I drink a lot of tea, and I spend a fair bit of time learning the craft of making tea, learning The Way of Tea. Tea has led me more broadly in to the cultures and histories of China, Japan, and India, and a world of art and writing and philosophy whose existence can be attributed to the plant. Tea lead me to Zen and Buddhism when I was ready to be led, and has helped me find a lot of peace in my life. It's brought me closer to friends and family.
I have a particular fondness for green teas, Japanese teas, Sencha. I am a member of the Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm, which grows and processes single-farmer crops of various Japanese green teas and am lucky enough to have a steady supply of wonderful teas from them. I am Growing and Processing Tea and have a Hypergoal to some day Open a Tea Shop. I shop at Floating Leaves Tea in Ballard to get my Oolong Tea.
Sharing tea with people is a passion which I don't get to fulfill enough. I have a fairly extensive tea collection and enjoy sharing it widely friends and acquaintances. If you want to share tea with me, contact me.
Tea Practice is where I document some of my tea sessions, the times when I focus my craft, when I seek to improve myself more directly than simple repetition can get me.
Some thoughts and practice around this:
Check the backlinks and the Archive.
Teas I've Drank
Some Obubu Teas I've Drank
Miro Tea Kabusecha
Before I got to 2021 Metris Camper Trip I ran out of Kyoto Obubu Kabusecha. I saw Miro Tea had a kabusecha and I picked it up. The fellow at the register told me it was one of the best teas I could get, and I told him I'd hold him to it. Well, it's a fine tea, but it's no Kyoto Obubu Kabusecha. Smaller leaf and cleaner process, but less bright and less sweet. alas
Miro Chocolate Bar Pu'er Tea
A Pu'er/Dark Tea that I got in Ballard. it is pressed like a chocolate bar so that it's easy to break servings off of it