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 29 – Kimono part II
Hosts:
– Marius
– Damien
– Naomi
– Anthony
Guest:
– Michelle
Poem #6
点前には弱みをすててただ強くされど風俗いやしきを去れ
“Temae ni wa yowami o sutete tada tsuyoku saredo fuzoku iyashiki o sare.”
(In temae, abandon your weaknesses and just be strong. However, refrain from being offensive in manner.)
Kimono
Please support our efforts to start a question and answer site:
– http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/95567/chanoyu-japanese-way-of-tea
– We made a short page describing what to do and why, you’ll find it at this link http://tealife.audio/questions-and-answer-site/
Information referenced:
– http://www.dryel.com
– Talikin’ Tea https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-tea/id927231965?mt=2
– Kimono controversy
— http://kimonoseikatsu.weebly.com/blog/views-of-kimono-wednesday-from-a-counter-protester
— http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/la-japonaise-camille-monet-in-japanese-costume-33556
TeaLife Audio – Episode 28 – Kimono Part I
Hosts:
– Marius
– Damian
– Naomi
– Anthony
Poem:上手にはすきと器用と功積むと
この三つそろふ人ぞ能くしる
Jozu ni wa suki to kiyo to ko tsumu to
Kono mitsu sorou hito zo yoku shiru
To become adept at something requires liking it, adroitness, and the accumulation of training. It is the person with all these three who will realize mastery.
Information referencesd:
– Ocha zanmai: http://tinyurl.com/ochazanma
– Mindset book: http://www.audible.com/pd/Self-Development/Mindset-Audiobook/B002V0QGLE
– Kimono Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLotXiStjsKPlKAv8DdpABoVydAi70X6BF&jct=9p0sF5mf0V0fsdlnnC2SDN5-i2qbyw
– Kimono web page: http://www.oldjapan.org/menskimono/index.html
TeaLife Audio – Episode 27 – Making your own utensils
Hosts:
– Aaron
– Marius
– Anthony
Poem #4
はぢをすて人に物とひ習ふべし是ぞ上手の基なりける
Haji o sute hito ni mono toi naraubeshi kore zo jozu no motoi narikeru.
(Sometimes a person may feel embarassed to ask questions. That embarassment should be set aside and questions asked.)
(One should abandon feelings of embarassment and ask people questions; this is the keystone to becoming adept.)
Main topic: Making your own utensils
Information referenced:
– Sweet stores in Kyoto: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zrODjcwtT-p8.kDH44qxhkqGU&msa=0
– Photos: http://tealife.audio/gallery-episode-27/