Tea and Buddhism
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From Tibet to Japan, tea is inextricably associated with Buddhism. As monks were not allowed to eat during their meditation, tea was found to be a excellent beverage for staying alert during the long silent hours of meditation. Especially with Chan or Zen (禅) Buddhism, tea became a strong component…
Tea eggs 茶葉蛋
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A simple but delicious recipe is hard boiled eggs cooked in tea. None of the quantities are exact and you may vary the recipe as you wish.
Hard boil eggs (7 minutes) and lightly tap each one on a hard surface so that the shells develop a maze of cracks…
Japanese Teas
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Categories: Tea Green
Japanese teas are now more popular and well-known internationally than they were ten or twenty years ago. People who frequent sushi restaurants are probably familiar with sencha (煎茶), which has a distinct scent and a rich, grassy flavour. Some might find it astringent or even bitter, as sencha, in many…
Rules of Thumb
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There is an old English rule of thumb for making tea in a teapot, “One for you, one for me, and one for the pot”. It is true that when making tea in a large pot, one needs a bit more tea than the sum of the cups to be…
King of Tea
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Categories: Tea Da Hong Pao
The Taiwanese tea company, Tenren, maintain a line of teas called Cháwáng 茶王 or “King tea”. These are ginseng-flavoured teas and the word “King” is used to mark them out as being worthy of particular attention: the 913 King’s tea is TenRen’s best selling tea, but it has no…
Treatise on Tea
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The Song Dynasty emperor Huizong (徽宗) is a historical figure viewed with rather mixed feelings. He was unmistakably a bad emperor, implementing disastrous foreign policies, putting his trust in corrupt officials and ignored the needs of the imperial military. His rather tragic fate in the end was largely his fault,…
More On Indian Tea
Tea originated in China and reached Japan between the 6th and 8th centuries, spreading to Tibet and the rest of Indochina soon afterwards. When the Chinese Embassy of Zhènghé 鄭和 visited Bengal in 1406, they were therefore surprised to discover that the court offered its guests betel nuts instead of…
Saint Of Tea
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The Book of Tea (Lu Yü‘s 茶经 Cha Jing, or literally Tea Sutra, not Kakuzo Okakura’s excellent book of the same name) begins “茶者， 南方之嘉木也， 一尺， 二尺， 乃至数十尺。” Roughly translated it means “Tea is from the south, of Jia Mu area. It can grow to 1 foot, 2 feet, or…
