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 51 – In the Tea Room
Hosts
- Aaron
- Marius
Guest
- Ula
Poem:
炭つがば五徳はさむな十文字縁をきらすな釣合をみよ
If you are laying charcoal, do not have the pieces flank the tripod or lay them in a cross pattern or have gaps between them, but observe the overall balance.
Information Referenced
TeaLife Audio – Episode 50 – Modernizing Chaji
Hosts
– Marius
– Anthony
Guest
– Adam
Poem:
Kyaku ni nari sumi tsugu naraba sono tabi ni
takimono nado wa kubenu koto nari
客になり炭つぐならばそのたびに
薫物などはくべぬことなり
If you are to lay charcoal as a guest, on that occasion you should not add incense and such to the
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TeaLife Audio – Episode 49 – Oribe
Hosts
– Marius
– Anthony
Guest
– Adam
Poem:
Sumi oku wa tatoe narai ni somuku tomo
yu no yoku tagiru sumi wa sumi nari
炭置くはたとへ習ひにそむくとも
湯のよくたぎる炭は炭なり
Even though the charcoal placement may be contrary to the way it is taught, charcoal that brings the hot water to a good boil is charcoal.
Main Topic: Oribe
Information referenced:
- Adam doing tea in Gana: https://vimeo.com/187901940
- Photo gallery http://tealife.audio/episode-49-gallery/
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