I was honoured again to help my friend Aaron Fisher and his amazing group of writers preparing the third installment of his free online tea magazine The Leaf.
There are many aspects that set this magazine apart from regular publications (online and offline) about the subject of tea, but one of the most important ones to […]
The term wabi sabi describes a philosophical concept essential to Japanese art. The term is often used in its original Japanese form since there is no adequate English translation.
In an aesthetic sense, the concept of wabi sabi generally refers to the beauty of simplicity, imperfection, asymmetry, etc. But the concept can be applied to all […]
When I woke up this morning, I was greeted by a beautiful white blanket of snow covering our garden. It is always amazing to me, how much something as simple as snow can transform our familiar surroundings into something so peaceful and wondrous.
After returning from a beautiful, but ultimately cold and rather wet walk with […]
In the list of the 10 most famous Chinese teas, Bi Luo Chun (sometimes spelled Pi Lo Chun, or 碧螺春 in Chinese) is listed on the second position. While it is one of the most highly regarded green teas in China, very few Kiwis have ever even heard of it.
Unfortunately so, since this is a […]