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The 19 Areas of Yixing & The 3 Types of Yixing Clay

NOTE: this post is out of date. Those Interested in Yixing Teapots are suggested to read An Introduction to the Art & Science of Chinese Tea Ceremony: Yixing Teapots – Knowledge, Connoisseurship, and Technique It has been known as late as the Ming Dynasty that tea was most suitably brewed in

I’m Back

Namaste friends, romans, 茶人, & countrymen! It has been far too long, with far too little tea and tea related adventures since I last posted. But the wait is over. After this most successful event, the 2015 Yixing Teapot Exhibition, hosted by the Tea Institute at Penn State, I feel

Chou Zhou Tea Exhibition hosted by the Tea Institute at Penn State

The Tea Institute at Penn State is honored to be hosting Tea Master Teaparker, Pallina Chan, and Stephane Erler for the Chouzhou Tea Exhibition from April 24th – 27th. All our events are free and open to the public, and we would love to share some of our rarest teas with

Guest Post – A tea poem by Jonathon Ready

Guest Post by Jonathan Ready: I was sitting in her tea house. My breaths came harder every time. The air was thick with the steam from the boiling kettles. Drip Drip Drip the water runs off my nose falling on the Tatami mats. FFFF exhale, FFFF exhale, humidity coating my

The Telos of Teaware

This is a draft section of my upcoming book “An introduction to the art and Science of Chinese Tea Ceremony”. Please help improve it with your comments, suggestions, and hate mail! What is the goal of teaware? To what end does it exist for? Was that decided by the maker

Changes in tempo, changes in lifestyle.

It’s been 4 months since I have written on tea – 4 months since I have written for my book; far too long in my opinion. 2 ½ years ago I started a company, Analytical Flavor Systems, based on my research at the Tea Institute at Penn State. It’s a

Beauty, wares, and GongFu

This is a draft section of my upcoming book “An introduction to the art and Science of Chinese Tea Ceremony”. Please help improve it with your comments, suggestions, and hate mail! The implications for beauty in its application and utility for tea ceremony render a different understanding to the artisan

Anthropology of Chinese Tea Ceremony – Part 1

This is a draft section of my upcoming book “An introduction to the art and Science of Chinese Tea Ceremony”. Please help improve it with your comments, suggestions, and hate mail! Anthropology is the study of human culture throughout time, a large topic that can be studied through many vantage

Pu’er Tea Exhibition

The Tea Institute at Penn State is hosting the Pu’er Tea Exhibition with Tea Master Tea Parker and Tea Specialist Stephane Erler from April 11th – 14th. All events are free and open to the public! Click here to see the schedule of events: Puer Tea Exhibition PUBLIC EVENT SCHEDULE

This is not a poem – Guest Post

Guest post by Emily Huang: Slowly the leaves are standing up, That means i’ll have good luck! Bowls, leaves and stems. Calm, still and quiet. Happy chinese new year! The snake is awake, Coming from some tea, Bringing luck to everyone.