SweetPersimmon

The rain has started here in the Pacific Northwest and preparations are underway for Robiraki, one of the big tea events of the year.   We w...

My construction manager assures me that I will like it when it is finished.  Whenever there are renovations, we just have to live in the mes...

We have been doing several chanoyu presentations lately.  When students make tea in front of an audience, I am usually talking and explainin...

My good friends Chuck and Heather have opened their tea shop in Portland, Oregon.   They have been in business for a number of years as whol...

I want to acknowledge and thank Janelle for her donation to Issoan Tea School.   A box arrived the other day that contained 3 kimono (summer...