SweetPersimmon

I'd like to introduce to you a guest blogger, Stephanie.  She is a student and has been studying for more than 2 1/2 years.  Earlier thi...

Some of my newer students are learning a new temae or procedure for making tea.   One of them said that we haven't spent enough time o...

As we change to the furo season it is always good to be reminded of okeiko guidelines.  Yes, I do remember going over these when I first sta...

"One learns by looking and studying.  Without understanding completely, one cannot criticize."   ~ from the 100 poems of Rikyu ...

The students are currently studying chabako (traveling tea box) in preparation for Hanami,or flower viewing. This month the Sakura or cherr...

One of the great lessons that I learned during my 25 years of tea studies is the importance of self-discipline. I think it is one of those ...

In my study of Chado, I have had some very strict sensei. They would watch me make tea and pick apart everything from how I wore my kimon...

In Japanese, sempai is the word for senior students. Kohai is the word for junior students. For many people who have not grown up with the...