What an exciting day to serve high quality Gyokuro (Jade Dew Green Tea) to more than 100 people who are just so curious about green tea. Gyokuro and Matcha are […]
Japanese Old School Way to Learn – Matcha Tea
Japanese has its own way of old school teaching and learning, especially when it comes to the tradition. Learning Chanoyu is definitely in the category. The first step is to […]
Celebrate Japanese Girls Day with Tea
March 3 is the Japanese Girls Day. This day is to wish girls to grow healthy. We start decorating home with traditional Japanese dolls in February. This year, I arranged […]
What is Chanoyu
Chanoyu is to prepare and serve Japanese Matcha tea to guests in the carefully defined manner. The style, most people are familiar with, was developed around 16th century by Sen-no-Rikyu in […]
Chanoyu Tea with Artist (Zadik Zadikian)
I visited Zadik Zadikian, Los Angeles based artist to have Chanoyu tea experience together. His sculptures are very powerful, and he often uses real gold in his art. I really […]
Chanoyu tea experience at home
You can make the home tea experience special without having a dedicated tea room. I make tea for my family and friends in both Japan and U.S casually by following […]