Tea Arts 茶藝

- - - - - -(1) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -(2)- - - - - click on the two pictures for reading above. 蔡榮章 。瓊斯史迪芬 茶藝月刊陸羽茶藝中心工作報告 Written by:Tsai, Rong-Tsang & Steven R. Jones "Tea Culture Monthly" Lu-Yu Tea Culture Institute, Progress Report 11/01/06

We went back to the The Whole Leaf , Chinese Tea and Teaware, for some good tea with the partners, Carl E. Anderson III, Jonah A. Arter, Lambert J. Ninteman III, and us. Click here for some more

I didn’t know there was that much Asian Arts in the middle of Ocean Beach, San Diego CA, USA. This story first begins with a great bonsai. I was back home in American and shopping for a bonsai tree, found what seemed like a good place called the “San Diego Bonsai Company”, in Ocean Beach. So we took a drive, found it, walked in and YES, bonsai, great selection and great quality, it didn’t take me long to find the one for me. The owner Trevor C. Cornwell of the Bonsai shop told me to check out a teashop called "The Whole Leaf". Because we had to wait anyway for them to check and touchup the beautiful bonsai. So my wife Chang Li-Hsiang and I went up the street to the teashop. What a surprise, as I approached the store I looked in the window and seen a group of people sitting around drinking and brewing tea "Gongfu" style, (gong fu, kung fu, small teapot, skilled, classic, Chinese/Taiwan/Fujian) brewing methodolgy. I was shocked, what I mean is I have been in asian ar...

Stone Appreciation Stone and rock formations, natural, no artificial carvings at all. Sometimes they will be cut to stand flat, or maybe polished. All the colors of the rainbow are possible, colors should contrast each other. They can be colorful or very usually in stone color. Some times patterns form natural paintings of wonder. These natural marks can look like anything in world. From nature to the abstract. The size of a stone can be big and weigh hundreds of pounds or it can be less than a pound. The stone should have subtle color, subtle shape, subtle markings and patterns. It can look like landscape, like an animal, a person, etc. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It should look beautiful in texture, color, and shape. The stone should also be unique for its characteristics. The stone should not feel too dry. A stone might remind people of something. Or the stone might convey some spirit, which makes people feel or moves them in some way. The stone should be set stable on so...

How to Decaffeinate Tea Caffeine is highly soluble and is one of the first constituents of the tea leaf to be extracted in steeping. Usually 80 percent of tea’s caffeine content is released within the first 20 to 30 seconds of steeping. You can enjoy virtually caffeine free tea with small sacrifice of flavor, therefore, by discarding the water after the first 30 to 60 seconds of steeping and adding fresh hot (temperature depending on tea type) water to the now decaffeinated leaf. Remember too that tea has constituents which act to soothe and relax the body. These polyphenols only begin to dissolve after the third minute of steeping. And will be pretty fully extracted after five minutes. This longsteeped tea is the secret of bedtime tea some swear by as an aid to sleep. ------This article was reprinted from “New Tea Lover’s Treasury” by James Norwood Pratt. ------ My oppinion, Decaffeinate Tea. I would like to add that I would go about 15 to 30 with 20 seconds as an average. Remember mo...

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