Tea Arts 茶藝

http://www.aictea.it/Benvenuti.html AICTEA Associazione Italiana Cultura del T? ●一之源 茶者，南方之嘉木也，一尺二尺，乃至?十尺。其巴山?川有?人合抱者，伐而掇之，其?如瓜?，?如?子，花如白?薇，?如栟?，?如丁香，根如胡桃。其字或?草，或?木，或草木并。其名一曰茶，二曰?，三曰 ，四曰茗，五曰荈。其地：上者生?石，中者生?壤，下者生?土。凡?而不?，植而罕茂，法如种瓜，三?可采。野者上，?者次；?崖?林紫者上，?者次；?者上，牙者次；?卷上，?舒次。?山坡谷者不堪采掇，性凝?，?瘕疾。茶之?用，味至寒，??最宜精行?德之人，若?渴、凝?、?疼、目?、四支?、百?不舒，聊四五啜，与醍醐、甘露抗衡也。采不?，造不精，?以卉，莽?之成疾，茶?累也。亦?人?，上者生上党，中者生百?、新?，下者生高?。有生?州、易州、幽州、檀州者，???效，?非此者！?服? ，使六疾不瘳。知人??累，?茶累?矣。

Livio sent this to me but I did not post it in Sep. Opps!! sorry. from our friend Livio he wrote, ""While here I organized some activities. You can see and download the photos on: www.pbase.com/aictea0906 The seminars and the Wu-Wo training have been quite successfull. The participants were all professional tea vendors and amateurs coming from different places in Italy."" here is some info for his site... ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA CULTURA DEL TE' Italian Tea Culture Association Attivit? settembre 2006 - September 2006 Activities Associazione Italiana Cultura del T? Via Luigi Rizzo 1 - 36100 Vicenza www.aictea.it (sito in costruzione)

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