreciate your teas. They are just recommendations. In the end, everyone must choose how to enjoy his or her own...
TEA-SERVING ETIQUETTES July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets 1.New acquaintances etiquette Ceremonial acts in teaism include bowing, stretching out the hands, and other culturally symbolic acts. Taeteaites have created their own tea-serving etiquettes, including bowing, hand-stretching, and other...
SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR TEAIST July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets 1.Handling the Teapot The Eight Teachings of the TAETEA System features delicate, graceful and elegant tea ware handling techniques. For instance, when setting down a utensil, the teaist should display...
POURING WATER INTO THE TEAPOT/TEA CUPS July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets When pouring water, keep the head and torso straight and the shoulders level, lift the arms and let the elbows settle. Look straight ahead and not aside. If the kettle...
DEMONSTRATION VERSION OF THE EIGHT TEACHINGS OF THE TAETEA SYSTEM OF CHADAO PRACTION July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets SECTION I INTRODUCTION About the Versions The Eight Teachings of the TAETEA System of Chadao Practice goes in two versions: a demonstration version and a learner's version The two versions...
CULTIVATION VERSION OF THE EIGHT TEACHINGS OF THE TAETEA SYSTEM OF CHADAO PRACTICE July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets SECTION I OVERVIEW I. About this version The essence of Chadao lies in comprehending the mysteries of the universe and the philosophy of life in the mundane routines of life....
COMMENTARY ON THE DEMONSTRATION VERSION OF THE EIGHT TEACHINGS OF THE TAETEA SYSTEM OF CHADAO PRACTICE July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets We can see the world from a cup of tea and mediate on the ups and downs of life by savoring it with an undisturbed heart. Drifting along like a...
Gong Fu Tea Brewing July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets Each issue we plan to offer one method of brewing Gong Fu tea by Gong Fu Tea Set. It isn't better than any other. After all, even the masters who...
Wistaria Cha Dao<br>Translated from a Wistaria Tea House Brochure<br>Artwork by A. D. Fisher July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets Wistaria tea culture is an evolving aesthetic, an enchanting art and a noble method of cultivating oneself. For those that come into contact with this culture and share in the...
An Elementary Introduction to the Qi of Tea<br>By Gao You Cheng July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets Lu Tong was a tea scholar in the Tang Dynasty. He has been called a "celestial harbinger of tea" for the depth and elegance his poetry conveys. It is obvious...
Chinese Cha Dao July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets China is the motherland of tea tree, the first nation that discovered, used, planted and commercially, produced tea. For Chinese people, drinking tea has a history longer than five thousand...
Chinese Cha Dao July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets China is the motherland of tea tree, the first nation that discovered, used, planted and commercially, produced tea. For Chinese people, drinking tea has a history longer than five thousand...