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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

Hanging the chakin on a tsutsu chawan to make it easier picking up the end.

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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

 

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