Life

A friend, a good friend, a conscientious friend knocked a teapot off my shelf. It wasn't rare, or expensive, or antique. It was, in fact, purposely flawed, part of a set I commissioned to study for the book on Yixing teapots. The set, now incomplete; the tea session

Or: Oops I did it again…. A few years ago I wrote about riding my motorcycle into the jungle of a small Javanese Sultanate by blindly following Google Maps… In theory, that experience should have prepared me for a future of skepticism and hesitancy whenever Google Maps recommends routes, or

Dear Readers, It has been quite some time since I’ve written to you personally. As I’ve written about in the past, a small team and I have been diligently working on a startup company, Analytical Flavor Systems. I’d like to update you on how things are going

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