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 103 – Roji
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Host
- Aaron
- Adam
- Marius
- Ula
Topic – Roji
Poem 71.
Place the alcove hook to suspend a flower vase at a height around:
3 shaku 3 sun 5 bu – let this precedent guide you
花入の折釘うつは地敷居より
三尺三寸五分餘もあり
hanaire no orikugi utsu wa jishikii yori san shaku san sun go bu amari mo ari
Info referenced:
Japanese Tea Garden (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2Yld6uh
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TeaLife Audio – Episode 073 – Nakaoki
Hosts:
– Adam
– Marius
– Damian
– Anthony
Poem:
餘所などに花を贈らば、其の花は開き過ぎしを遣らぬ物也
yoso nado ni hana wo okuraba, sono hana wa hiraki sugishi wo yaranu mono nari
Flowers in full bloom;
An unwelcome gift to the
Host of chanoyu –
How should one hide their distaste
When the alcove is wilting?
Main Topic: Nakaoki
Information referenced:
The one Taste of Truth: Zen and the Art of Drinking Tea
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TeaLife Audio – Episode 071 – Keeping records
Hosts
– Adam
– Marius
– Anthony
Poem
水指に手桶出さば、手は橫に、前の蓋取り先に重ねよ
mizusashi ni toke daseba, te wa yoko ni, mae no futa tori saki ni kasane yo
Should a teoke
Be used for the water jar
Orientate the
Handle side-to-side and rest
The front lid on the far lid
Main topic – Keeping records