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.
If you have any comments about our show or a given episode please go to our forum and leave a comment.
Lates blog posts
TeaLife Audio – Episode 96 – When to invite
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Host
– Adam
– Marius
– Anthony
Poem
64. いにしへは名物などの香合へ直ちにたきもの入れぬとぞきく
inishie wa meibutsu nado no kōgō e tadachi ni takimono irenu to zo kiku
I hear in the past
a precious incense holder
was treated sacredly;
Even incense was not placed
in the vessel directly
Main Topic
when to start doing tea for others and when to do you first tea for your teacher.
TeaLife Audio – Episode 95 – Temae Video
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Host
– Adam
– Marius
– Anthony
Main Topic – Temae Video
– Adams videos for Ueda Ryu – https://www.uedasokochanoyu.com/videos/
– Marius videos for Urasenke – https://chanoyu.world/temae/
Information referenced
– Facebook Group for Tea Bowl Collectors https://www.facebook.com/groups/teabowls/
– Video about chawan requirements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUDzdjk5Mqs&fbclid=IwAR1SmlIl8rYpTky3a_gPISpFapr5WLm6OnrwN242MnEcqEw_lpLAcF-n86g
Naka Oki Mizusashi Placement
This video is explained in episode 95 of TeaLife Audio: https://tealife.audio/tealife-audio-episode-95-temae-video/
TeaLife Audio – Episode 94 – Enshu Ryu
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Host
– Adam
Guests
– Tyas Sōsen
– Marc-Antoine
Poem
L’homme fut sûrement le vœu le plus fou des ténèbres; c’est pourquoi nous sommes ténébreux, envieux et fous sous le puissant soleil.
– René Char
Man was surely the maddest vow of the shadows; that’s why we are shadowy, envious and mad under the powerful sun.
Main Topic – Enshu Ryu
Information Referenced
村雨 ‘Murasame’ chawan by Honami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦 photo
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/torublo/imgs/1/2/129206cb.jpg
Kobori Sōshō cleaning vid
https://youtu.be/Ek4DP0oRSgU
Tyas’ Tea Crane website
https://www.the-tea-crane.com/
Kyoto tea experience link
https://www.tea-ceremony-kyoto.com/workshop
Enshu Ryu articles
https://kuir.jm.kansai-u.ac.jp/dspace/browse?type=author&value=A.%20Stephen%2C%20Gibbs