SweetPersimmon

As the days get warmer, the kettle begins to make its journey from the sunken winter hearth back up to the summer brazier.   About mid-March...

Many tea utensils and fabrics have recurring traditional designs and motifs that you can learn to recognize.  You see them also on kimono, s...

I was fortunate enough to host a guest from Oslo, Norway for tea in my tea room in Portland this week.  We had a very nice visit and he boug...

I've added an audio broadcast of Public Radio 360's "No Time for Tea," by Jennifer Lawton in the left hand column of this ...

For the introduction to chado class, we viewed a video the other night called, " Dream Window, Reflections on the Japanese Garden . If...