Chado blogi — English

Pouring a cup for an unseen friend

30. august 2015 • Chado Teepood • English • Teemõtisklused

Recently, I wrote about the joys of drinking tea in nature. Recently, when I re-read it to post it on our teashop’s website, it inspired me to take advantage of what I knew might be among the last sunny, warm-ish days left of the year...

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Fresh air tea

29. september 2011 • Chado Teepood • English • Tee valmistamine • Teemõtisklused

It was a summer of digging deep, not always liking what was found or felt but ultimately feeling lighter for having several unneeded layers lifted – and chiseled away. My only true and constant companion throughout was tea. And my deepest tea sessions, indeed among the most fantastic of my life, all took place… outdoors...

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In the 'tea zone'

28. august 2011 • Chado Teepood • English • Tee jutukonkurss

My favourite moment in a tea ceremony is what I call ‘the switch’ – the moment when ‘it’ has arrived. The magic. You can almost feel it in the air when it starts...

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Why I keep pouring

15. august 2011 • Chado Teepood • English • Tee jutukonkurss

I put the kettle on. As I listen to the familiar rustling sound of the water kettle, I remember how one time, while waiting in quiet for the water to boil, I asked a tea-friend of mine, if there was something going on with the kettle, because the sound was different from usual. “No,” he replied, “we got the water from another spring this time..."

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