Tea Life Audio
Tea Life Audio is a podcast about Japanese Tea Ceremony and related arts. This is a round table show, with an open discussion about Tea. The show has three hosts who have several decades of combined experience with Tea ceremony.
Each episode follows a similar structure of: Announcements, Banter, Anecdote, and Main Tea topic.
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Lates blog posts
TeaLife Audio – Episode 132 – Value of Tea
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Hosts
- Adam
- Anthony
- Marius
Topic – Value of Tea
Poem 90
稽古とは一より習い十を知れ、十より歸る元の其の一
keiko to wa ichi yori narai jyū wo shire, jyū yori kaeru moto no sono ichi
Practice starts from ‘1’ And continues through to ’10’ Each step is learnt well Before returning to ‘1’ Where new understanding lies
TeaLife Audio – EP 131 – Margie and Teaching
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Host
- Adam
- Anthony
- Marius
Guest
- Margie Yap – margie@issoantea.com
Topic – Magie and teaching
Poem #89.
掛物や花を拝見する時は三尺ほどは座をよけてみよ
kakemono ya hana wo haiken suru toki wa san shaku hodo wa za wo yokete miyo
When viewing flowers or scrolls in a space for tea Appreciate from a distance of three shaku: this is where your seat ought to be
Information referenced
TeaLife Audio – Ep 130 – Sumi
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Hosts
- Adam
- Anthony
- Kyle
- Marus
Topic – Sumi
Poem #88
When displaying a wicker flower vase in the alcove space,
It sits directly on the floor with no board under its base
床の上に籠花入を置く時は薄板などはしかぬものなり
toko no ue ni kago hana-ire o oku toki wa usuita nado wa shikanu mono nari
Information Referenced
Kyles sumi supplier: https://www.instagram.