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Peace of mind and the Japanese Tea Ceremony

Peace of mind and the Japanese Tea Ceremony

I was invited by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to run a tea ceremony workshop for them in London. It was as part of their tourism campaign to promote travel to...

Peace of mind and the Japanese Tea Ceremony

I was invited by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to run a tea ceremony workshop for them in London. It was as part of their tourism campaign to promote travel to...

New Year and new good fortune teas

New Year and new good fortune teas

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season! I know some of you work for A&E and other frontline services, so I hope you all had some time for a...

New Year and new good fortune teas

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season! I know some of you work for A&E and other frontline services, so I hope you all had some time for a...

Haiku

Haiku

Have your heard of Haiku? It’s a form of Japanese poetry and only uses 17 syllables. In Japanese, the rhythm of the haiku is important and so it should consist...

Haiku

Have your heard of Haiku? It’s a form of Japanese poetry and only uses 17 syllables. In Japanese, the rhythm of the haiku is important and so it should consist...

Sweets and Matcha / Green Tea

Sweets and Matcha / Green Tea

In Japanese cha is tea. So, we call our teas hojicha, sencha, genmaicha etc. In the matcha world we have koicha (strong tea) and usucha (weak tea). For matcha latte...

Sweets and Matcha / Green Tea

In Japanese cha is tea. So, we call our teas hojicha, sencha, genmaicha etc. In the matcha world we have koicha (strong tea) and usucha (weak tea). For matcha latte...

Nuitsugi Mending Workshop and Tea Pots from Tokoname

Nuitsugi Mending Workshop and Tea Pots from Tok...

We are delighted to invited the California based Japanese artist Maki Aizawa to run her Nuitsugi Mending Workshop (using Boro and Sashiko techiniques) on 22nd October. Maki’s parents used to...

Nuitsugi Mending Workshop and Tea Pots from Tok...

We are delighted to invited the California based Japanese artist Maki Aizawa to run her Nuitsugi Mending Workshop (using Boro and Sashiko techiniques) on 22nd October. Maki’s parents used to...

Green Tea, Genmaicha, Hojicha and Iribancha

Green Tea, Genmaicha, Hojicha and Iribancha

As the weather is now much colder, it’s nice and warming to have a cup of tea! We have a large variety of matcha and green tea. I thought today,...

Green Tea, Genmaicha, Hojicha and Iribancha

As the weather is now much colder, it’s nice and warming to have a cup of tea! We have a large variety of matcha and green tea. I thought today,...